Chords with lyrics
Tuning: G C E A (G C E A)
Tune down first two strings to B and Gb (One half-step each). The recording is a little flat, so keep that in
mind if you're playing along!
For A verses, pluck the B string, then strum E and A to emulate the guitar pattern she uses. At each Db, I
pluck B-E-A-B, then go right back into the main pattern.
In B verses, follow the strumming pattern on all strings. Should ring out pretty dramatically.
For choruses, I pluck B-E-A-strum on the D and strum once for B, then strum the E and Eb aug v, v ^. Slide
down from the E to the Eb aug.
Chords used:
B Bsus Bm Db
A|---|-1-|---|---|---| A|---|-1-|---|---|---| A|---|-1-|---|---|---| A|---|-1-|---|-3-|---|
E|---|-1-|---|---|---| E|---|-1-|---|---|---| E|---|-1-|---|---|---| E|---|-1-|---|---|---|
B|---|---|---|---|---| G|---|---|---|---|-3-| G|---|---|-2-|---|---| G|---|-1-|---|---|---|
Gb|---|---|---|---|---| C|---|---|---|---|---| C|---|---|---|---|---| C|---|---|---|---|---|
D E Ebaug
A|---|---|---|---|-4-| A|---|-1-|---|---|---| A|-1-|-2-|---|---|---|
E|---|-1-|---|---|---| E|---|-1-|---|-2-|---| E|-1-|---|-3-|---|---|
G|---|---|-2-|---|---| G|---|-1-|---|---|-3-| G|-1-|---|---|-4-|---|
C|---|---|---|---|---| C|---|-1-|---|---|---| C|-1-|---|---|---|---|
Verse 1a:
B Bsus
I'm a prince and I live in a ship and I aim my rifle and I shoot from the hip
Bm Db
And I have a friend I pity, quite a bit
B Bsus
She said, “Grab your gun, let’s have some fun, share with me your perigees
Bm Db
I have responsibilities, I cannot run
Verse 1b:
B Bsus
“I do not wish the death of any living thing
Bm Db
I might be a killer but one day I shall be queen
B Bsus
And put an end to slaughter, but until then I’m keen
Bm Db
On staking clam to land and sea and everyfin between”
Verse 2a:
B Bsus
I played a game with eleven fools who told me not to break the rules
Bm Db
But when have angels ever helped me yet?
B Bsus
And magic isn’t real and anyway it doesn’t matter
Bm Db
'Cause no matter what I conjure it could not help me deflect
Verse 2b:
B Bsus
The angry death of every hopeful thought
Bm Db
That I might be a lover or a fighter that I’m not
B Bsus
In someone's spider web, or net I could be caught
Bm Db
But I’m too bitter, better off alone, guess I forgot
Chorus:
D B
So what do you want me to say? Sorry?
E Ebaug B
Should I apologize when you ignore me?
D B
I didn’t ask to be right or to be lonely
E Ebaug B
Or to be hatched into an ugly story
Verse 3a:
B Bsus
I'm a prince and I had a pair of princesses in two sharp squares
Bm Db
But then I guess I bored them both to death
B Bsus
And now I think my calling is to break apart and fall to pieces
Bm Db
Better yet, invent a brand new method of ascension
Verse 3b:
B Bsus
I’m impressed, you’ve managed to survive
Bm Db
But rest assured we’d all be better off dead than alive
B Bsus
'Cause when they get a hold of us, we’ll all be batter-fried
Bm Db
And I’m surprised that nobody’s considered switching sides
Verse 4a:
B Bsus
So here I am, respectfully and royally destroying
Bm Db
Any chance of getting back on your good gills
B Bsus
And I don’t mean to be hurtful, but if yellow's the new purple
Bm Db
Well, then bleeding’s the new breathing, don’t you think I will
Verse 4b:
B Bsus
I used to wish the death of every living thing
Bm Db
I might be your killer but you’ll never be my queen
B Bsus
So put away your laughter, pack up your hopes and dreams
Bm Db
I’m done with black back-handing and red pandering, it seems
B Bsus
That I am just pathetic, I won’t be overlooked
Bm Db
I’m past the point of fishing to get back upon your hook
B Bsus
I’ve made a manifesto, I’ve been bested by a crook, but never more
Bm Db
I’m planning on reclaiming what he took
Chorus:
D B
So what did you want me to say? Sorry?
E Ebaug B
Should I apologize when you ignore me?
D B
I didn’t ask to be right or to be lonely
E Ebaug B
Or to be hatched into an ugly story
E Ebaug D
To be hatched into an ugly story
E Ebaug B
Oh my, this pantomime is getting gory
Outro:
B Bsus Bm Db
I'm a prince and I live in a ship
B Bsus Bm Db B
I'm a prince and I live in a ship
