This is the version for those of you who always want to take the easy way out kind of.
GOD SAVE THE FOOLISH KINGS
HOUSE OF HEROES
CAPO 2
INTRO: D
VERSE 1
D
Midnight, at the school
Bm
'Hind the bleachers
D
Oh, there's gonna be a rumble
Bm Bm
The lions and the kings
F#m Bm A G
And my baby, she cries
Em D
In her bed and she worries
A D Bm
And my baby, she prays
F#m Bm A D Bm
God save the kings, WHOAH!
GUITAR SOLO CHORDS:
D Bm G Em D
PRE-CHORUS 1
G
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
D
I promise you I won't do anything, baby
G A
Promise me, I promise you nothing!
CHORUS 1
F#m G D
We're outcasts only cuz we chose to dream
F#m G D A
We're princes who'd rather dine with thieves
F#m G D A Bm
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
G Em D
God save us, the foolish kings
VERSE 2
D
Midnight, at the school
Bm
Behind the bleachers (baby, let’s go let’s go)
D
Oh, there's gonna be a rumble
Bm
But the cops won't be notified (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)
G Em
So, the lions bear their arms
D
But the kings gonna break the
A D
hearts of their babies tonight
CHORUS 2
F#m G D
We're daring only cuz we've none to lose
F#m G D A
We're lions missing half our teeth
F#m G D A Bm
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
G Em E
God save us, the foolish kings
G Em D
God save us, the foolish kings
G A Bm A/C# D A G
Whoah-oah-oah—oah--oah-oah-oah
INTERLUDE/TALKING CHORDS
Em Bm A
BRIDGE
G Em A F#m
But I met God on the street tonight and he said
Bm G A
"Choose your battles wisely
A
Or you'll never find Me"
PRE-CHORUS 2
G
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
D G
Promise me, I promise you
A
I promise you one thing!
G A D
Wo-o-oah!
CHORUS 3
F#m G D
We're devils try'n to earn our Angels Wings
F#m G D A
We stumble at every turn indeed
F#m G D A Bm
We're desperate chasing down the love to just survive
G Em D
God save us, the foolish kings
G Em D
God save us, the foolish kings
G
God save us, (God save us)
Em D G D A D G D
the foooooooooolish kings
On Chorus 3 on the last line the D's are fast down strokes and the G then A then G are up strokes.
ENJOY AND HAVE FUN!
