MARILLION - The New Kings
from the “Fuck Everyone and Run” album (2016)
[(I) Fuck Everyone and Run]
Am G Fmaj7 Gsus4 (x2)
Am G
We are the new kings
Fmaj7 Gsus4
Sailing our seas of diamonds and gold
Am G
We are the new kings
Fmaj7 Gsus4
Seldom seen, elsewhere and unknown
Dm C/E
We are the new kings
F G
Buying up London from Monaco
Dm C/E
We do as we please
F Gsus4
While you do as you're told
F#m E
Fuck everyone and run
D E
Fuck everyone and run
F#m E/G#
Fuck everyone and run
D E
Fuck everyone and run
Am G
Tony, not Anthony
Fmaj7 Gsus4
Suitably masked
Am G
Nassau, Bahamas, Geneva, Luxembourg
Fmaj7 Gsus4
No questions asked
Dm C/E
Our world orbits yours
F G
And enjoys the view
Dm C/E
From this height we don't see the slums and the bums on the street
F Gsus4
Or the mums on the game
F#m E
Fuck everyone and run
D E
Fuck everyone and run
F#m E/G#
Fuck everyone and run
D E
Fuck everyone and run
Eb D Cm Gm (x2)
Eb D
We're too big to fall
Cm Gm
We're too big to fail
Eb D
We're too big to fall
Cm Gm
We're too big to fail
Eb D Cm Gm
And when we do... it's down to you
Eb D Cm Gm
Eb D
We're too big to fall
Cm Gm
We're too big to fail
Eb D Cm Gm
Too big
[(II) Russia's Locked Doors]
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Gm
We are the new kings
Gm F Eb
We had the keys to Old Russia's locked doors
Gm
We are the new kings
Gm F Eb
Here on the corporation's top floor
Eb A Cm Gm
If you cross us we'll buy you and you can retire
Eb A
Your children set up for life
Cm Gm Bb Eb Ab
Think about it...
Gm Eb
Gm Eb
Gm Bb Eb Ab
Gm Eb
Greed is good
Gm Eb
Greed is good
Cm Bb Ab
Greed is good
Gm Bb Eb Ab
Gm Eb Ab
Cm Bb Ab
Greed is good
Cm Bb Ab
Greed is good
Cm Ab Gm Fm
Cm Ab
We are the new kings
Gm Fm
We sold your council houses, not to you, but the banks
Cm Ab
Up in the stratosphere - wielding the knife
Gm Fm
While you said thanks
Cm Ab
Oceans of money high in the clouds
Gm Fm Cm
But if you hang around, more often than not, it'll trickle down...
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Cm Ab
While the diggers of the diamonds we wear
Gm Fm Cm
Labour underground for dear life
Ab Gm
On your knees, peasant, and kiss this ring
Fm Cm Ab
You're working for the new king
Gm
We are the new kings
Fm
I'll tell you a tale
Cm Eb
We're too big to fall
Ab Fm Gm
We're too big to fail
Cm Eb
We're too big to fall
Ab Fm Gm
We're too big to fail
Cm Eb
We're too big to fall
Ab Fm Gm
We're too big to fail
Cm Eb Ab Fm Gm (x5)
[(III) A Scary Sky]
Bm D G A (x2)
Bm D G A
We saw the crash on the news today... oh boy
Bm D G A
It changed our lives... but did it really happen?
Bm D
Flyin' high in a scary sky
G A
Flyin' high in a scary sky
Bm
What's going on?
D
What's going on?
G A
What's going on?
Em A Em Bm
Em A
I don't know if I can believe the news
Em Bm
I don't know if I can believe the news
C D Em Bm
They can do anything these days
C D Em
They can do anything with computers these days
[(IV) Why is Nothing Ever True?]
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G#m D#m C#m F# (x2)
G#m E B F#/A#
Remember a time when you thought that you mattered
G#m E B F#/A#
Believed in the school song, die for your country
G#m D#m
A country that cared for you
C#m F#
All in it together?
G#m E B F#/A# G#m E B
If it ever was more than a lie or some naive romantic notion
F#/A# G#m D#m
Well, it's all shattered now
C#m E
It's all shattered now
Bm F#m
Why is nothing ever true?
Em A
Why is nothing ever true?
Bm F#m
Why is nothing ever true?
Em A
Why is nothing ever true?
G#m E B F#/A# (x2)
G#m E B F#/A# G#m
Well do you remember a time when you thought you belonged
E B
To something more than you?
F#/A# G#m E B
A country that cared for you
F#/A# G#m E B F#/A#
A national anthem you could sing without feeling used or ashamed
G#m E B F#/A#
You poor sods have only yourselves to blame
G#m E B
On your knees, peasant
F#/A# G#m E B
You're living for the New King
F#/A# G#m E B
You're living for the New King
F#/A# D C# Bm F#m
You're living for the New King...
D C# Bm F#m (x2)
F#m
