[verse]
D A
When I think of heaven
Bm A D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A Bm A D A
I think of flying down into a sea of pens and feathers
Bm A D A
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
Bm A
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Bm G
Don't try to feed me
Bm G
I've been here before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been crying and I've been thinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
[verse]
E D A Bm A
And I said mama, mama, why am I so alone?
D A
I can't go outside
Bm A
I'm scared I might not make it home
D A
I'm alive, I'm alive
Bm A
But I'm sinking in
D A
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Bm A
Won' you please invite me in?
Bm G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm G
I've been there before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the Queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been lying and I've been sinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
[bridge]
Bm D A
Hey, I only want the same as anyone
Bm D A Bm
Henderson is waiting for the sun
D A
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends
Bm D A
After all the dreaming I come home again
(During guitar solo)
D A Bm A (2x)
Side Note: ****This whole part is basically just spoken, you should listen to that version before
trying to play this.****
It repeats almost entirely throughout: D, A, Bm, A
D A Bm A
Well the screen door slams and Mary's dress sways
D A Bm
And like a vision she dances across the porch while the radio
A D A
Plays Roy Oribison singing for the lonely
Bm A D A
Hey that's me and uh, I want you, Only don't turn me home again
Bm A
I just can't face myself alone again
(Same progression, D, A, Bm, A)
But don't come back inside darlin', you know just what I'm here for
So you're scared, and you're thinking, maybe we ain't that young anymore
But show a little faith there's magic in the night
You ain't a beauty but hey, you're all right
And that's all right with me
You can hide 'neath your covers and study your pain,
Make crosses from your lovers, throw roses in the rain
Waste your summer praying in vain for a savior to rise from these streets
But I ain't no hero… That's understood
All the redemption I can offer girl is beneath this dirty hood
And with a chance to make it good somehow,
Hey what else can we do now except except rolllll down the window
Let the wind blow, back you hair
This nights busting' open these two lanes, take us anywhere
Got one last chance to make it real
Trade in these wings on some wheels
So climb in back baby, heaven's waiting down the tracks
Ohhh, come take my hand. We're ridin' out tonight to case the promised land, oh
Thunder road.
It's lyin out there like a killer in the sun I know it's late but we can make it,
if we run. Thunder road
Well I got this guitar and I learned how to make it talk
And my car's out back if you're ready to take that long long long long long long long walk
From your front porch to my, front seat
The door's open but the ride it ain't free
And tonight you'll be lonely for words that I ain't spoken
Tonight we'll be free all the promises broken
There were ghosts in the eyes of all the boys
you sent away, They haunt this dusty beach road
In the skeleton frames of burned out Chevrolets
And they, they scream your name at night in the street
Your graduation gown lies in rags at their feet
D (one strum)
And in the lonely cool before dawn
D (one strum)
You hear their engines roaring on
D A Bm A
But when you get to the porch they're gone on the wind
D A Bm A
It's town full of losers, it's a town full of losers
D A
We all come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers
Bm A D
We come from towns full of losers, we come from towns full of losers
A Bm A
But we're pulling out of here to win and when I when I
I think of heaven
D, A
Bm A D
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
A Bm
I think I think I think of dying
A D A
Lay me down lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Bm A D A
Render up my my my my body into the burning heart of God
Bm A
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Bm G
Don't try to bleed me
Bm G
I've been here before
D E
And I deserve a little more
[chorus]
A Bm D E A
I belong in the service of the queen
A Bm D E A
I belong anywhere but in between
A Bm D E
She's been dying and I've been drinking
A Bm D E
And I am the Rain King
