RAIN KING    By     The Counting Crows

by Thomas Kreissl           14,05,2011    
feel free to ask:    kreissl.tom@gmx.at


This is how the song is actually played by the crows as Ive seen it in some Videos!!
The D A Bm  Version sounds ok too if you dont have a Capo, but I think this is even better!





Standard Tuning   |    Capo on 2nd Fret








C(+):	-32-1+3        
G	32---3
Am7:	--2-1-
Am:	--221-
F:	133211
D:	---232






C                   G
When I think of heaven
Am7         G                 C
Deliver me a black-winged bird
           G          Am7     G          
I think of flying 
       C             G
down into  sea of pens and feathers
    Am7            G         C                 G
And all other instruments of faith and sex and God
                  Am7           G
In the belly of a black-winged bird.
Am            F
Don't try to feed me
Am         F
I've been here before
    C           D
And I deserve a little more


[chorus]
G Am    C       D              G
I belong in the service of the Queen
G Am     C   D               G
I belong anywhere but in between
G          Am      C               D
She's been crying and I've been thinking
G     Am      C         D
And I am the Rain King


[verse]
D          C           G            Am7   G
And I said mama, mama, mama, why am I so alone?
C          G
I can't go outside
             Am7                G
I'm scared I might not make it home
    C           G
I'm alive, I'm alive
Am7           G
But I'm sinking in
            C                 G
If there's anyone at home at your place, darling
Am7                      G
Why don't you invite me in?
Am           F
Don't try to bleed me
Am           F
I've been there before
    C           D
And I deserve A little more


[chorus]
G Am     C       D              G
I belong in the service of the Queen
G Am     C    D              G
I belong anywhere but in between
G          Am     C              D
She's been lying and I've been sinking
G     Am      C         D
And I am the Rain King


[bridge]
Am           C                G
Hey, I only want the same as anyone

Am            C   G   Am
Henderson is waiting for the sun

                   C         G
Oh, it seems night endlessly begins and ends

Am             C               G
After all the dreaming I come home again


repeat C G Am7 G 2x here


[verse]
C               G
When I think of heaven
Am7         G                 C
Deliver me in a black-winged bird
             G          Am7           G
I think of dying
           C                  G
Lay me down in a field of flame and heather
Am7           G             C                G
Render up my body into the burning heart of God
                   Am7             G
In the belly of a black-winged bird
Am     F
Don't try to bleed me
Am         F
I've been here before
    C           D
And I deserve G little more


[chorus]
G Am     C       D              G
I belong in the service of the queen
G Am     C    D              G
I belong anywhere but in between
G          Am7    C             D
She's been dying and I've been drinking
G     Am      C          D
And I am the Rain King