Tabbed by D.I.R.T.



Intro: C#5/E                    (SEE CHORD CHART AT BOTTOM)

C#5/E
Midnight, At the school
             C#5
'Hind the bleachers
                   C#5/E
There's gonna be a rumble
                   C#5
The lions and the kings

Rift 1                A
    And my baby, she cries
       F#m           E5
In her bed and she worries
        B          E5
And my baby, she prays

Rift 1               E
      God save the kings!

"guitar" solo

C#m E C#m E F#m E

A                           A
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
E                           E
I promise you I won't do anything, baby
A                           A
Promise me
E
I promise you nothing!

        E            A       E
We're outcasts only cuz we choose to dream
        E            A                  E               B
We're princes who'd rather dine with thieves
        E            A     E          B    C#m
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
A2                 F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings

C#m/E
Midnight, At the school
              C#m
Behind the bleachers [hey baby, lets go lets go]
                   C#m/E
There's gonna be a rumble
                        C#m
But the cops won't be notified [whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa]
E                       F#5
So the lions bear their arms
E                                               B
But the kings gonna break the hearts of their babies tonight

         E          A           E
We're desperate only cuz we've none to lose
         E          A        E               B
We're lions missing half our teeth
         E          A       E         B    C#m
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
A2                 F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings
A2                 F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings

Wo Oh Oh's: A B C#m B/Eb E B A

Bawweeeerrrr Intermision: G#m E B 

A         F#m                  B
But I met God on the street tonight
A
And he said,
C#m             A      B
"Choose your battles wisely

Or you'll never find Me"

A                          A
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
E                          E
Promise me
A                          A
I promise you
E                   B
I promise you one thing!

E  B  C#m
Wo Oh Oh!

     E         A                 E
We're devils try'n to earn our angels wings
     E         A           E               B
We stumble at every turn indeed
     E         A                   E      B    C#m
We're desperate chasing down the love to just survive
A2                 F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings
A2                 F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings
A2                 F#m             E  B E A E B E
God save us, the foooooooooolish kings

 
 
Intro: 
D | -x-------------
A | -9h11----------
E | -0-------------

Rift 1

e | ------------------- | 
B | ------------------- | 
G-6-6-x-x-6-6-4-4-2-
D-6-6-6-6-6-6-4-4-2-
A-4-4-6-6-4-4-2-2-0-
E | ------------------- | 

Chords

__C#5/E___C#5__C#m______A________B_____F#5__F#m
e | -x-------x----0-----0----0---0----0---x----0- | 
B | -x-------x----5-----0----0---0----0---x----0- | 
G | -x-------x----6-----2-or-6---4-or-8---x----2- | 
D | -x-------x----6-----2----7---4----(b9)--4----4- | 
A | -11------11---4-----0----7---2----(b9)--4----4- | 
E | -0-------(b9)---x-----x----5---x----7---2----x- | 


__B/Eb____E_______E5____G#m__Chorus___E___A___
e | -0----0----0--x----x---(b9) | ----------0---0-- | 
B | -0----0----0--x----x---10 | ----------0---0-- | 
G | -8----1-or-(b9)-x-or-x---11 | ----------4---6-- | 
D | -(b9)---2----(b9)-x----(b9)--11 | ----------6---7-- | 
A | -6----2----7--2----7---(b9) | ----------x---0-- | 
E | -x----0----x--0----x---x- | ----------0---X-- | 

On the second verse use the chords be hammer 
on and pull off on the A and D strings 
between the 9th and 11th frets

Be sure to watch the video for timing
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