Verse
E5 Ab5
And I will flail under these lights,
E5 Ab5
that seep down from the bitter sky tonight
F#5 E5 F#5 Ab5
and I will kick and beat my wrists together
F#5 E5 F#5 Ab5 F#5
and feel an ocean breathing waves, feel them licking at my face.
E5 F#5 Ab5
Ceilings don't exist and there are no floors beneath me.
F#5 E5 Ab5 F#5
If I were king of this night, would you become my queen?
Chorus
E5 B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
And I hope, your majesty that you like your position.
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
I'll do everything I can to keep you by my side
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
and I'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
B5 F#5
Just kiss me before I go
Verse
E5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
I'll have to walk a thousand miles
F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
just to find the ground deserving of your feet.
F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
You could throw me down and walk on me
Ab5 F#5
and I'd just look on through my love and through the haze.
Chorus
E5 B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
And I hope, your majesty that you like your position.
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
I'll do everything I can to keep you by my side
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
and I'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
B5 F#5
Just kiss me before I go
Bridge
E5 Ab5 E5
The nightingales are singing now
Ab5 F#5 E5 Ab5 E5
They're calling out our marriage to our subjects on their knees
Ab5 F#5 E5
Their jewellery is thrown into the air
Ab5 E5
They sigh at their release as their shackles hit the ground
Ab5 F#5
The trumpets call out now, we're home at last
Chorus
E5 B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
And I hope, your majesty that you like your position.
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
I'll do everything I can to keep you by my side
B5 F#5 Ab5 F#5 E5
and I'll stare off through the darkness to find us a kingdom.
B5 F#5
Just kiss me before I go
