• Song:

    Journey Of The Magi

  • Artist:

    Frank Turner

this is a very simple interpretation, but works well :)

Em (022000@1)      G (320003@1)                 DMoses (xx0232@1)was old, a chill in his bones

Am (x02210@1)    C (x32010@1)                   G (320003@1)                     DFalling (xx0232@1)apart, he knew in his heart that his time had come

Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)                    DAs (xx0232@1)he lay in his tent in the hot desert sands

Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)            G (320003@1)              DHe (xx0232@1)smiled at how he would never see his promised land

C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)       EmHe (022000@1)sang, "I could have lived and died

Cadd9 (x32030@1)     G (320003@1)                       CAn (x32010@1)Egyptian prince, could have played safe

G (320003@1)                              DBut (xx0232@1)in the end journey's brought joys

GThat (320003@1)outweigh the pain"

Em (022000@1)         G (320003@1)           DNow (xx0232@1)Odysseus sat tired and alone

He'd always held out against all the doubts he would come home

Em (022000@1)       G (320003@1)                 DNow (xx0232@1)he was here, his soul felt estranged

Am (x02210@1)             C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)              DHis (xx0232@1)wife and his dog, his son and his gods, everything changed

C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)       EmHe (022000@1)sang, "I could have stayed and ruled

Cadd9 (x32030@1)       G (320003@1)                     CAs (x32010@1)an Ithacan prince, could've played safe

G (320003@1)                              DBut (xx0232@1)in the end journey's brought joys

GThat (320003@1)outweigh the pain"

Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)                 DNow (xx0232@1)Balthazar rode for seven long years

Am (x02210@1)          C (x32010@1)                  G (320003@1)                     DEastwards (xx0232@1)and far, he followed his star and it brought him here

Em (022000@1)           G (320003@1)                     DTo (xx0232@1)a stable in ruins in some backwater town

Am (x02210@1)        C (x32010@1)                    G (320003@1)                    DTo (xx0232@1)a virgin defiled, no king but a child, too small for a crown

C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)           EmHe (022000@1)sang, "I could have lived with my Gods

Cadd9 (x32030@1)      G (320003@1)                       CAs (x32010@1)a Persian prince, I could've played safe
     
           G (320003@1)                   D (xx0232@1)                       
But in the end journey's brought joys

GThat (320003@1)outweigh the pain"

Em (022000@1)               GPaupers (320003@1)and kings, princes and thieves

C (x32010@1)    D (xx0232@1)                             GSingers (320003@1)of songs, righters of wrongs, be what you believe

Em (022000@1)        G (320003@1)                  DSaddle (xx0232@1)your horse, shoulder your load

C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)                                    GBurst (320003@1)at the seams, be what you dream and then take to the road
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