This is the version for those of you who always want to take the easy way out kind of.
 
GOD SAVE THE FOOLISH KINGS
HOUSE OF HEROES

CAPO 2
INTRO: D
                    
VERSE 1
D
Midnight, at the school
          Bm
'Hind the bleachers
                       D
Oh, there's gonna be a rumble
                  Bm    Bm  
The lions and the kings
F#m  Bm   A      G
And my baby, she cries
       Em          D
In her bed and she worries
       A         D     Bm
And my baby, she prays
F#m Bm  A    D        Bm        
God save the kings, WHOAH!

GUITAR SOLO CHORDS:
D Bm G Em D

PRE-CHORUS 1
G                           
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
D                           
I promise you I won't do anything, baby
G                         A                 
Promise me, I promise you nothing!

CHORUS 1
      F#m      G           D
We're outcasts only cuz we chose to dream
      F#m           G                D        A              
We're princes who'd rather dine with thieves
      F#m    G            D         A      Bm
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
    G            Em      D
God save us, the foolish kings

VERSE 2
D
Midnight, at the school
           Bm
Behind the bleachers (baby, let’s go let’s go)
                       D
Oh, there's gonna be a rumble
                              Bm
But the cops won't be notified (whoo, whoo, whoo, whoo)
        G                Em
So, the lions bear their arms
        D                                      
But the kings gonna break the 
                A        D
hearts of their babies tonight

CHORUS 2
      F#m    G              D
We're daring only cuz we've none to lose
      F#m   G             D          A
We're lions missing half our teeth
      F#m    G            D         A      Bm
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
    G            Em      E
God save us, the foolish kings
    G            Em      D
God save us, the foolish kings
G     A   Bm  A/C# D   A   G
Whoah-oah-oah—oah--oah-oah-oah

INTERLUDE/TALKING CHORDS
Em Bm A 

BRIDGE
G         Em         A        F#m
But I met God on the street tonight and he said
Bm                   G       A    
"Choose your battles wisely
A
Or you'll never find Me"

PRE-CHORUS 2
G                          
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
D             G                          
Promise me, I promise you
              A
I promise you one thing!
G  A D
Wo-o-oah!

CHORUS 3
      F#m    G                 D
We're devils try'n to earn our Angels Wings
   F#m        G           D       A
We stumble at every turn indeed
      F#m       G                D       A       Bm
We're desperate chasing down the love to just survive
    G            Em      D
God save us, the foolish kings
    G            Em      D
God save us, the foolish kings
    G                         
God save us, (God save us) 
    Em              D    G D A D G D
the foooooooooolish kings

On Chorus 3 on the last line the D's are fast down strokes and the G then A then G are up strokes.

ENJOY AND HAVE FUN!
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