this is my kingdom now
Submitted by Laurence Booth
Capo 4th fret - standard tuning
Em7 Em6 C Am D7 D Em C Cadd9* Dsus2
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B----------3---------2---------1---------1---------1---------3---------0---------1---------3---------3
G----------0---------0---------0---------2---------2---------2---------0---------0---------0---------2
D----------2---------2---------2---------2---------0---------0---------2---------2---------2---------0
A----------2---------2---------3---------0---------X---------X---------2---------3---------3---------X
E----------0---------0---------3---------X---------X---------X---------0---------X---------X---------X
[INTRO]
Em7 Em6
[VERSE 1]
Em7 C Em7
Guess I got lucky that God didn’t take me away
Am D7 Am D7
I’m ministered to by flunkies and baptised every day
C D7 Em7 C
But I think I’ve got it figured, I’ve fallen into hell somehow
Am D7
So tell those vacant visitors
Em7
That this is my kingdom now
[VERSE 2]
Em7 C Em7
They line the hallways, a colonnade of bones
Am D7 Am D7
I pull their strings sideways and wheel them about in their thrones
C D7 Em7 C
And I know this can’t be paradise, that much the angels will allow
Am D7
So tell those shuffling shadows
Em7 Em6
That this is my kingdom now
[VERSE 3]
C D7 Em7 C
I was sure that I could hear applause and that I should take a bow
Am D7
But no one seems to care in here
Em7
That this is my kingdom now
[INSTRUMENTAL]
Em7 C Em7 Em7 C Am C D7
[VERSE 4]
Em7 C Em7
Guess I got lucky that God didn’t take me away
Am D7 Am D7
I motion like a monkey and hope somebody sees me today
C D7 Em7 C
And the peasants from the village they have brought their horse and plough
Am D7
So I turn my face to the radio and say
Em7
This is my kingdom now
[verse 5]
C Am C D7
And my daughter looks so queenly as her fingers feather my brow
C D7
And the crown it fits so keenly
Em7
Cos this is my kingdom now
