Rain King

Counting Crows

Timing the words to the chord changes is
approximate, because Adam Duritz uses very elastic phrasing.

D	A
When I think of hea	ven

Bm	A	D
Deliver me	in a black-winged	bird

A	Bm	A	D	A
I think of	flying	down into a	sea of pens and	feathers

Bm	A	D	A
And all other	instruments of	faith and sex and	God

	Bm	A
In the belly of a	black-winged	bird.

Bm	G
Don't	try to feed me

I've been here before

	D	E
And	I deserve a	little more

A	Bm	D	E	A
I	belong	any	where but in be	tween

A	Bm	D	E
She's been	crying	and I've been think	ing

A	Bm	D	A
And I	am the	Rain	King.

E	D	A	Bm	A
And I said	mama, mama,	mama, why am	I so a	lone?

D	A
I can't go	outside

	Bm	A
I'm scared I	might not make it	home

	D	A
I'm	alive, I'm a	live

	Bm	A
But	I'm sinking	in

	D	A
If there's	anyone at home at	your place, darling

Bm	A
Why don't you invite me	in?

Bm	G
Don't	try to bleed me

Bm	G
I've been	there before

	D	E
And	I deserve a	little more

Chorus

... with different 3rd line...

A	Bm	D	E
She's been	lying	and I've been	sinking

Bm	D	A	Bm
Henderson is	wait	ing	for the sun

	D	A
Oh, it seems night	endlessly	begins and ends

Bm	A
After all the dreaming I come	home again.

D	A
When I think of	heaven

Bm	A	D
Deliver me	in a black-winged	bird

A	Bm
I think of	dying

A	D	A
Lay me down in a	field of flame and	heather

Bm	A	D	A
Render up my	body into the	burning heart of	God

	Bm	A
In the belly of a	black-winged	bird

Bm	G
Don't	try to bleed me

Bm	G
I've been	here before

	D	E
And	I deserve a	little more

Chorus

... with different 3rd line...

A	Bm	D	E
She's been	dying	and I've been	drinking