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Grant-Lee Phillips - King Of Catastrophes Chords

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King Of Catastrophes Chords

(ver. 1)
Grant-Lee Phillips
[Interlude]
C  Em7  Am  G   F      Abm
 
[Verse 1]
       C              Em7       Am    G
You're talking to the king of catastrophies
   F                       Abm
So when I hear a fascism I wouldn't put it past them
       C              Em7              Am       G
I keep singing to the second when they come for me
   F                            Abm
I've read to many books and I, I can't ignore the omens or the
Em7     A7      Dm7      G
warning signs
 
[Interlude]
C  Em7  Am  G   F      Abm
 
[Verse 2]
       C              Em7       Am    G
You're talking to the king of catastrophies
   F                              Abm
It doesn't take a lot of might to picture some calamity
     C             Em7            Am     G
that crazy talking didn't help Cassandra much
    F                          Abm
The gift of wooden horses, you think it's full of candy
     Em7      A7      Dm7      G
[for soul/saw dust]
 
[Bridge]
    Ab                      Eb
The secret to survival in a world like this
   Bb               F
Is use your head, before your fist
    Ab                          Eb
But everybody thinks the way to God is his,
           D
(but) it's not
 
[Interlude]
C  Em7  Am  G   F      Abm
 
[Verse 3]
       C              Em7       Am    G
You're looking at the king of catastrophies
   F                              Abm
Pick one, just anyone, your typical variety
     C               Em7          Am    G
It's not as though nobody saw the ocean rise
   F                                 Abm
Deny it with your dying breaths, for dollars and the scientists
   Em7       A7         Dm7  G
to say those lies, such lullabies
 
[Bridge]
    Ab                      Eb
The secret to survival in a world like this
   Bb               F
Is use your head, before your fist
    Ab                          Eb
But everybody thinks the way to God is his,
           D
(but) it's not
 
[Verse 4]
       C              Em7       Am    G
You're talking to the king of catastrophies
       F                                  Abm
You're free to leave the room if you just ground your words like tyranny
     C              Em7       Am    G
It's not as though we're helpless and it has to be
   F                              Abm
We left a couple notes behind, we built a wall in Germany
    Em7    A7    Dm7    G
But pay no mind, pay no mind
 
[Outro]
C  Em7  Am  G   F      Abm    C
            
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