We Could Be Kings Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][Em]
[C][D]

[Verse 1]
So this is re[G]jection
And it's bringing you [Em]down
He told you that he'd find [C]work soon
Then he stopped comin' [D]around
That was the summer of [G]sweet nights
He used to take you for [Em]rides
But it all changed in the [C]backseat
When he came inside
[D]

[Verse 2]
Well, [Em]he's seen [D]enough [C]to know
[G]He's old [Em]enough to know [D]what's
[C]right from wro[G]ng
[Em]But I know how [D]hard [C]it is
to see [G]things through
[D]

[Verse 3]
[G]
Oh no, did it [C]rip you apart?
To be told [Em]we could be kings
When we were [C]damned
from the [D]start[G]
Oh no, did it [C]rip you apart?
They told us [Em]we could be kings[D]
When we [C]were [F]damned
from the start
[G]

[Verse 4]
You told him you loved him
But push had come [Em]to shove
There were no easy [C]an swers
Mixing money and [D]blood
He was too young to know [G]better
We were all unem[Em]ployed
The sergeant promised [C]a cake walk
But then he got deployed
[D]

[Verse 5]
[Em]I've seen enough,
[D]eno[C]ugh to [G]know
It's [Em]not about w[D]hich s[C]ide you're o[G]n
I [Em]know how [D]hard [C]it is to [G]keep it [D]in

[Verse 6]
[G]
Oh no, did it [C]rip you apart?
To be told [Em]we could be kings
When we were [C]damned from the [D]start[G]
I know that it [C]ripped you apart
They told us [Em]we could be kings[D]
When we [C]were [F]damned
from the start
[G]

[Verse 7]
[D]
We've been living to the
[Em]left of the dial
Hopin' [F]drinks and denial
will keep us [C]here[D]
I'm not promising you
[Em]some bright side
Or tryin' to [F]break your stride
But you asked me
[C]

[Verse 8]
He was gone in an in[G]stant
They said nobody was [Em]spared
Not gonna tell you he [C]loved you
Not gonna tell you he [D]cared
(and you asked me)

[Verse 9]
Well, [Em]I've seen enough,
[D]eno[C]ugh to [G]know
[Em]Sometimes with [D]the truth you gotta [C]let it [G]go
I [Em]know [D]how hard [G]it [C]is to
[G]keep it [D]in
(and you [G]asked me)

[Verse 10]
I [G]won't go and [C]rip you apart
I won't tell you [Em]you could be king
I don't want to [C]break your [D]heart[G]
I won't go and [C]rip you apart
So open [Em]wide and just [D]sing
'Cause we're all [C]damned[F][Em][D][C][F]
from the [Em]start[D][C][G][Em][D][C]
We're [G]damned from [Em]the start
[D][C][G][Em][D][C][G]