The Man Who Would Be King

	  		Intro: |Am   G9  |Am   G9  |Am   G9  |F   G   Am  | 2x 



Verse 1:
Am                   G9 
 As he travels on the beast of burden 
Am                 G9 
 Moving up along the mountainside 
Am                   G9 
 As he gazes looking down the valley 
 F        G         Am 
No regrets but his pride 
Am                     G9 
 As he journeys across mountain passes 
Am                G9 
 Insignificance sweeps over him 
Am                     G9 
 His reflection of the beauty 'round him 
 F         G    Am 
Feeling empty inside 
Am                     G9 
 He is running from his wildest thoughts 
Am                      G9 
 He is running from his everything 
Am                    G9 
 He is looking now to find something 
 F      G          Am 
Hoping he could be saved 


Instrumental 
|Em  |D  |Asus2  |Csus2   Bsus2  | 4x 

Verse 2:
E5                              C5   B5   D5 
 He's searching for the answer now 
E5                                    C5          B5    D5 
 It's something that he's managed to avoid up to now 
E5                         C5    B5   D5 
 Real conviction that he craves 
E5                            C5          B5    D5 
 He needs to find the answer sooner than later 


Instrumental 
|E  |D  | 


Verse 3:
E5                            C5   B5   D5 
 Pushed himself to the limits 
E5                             C5              B5     D5 
 He had to strive for all the harder things in life 
E5                             C5    B5   D5 
 But what the cost to give in now? 
E5                                 C5           B5    D5 
 His life, his time are the only things that he has 


Pre-Chorus
 
B5 
 Life is not a rehearsal 
C#5                                       D5 
All he has is the one chance to get it right 
                      E5 
Leaving really is the only way to know 
B5                         C#5 
 Maybe one day they'll forgive him what he's done 
D5                             E5 
 But now the pain of lying too early in the grave 


 
 Bm                  G        Em 
Destiny, no good to hide away 
 Bm                     G        Em 
Penance now will be his only way 
Bm                      G        Em 
Understand, no good to run away 
 Bm                      G          Em 
Penance now will be his saving grace 



Solo 
|E  |G#m  |D  |E  | 4x 


Instrumental 
|E   G#m  |D   E  | 2x 

|E  |D  |E  |D  | 


Verse 4:
 
E5                               C5    B5   D5 
 He tries to make his peace with God 
E5                           C5            B5    D5 
 All is forgivable but it's left a little late 
E5                          C5    B5   D5 
 Trying something that he's not 
E5                   C5          B5    D5 
 Is it possible to change such a lot? 


Instrumental 
|E  |D  | 


Verse 5:
 
E5                          C5    B5   D5 
 He's taken someone's life away 
E5                               C5             B5     D5 
 There's not a day goes by he regrets what he's done 
E5                            C5    B5   D5 
 He should have found another way 
E5                           C5         B5     D5 
 But the good book says: "An eye for an eye" 


Pre-Chorus
 
B5                  C#5 
 In reflecting on decisions that were made 
D5                            E5 
 On the judgements that will haunt him till his grave 
B5                       C#5 
 No one has the right to take another life 
D5                           E5 
 But in his mind he had no choice, so be it 


 
 Bm                  G        Em 
Destiny, no good to hide away 
 Bm                     G        Em 
Penance now will be his only way 
Bm                      G        Em 
Understand, no good to run away 
 Bm                      G          Em 
Penance now will be his saving grace 
 Bm                  G        Em 
Destiny, no good to hide away 
 Bm                     G        Em 
Penance now will be his only way 
Bm                      G        Em 
Understand, no good to run away 
 Bm                      G          Em 
Penance now will be his saving grace 



Instrumental 
|E   C  |Dsus2   Asus2  | 4x 


Outro 
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2 
Far, far away, the man who would be king 
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2 
Far, far away, the man who would be king 
 E       C       Dsus2            Asus2 
So far away, the man who would be king 
 E       C       Dsus2            Asus2 
So far away, the man who would be king 
 E         C       Dsus2            Asus2 
Far, far away, the man who would be king