Journey of the Magi chords by Frank Turner

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Verse 1
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Moses was old, a chill in his bones.
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Falling apart, he knew in his heart
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that his time had come.
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As he lay in his tent in the hot
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desert sands,
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He smiled at how he would never
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see his promised land.

Verse 2
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He sang
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"I could have lived and
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died an Egyptian prince,
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I could have played safe,
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But in the end the journey's
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Brought joys that outweigh the
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pain."
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Odysseus

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Verse 3
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sat tired and alone.
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He'd always held out against
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All the doubts that
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he would come home.
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But now he was here,
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His soul felt estranged.
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His wife and his dog,
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His son and his Gods,
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everything changed.

Verse 4
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He sang
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"I could have stayed and
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ruled as an Ithican prince,
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I  could've played safe.
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But in the end the journey's brought
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Joys that outweigh the pain."

Interlude 1
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Balthazar

Verse 5
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rode for seven long years,
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Eastwards and far,
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He followed his star,
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And it brought him here.
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To a stable in ruins
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In some backwater town,
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To a virgin defiled,
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No king but a child,
Too small for a crown.
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Verse 6
He sang
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"I could have lived with my Gods
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as a Persian prince,
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I could've played safe,
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But in the end the journey's brought
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Joys that outweigh the pain."
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Verse 7
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Paupers and kings,
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princes and thieves,
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Singers of songs, righters of wrongs,
be what you believe.
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So saddle your horse and
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shoulder your load,
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Burst at the seams,
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be what you dream, and take to the road.
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