King Lear chords by Jonathan King
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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winds,
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crack your cheeks.
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Rage, blow,
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you cataracts and hurricanes.
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Blow, winds, crack your cheeks,
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Rage, blow, you cataracts and hurricanes,
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A crazy old king,
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stranded on the heath,
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Cursing all the elements,
whipped by the storm,
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Proud in his majesty,
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white hair swept about him,
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A simple fool by his side,
trouble washed and worn.
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Rage, blow, you cataracts and hur
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ricanos.
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His was a life of hubris,
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of powers and delusions,
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Of lesser mortals bowing,
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as he felt that they should
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See him now defeated,
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crushed by nature insufficient
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But as he falls he's grown,
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reincarnated where he stood
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Rage, blow,
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eucataracts and hurricanes
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Blow winds, crack your cheeks
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Rage, blow,
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eucataracts and hurricanes
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How can he stand the misery
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battered by misfortune?
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Betrayed by those he loves, ego in pain
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The agony we suffer
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on the planes of our lifetime
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Will ever weigh in peace
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if we can love once again
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Rage, blow,
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you cataracts and hurricanes
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Rage, blow,
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you cataracts and hurricanes
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As flies to wanton boys,
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are we to the gods
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They kill us for their scold
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You think I'll weep?
No, I'll not weep
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Then let them anatomise
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the world around us
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I tell you we'll see our
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own fantasies bared
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The secret of smiling is
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buried inside us
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In the soul of the condemned
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lies the soul of the spared
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Blow winds, crack your cheeks
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Rage, blow your cataracts
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and hurricanes
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Blow winds, crack your cheeks
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Rage, blow,
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you cataracts and hurricane -o!
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And my poor fool is hanged
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No, no, no life
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Why should a dog,
a horse, a rat have life?
And thou no breath at all
King Lear
Jonathan King
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