Kings & Peasants chords by Anders Osborne, North Mississippi Allstars

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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All the kings and
the peasants,
basking in the sun
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Spend the whole day together, silently
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Be kind to your kin,
it's all in the good book,
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teachings of how not to sin.
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All the letters explain it coldly.
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They felt better and stood up slowly
to face the sun
Yeah, the kings and the peasants
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were silently bearing the gun
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Yeah, wild man,
an Irish from a Catholic home
He married a princess from Jordan
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with a passion for Rome
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And an old blind man, Jacob,
applauding the you,
there were sounds of forgiveness
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lingering the whole afternoon,
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yeah the letters explained it coldly,
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They felt better and stood up slowly
to face the sun
Yeah, the kings and the peasants
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were silently bearing their guns
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And the children were laughing,
chasing their needs
Like rebels with a good cause,
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running for freedom and dreams
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Bad drinkers and lawyers
getting down to the truth
It's cold and it's lifeless,
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living on a hill facing north
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Yeah, the letters explain it boldly
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They felt better and stood up slowly
to face the sun
Yeah, the kings and the peasants,
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yeah, they're silently bearing their guns
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So Yeah, the moonlight on the meadow,
the world finally met
The oak trees were blooming,
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the day when the sun wouldn't set
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Celebration and glory, a day of relief,
the morning was over,
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a toast for this moment of peace.
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