King Of Pain by The Police

Title:  King of Pain
Artist:  The Police
Songwriter:  Sting
My Name:  Craig Quenneville (e0fvyczs@mail.erin.utoronto.ca)

This is my first attempt at submitting anything to OLGA. Hope
this makes the cut.  This is only a bunch of chords and lyrics,
sorry, no tabs.  The solo is pretty easy, but no guitar with
me right now.  Just play around with the bottom E and B strings
and you'll figure it out!


Chords    x-don't play   X-mute string

      Bm       D       G       A       C#sus    C#m
    xx4432  xx0232  320003  x02220    xx6674   xx2120

    Gmaj7    A/D     G6     D/F#     A/G      F#m
   3X0002  xx0220  320000  2X023X   3X2220  xx4222

    F#m7    Fmaj7    E7       Eb       Eb7     D9
  xx2222   xx3210  020100   xx5343   xx1323  x54555

   D9/F#
  2X021X

   KING OF PAIN

          Bm           A               Bm    A     Bm A  Bm A
There's a little black spot on the sun    to-day

         G         A           G         A   C#sus  C#m  Gmaj7
It's the same old thing as yes - ter - day

          Bm         A                 Bm      A   Bm A  Bm A
There's a black hat caught in the high   tree top

          G         A               G      A   C#sus C#m Gmaj7
There's a flagpole rag and the wind  won't stop

       A/D           G6             D/F#     G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

         A/D              G6             D/F#      G
with the world turning cir-cles running 'round my brain.

        A/D           G6               D/F#       G
I guess I'm always hop-ing that you'll end  this reign

         A/D      G6           D/F#     G
but it's my  destiny to be the king of pain.


           Bm
There's a  little black spot on the sun today

that's my soul up there

         A/G
It's the same old thing as yesterday

F#m                       G
that's my soul up there

          Bm
There's a black hat caught in a high tree top

that's my soul up there

          A/G
There's a flagpole rag and the wind won't stop

F#m                       G
that's my soul up there

       D                                    G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

         D                                        G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain.

        D                                         G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

         D                             G
But it's my destiny to be the king of pain.

           Bm
There's a fossil that's trapped in a high cliff wall

that's my soul up there

           A
There's a dead salmon frozen in a water fall

F#m                        G
that's my soul up there

          Bm
There's a blue whale beached by a springtide's ebb

that's my soul up there

          A/G
There's a butterfly trapped in a spider's web

F#m                       G
that's my soul up there

        D                                    G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

           D                                      G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain

         D                                       G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

         D                              G
but it's my destiny tro be the king of pain.

                   G
There's a king of pain.

A                                        G
There's a king on a throne with his eyes   torn out

A                                 G
There's a blindman looking for a shadow of doubt;

A                                 G
There's a rich man sleeping on a golden bed

A                               D/G       Bm
There's a skeleton choking on a crust of bread.


guitar solo

              Bm
There's a red fox torn by a huntsmen's pack

that's my soul up there

          A/G
There's a black winged gull with a broken back

F#m                    G
that's my soul up there

           F#m7        Fmaj7           E7  Eb
There's a little black spot  on the sun  today

         F#m7      Fmaj7      Eb7      D9    D9/F#
It's the same old thing  as yes - ter - day

        D                                    G
I have stood here before inside the pouring rain

          D                                       G
with the world turning circles running 'round my brain

        D                                        G
I guess I'm always hoping that you'll end this reign

         D                             G      D
but it's my destiny to be the king of pain

G                D
   King of pain        (fade out throwing in
   "I will always be..")