King of Pain by The Police Lyric and Guitar Chords

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If you are looking for King of Pain guitar chords, you’ve come to the right place.
You can play King of Pain by The Police using guitar or guitar.
This song by The Police can also be played by that instruments.
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King of Pain guitar chords has rhythm and included in Synchronicity (1983) album.
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King of Pain by The Police Guitar Chords


i found a bunch of different tabs for king of pain, but couldn’t find anything that
good on an acoustic guitar. so here’s something easy that will get you folk singers through
song. it starts on Am, instead of Bm, so capo the second fret if you’re playing with a
or along with the album.

king of pain
acoustic arrangement by zak

intro;

there’s a little black spot on the [Am} sun to- day
repeat progression
it’s the same old thing as yes – ter – [G} day
[Bsus/E] [Bm/E] [Fmaj7/C]
there’s a black hat caught in the high tree top
repeat progression
there’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop
[Bsus/E] [Bm/E] [Fmaj7/C]

i have [G/C] stood here be- fore inside the [C/E] pouring rain
with the [G/C] world turning circles running [C/E] ’round my brain
i guess [G/C] I’m always hoping that you’ll [C/E] end this reign
but it’s [G/C] my desti- ny to be the[C/E] king of pain

verse:

there’s a little black spot on the sun today (that’s my soul up there)
it’s the same old thing as yesterday (that’s my soul up) (there)
there’s a black hat caught in a high tree top (that’s my soul up there)
There’s a flagpole rag and the wind won’t stop (that’s my soul up) (there)

chorus:

i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain

verse repeats

chorus repeats

bridge:

there’s a king on a throne with his eyes torn out
there’s a blind man looking for a shadow of doubt
there’s a rich man sleeping on a golden bed
there’s a skeleton choking on a crust of bread

guitar solo in

outro:

there’s a red fox torn by a huntsmen’s pack (that’s my soul up there)
there’s a black winged gull with a broken back (that’s my soul up) (there)
there’s a little black spot on the sun today
it’s the same old thing as yesterday

refrain:

i have stood here before inside the pouring rain
with the world turning circles running ’round my brain
i guess i’m always hoping that you’ll end this reign
but it’s my destiny to be the king of pain

fade out to repeats

notes- the timing is a little weird for the intro where it goes [Bsus/E] [Bm/E]
but not that hard. in the second part of the intro, the chords are the way they are so
can walk up with the bass line if you listen for it. also, i usually play the open
for the part, and a barre for the part.
depending on how you’re playing this, you might want to keep the chord switches during
verses, on the album it sounds like a muted arpeggio, so i just finger-pick it.
the in the outro is for no chords.
and here are the chords you will need, in order, for the intro:

intro:
x 0 2 2 1 0
3 2 0 0 0 3
1 3 3 2 1 1
3 5 5 4 3 3
[Bsus/E] 0 2 4 4 0 0
[Bm/E] 0 2 4 4 3 2
x x 3 2 1 0
[Fmaj7/C] x 3 3 2 1 0

[G/C] x 3 0 0 0 3
x x 0 2 1 1
[C/E] 0 3 2 0 1 0
1 3 3 2 1 1

If you want to learn The Police King of Pain guitar chords, The 5 chords we’ll look at are the C major, A major, G major, E major, and D major.
The reason we use all major chords is that the minor versions of any of these chords just require tiny adjustments.
Each one of those minor chords is completely based on its major counterpart

The more you practice, the easier guitar will feel to play King of Pain. Guitar is hard to learn in the beginning, but gets easier the longer you stick with it.

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