🎸 Royal Beggars chords by Architects

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: Bm

Difficulty: Novice



                   Ab
e|---------------------------------------4-4--4-4-------------|
B|---------------------------------------4-4--4-4-------------|
G|---------------------------------------5-5--5-5-------------| x2
D|---------------------------------------6-6--6-6-------------|
A|---------5b---------5b--------5b-------6-6--6-6-------------|
E|----3--3----3---3--3----3---3--3---3---4-4--4-4-------------|

Verse 1:
Cm          Bb
Royal beggars, royal beggars
            Ab
Do you, do you, do you wanna
    Cm      Bb
Live forever, live forever
Bb
Alone, alone, alone?


Pre-Chorus 1:
 Ab      Gm
'Cause we're broken
      Ab       Gm
All hope is dead, but we're coping
     Ab
Somebody, save our souls


Chorus:
Cm        Ab       Bb
Like a bird in a cage, trying to fly away
                Gm Cm
Is this the price that we have to pay?
         Ab      Bb
Overflowing with rage, yet we still obey
              Gm   Ab
'Cause we're asleep in a hurricane


Verse 2:
    Cm       Bb
Bitter lovers, bitter lovers
            Ab
Let go, let go, let go 'cause it's
    Cm      Bb
Now or never, now or never
Bb
Breathe in, breathe out, breathe in


Pre-Chorus 2:
 Ab     Gm
'Cause we're choking
       Ab       Gm
And left for dead, but we're coping
     Ab
Somebody, save our souls


Chorus:
Cm        Ab       Bb
Like a bird in a cage, trying to fly away
                Gm Cm
Is this the price that we have to pay?
         Ab      Bb
Overflowing with rage, yet we still obey
             Gm
'Cause we're asleep in a hurricane


Instrumental:
Ab Cm Bb Bb x2


Bridge:
Ab       Cm         Bb
Are you listening? You may not have noticed
              Ab
We have totally lost our way
          Cm              Bb
Are you lost in the clouds? Or can you hold your focus?
                 Ab
It's ourselves that we will betray
        Cm         Bb
Are you listening? You may not have noticed
              Ab
We have totally lost our way
          Cm              Bb
Are you lost in the clouds? Or can you hold your focus?
Bb
It's ourselves that we will betray


Chorus:
Cm        Ab       Bb
Like a bird in a cage, trying to fly away
                Gm Cm
Is this the price that we have to pay?
         Ab      Bb
Overflowing with rage, yet we still obey
              Gm
'Cause we're asleep in a hurricane


e|---------------------------------------4-4--4-4-------------|
B|---------------------------------------4-4--4-4-------------|
G|---------------------------------------5-5--5-5-------------| x2
D|---------------------------------------6-6--6-6-------------|
A|---------5b---------5b--------5b-------6-6--6-6-------------|
E|----3--3----3---3--3----3---3--3---3---4-4--4-4-------------|


Outro:
Gm                       Ab
We sit on a throne, waiting for God to bend the knee
Gm                 Ab
But we're nothing more than royal beggars

Gm Gm Ab x2

N.C.
But I'm as guilty as the next man
N.C.                Ab
Our eyes are open, but we're not listening


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