Basement Songs: Why Would I Bow to His Majesty (Part 1 and 2)

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Part 1:

Am7/C          Gm7/Bb     Gm7
Why would I bow to his majesty?
                           C                   Am/F#          C/G    Csus2/G   G
When time after time, we just knew that he had to be...

A                                   A13    A7     F#m7
The phone it rang during dinner time
                                                             F                        G   A
With the voice of a friend saying that it's been some time
                                     A13   A7                   F#m7
Said he saw a star rising in the sky and I said
                                                        F          G
Gotta go, gotta call coming in on the other line and it said

C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
                 G6 no 5      G              F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
        G6 no 5      G                   C
And now I must fly, remembering

How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
            G6 no 5      G              F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
        G6 no 5      G                       C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things
                   C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
        Csus4 C5             Csus2                  G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?

CHORUS (2x)
C                  Am/F#      C/G  Csus2/G  G
Why would I bow to his majesty?
C                                        Am/F#
Ain't no one gonna take my place
                               C/G  Csus2/G  G
Take away my own tragedy
                             C/A
A sovereign of our own
                               C/Bb
Will mount up to the throne
       Csus4 C5           Csus2                 G
And isn't it time that I questioned why?

RUSTYY KRYYSTYYLZZ SOLO
Verse chords: A, A13, A7, F#m7, F, G, A (2x, except last A)

C
You oughta be ashamed of yourself after what you've done
                 G6 no 5      G              F
'Cause for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
        G6 no 5      G                   C
And now I must fly, remembering

How we promised we would tell him where to find a king
            G6 no 5      G              F
But for time out of mind, he's been a light to my unstable footsteps
        G6 no 5      G                       C/A (C6)
And now I must lie down all the things,
                   C/Bb (C7)
A wiseman brings
        Csus4 C5             Csus2            G
And isn't it time that I questioned why

CHORUS (2x)

BRIDGE

AMaj7/B   FMaj7/G  GMaj7/A (2x)
Why?
                 AMaj7
When you bargain with the man, understand
                 GMaj7
You better come with your own plan
                             Csus4/G  C/A  G  Csus4
And stand on your own
                            C/A                  G
Let's return to our land by another road

CHORUS (3x)

Part 2:

Am/F#, C/G, Caug5, Am, Dmaug5 w5, Am, Caug5, C/G, Am/F#, F, E, C/E, Cm/Eb, G5/D, D

D5, D5/F#, D5/G, D5 (3x)

DMaj7, etc.