[Tab] The Mighty King Still Runs

This is the official tab for my song “The Mighty King Still Runs”.

It’s track #5 from the album “Keeping the Sunset on my Side”

Yes, the song starts on a very short chorus. The names “chorus” and “verse” don’t really matter here: I just needed a way to differntiate these two distinct sections. And, at first, this song had a short introductory verse, but I removed it.

(Fun fact: this used to be track #4 of the album. But then I realized that track #6 and track #7 had almost identical tempo and strumming patterns, which was boring and confusing, so I wanted to break them apart, and ended up moving track #6 before this one.)

Notes

• This song has a Capo on the 3rd fret
• D/F# = 200232
• A/C# = X4222X
• B/D# = X6444X

Chorus

I like to play the melody with the chords. (So add or emphasize the notes E3 - E0 - B3 - D2 to the chords, respectively.)

Em D/F# G C
Re __ vo __ lu __ tions

Verse

Bm      C
Somewhere in the dark,

Bm      Am
The mighty king still runs

G    (D/F#) Em
Somewhere in the shadows

  D      C (C/B)
He is sticking to his guns

Am  Em
Careful now

F
When you rise above,

F
When you rise above the ground the world will

G
Follow

Chorus

I can’t wait here

Verse

For just a little while, just a little longer
We can sing till we’re weary and remember a time
When someone will
Rise above,
Rise above the crowd and they will follow

Chorus

Silent poison

Verse

Running through his veins
A black spot on his reign
From the outer windows
His condition may seem faint
But you don’t know
When you rise above,
When you rise above the fold, the world will
Swallow (you whole)

Bridge

Bm      C
He was waiting on someone to rescue him

A/C#       D    (A)  G
To tell him it’s okay, to waste away by the fire

He was waiting on someone to cheer him on
To tell him oh you can hide or be the fire

He begged forgiveness from, his people, children, anyone
The man he should become was not a king to anyone

B/D#
And on his knees, he pleads, he grieves

B/D#
He means to make you see oh

Chorus

Please believe me

Verse

Somewhere in the dark
The mighty king still runs
Somewhere in the shadows
He is sticking to his guns
Carefully waiting
He will rise above
He will rise above the clouds, yes he will come home