Intro
|Dm |Dm |C |Bb | (3x)
|Ab |Ab |Gm7 |Gm7 | (2x)
Verse 1Gm7
Hallelujah, the king is dead
F
He said, "Love was the knife"
Gm7
And now he'll dream
F
Some magic queen might try and save his life
Gm7
They say his famous final words
F
Came from the heart of the man
Gm7
He made his bed on love denied
FBb
He played Jeckyll and Hyde till the day he died
Pre-ChorusCBb
Too late for the young gun
Dm
To lead a simple life
CBb
Too late for the young gun
ChorusBb
This is...
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
[Post-Chorus
N.C.
See the mountains crumble
Bb
Feel the fire go cold
N.C.
Summer will turn to winter
Bb
Love will turn to stone
Interlude
|C |Bb |Dm |Dm |
|C |Bb |Bb |Bb |
|Bb |Bb |Bb |Bb |
[Break]
|N.C. |
[Bass Riff]
|N.C. |
[Drum and Bass]
|N.C. |
[Full Band]
|Gm7 |Gm7 |
Verse 2Gm7
They say his famous final words
F
Came from the heart of man
Gm7
I made his bed on love denied
FBbDm
Now I ain't gonna sleep tonight
Pre-ChorusCBb
Too late for the young gun
Dm
To lead a simple life
CBb
Too late for the young gun
Pre-Chorus 2Bb
The sun and the moon
Bb
The sun and the noon
BbDmCBb
The wind... and the rain
Interlude
|Dm |Dm |C |Bb |
ChorusDm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Dm
This is the year of the knife
CBb
This is the year of the knife
Pre-ChorusCBbDm
Too late, much too late
CBb
Too late for the young gun
OutroBbDm
This is the year of the knife
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