Capo 3rd fret

Standard (EADGBE)

 the picking of the first is in strings: -- then --

Intro

A reporter in a jailroom, whispering her source to a dying bulb

While the prince is in a fable, peaceful in his cradle,

convinced of the impossible:

 All those wicked words I used to build my wild Western

truth

 I was just following the rules. Yeah, I did what I had to

do.

 So now its later than it needs to be

 And in the dulcet tones of dream

 The prince atop his chariot,

Heaven bound & glory be.

A mother in a market chases after children that she barely knows

While the father on the barstool, dropped off by his

 carpool, is playing a familiar role:

 I used to be a conquering king. I watched the slow stars

 shoot & swing.

 When I'd wake, the world would sing. Now, I can't hear

 anything.

 So now its later than it needs to be

 And while his stranger family sleeps

The king looks for his castle,

Heaven bound & glory be.

There's a myth we must've made

 One we're spreading every day

 In every dying dream we grieve

 The humming hole we fight & feed

It's the loving lives we long for

Heaven bound & glory be

A man in a hotel room, tangled to his teeth by the

telephone

He's waiting on a woman, wondering what she's doing, and

pacing so his pulse won't slow.

 He drums his legs and pulls his hair; he carves her dimples

 in the air.

 The raging world has spooked him scared, and he don't want

 her lost out there.

 So now it's later than it needs to be

 And though his aching eyes want sleep

 Against all rationality

 Against everything he believes

He prays for her protection,

Heaven bound & glory be.

He prays for her protection,

Heaven bound & gloooooooooory beeeeeeee. Ohhh

 And I pray for your protection, heaven bound and glory be