King Charles – Ivory Road chords

           
                                IVORY ROAD - KING CHARLES 


           GYou're the nose on my bullet
The trigger on my gun
           BYou're the sandbank in the ocean
Oxygen in my blood
           CYou're the fastest of the fish
You're the prickliest pear
         GYou're a chameleon in the night
You're the sahara's sun glare

GYou're my mind's rest
You're the strings on my guitar
           AmYou're the wax in my moustache
The keys to my car
           DYou're the magical mermaid's hollowed illusion
You cool them, fool them
And they hope so much
        GAnd you let them down
And you watch from your rock
And your heart beats fast as you watch their's stop

GI will keep on loving
'Cos I believe in love
  AmI don't mind dying
If you follow me up
     GYour victory's your defeat
Your head above your heart
Am                  Only the brave surrender
DDeath cannot tear us apart

Interlude: G  Am  D  G

GWell my smile is wider
Than your's when we meet
        BAnd the winter is colder
For me underneath
      CAnd I know that you glow
From the inside out
        GYou can keep it for yourself
And I'll go without

GYou are the fire and I'm the chimney
You'll burn away and I'll choke on your memory
        AmAll the words, my sense, you're the poet to my pen
You're the dream that brings the morning sadness
D                         GStart the day storm in my head
GWell you're the Oscar Wilde short stories in my bookcase
       AmYou're positively 4th street isolated in my itunes
           DYou're the word in the dictionary that I can't spell
                               GCan't describe, can't put in a sentence but use all the time
GYour own pair of trousers look better on me
    AmThe boots of spanish leather
And the bottom of the sea
      DEvery symbol of love that doesn't relate to a meaning
      GEvery feeling, every sensation
Only real when I'm dreaming

GI will keep on loving
'Cos I believe in love
  AmI don't mind dying
If you follow me up
GYour victory's your defeat
Your head above your heart
AmOnly the brave surrender
D                             GDeath cannot tear us apart

GWell I wish we were animals free of loves games
  AmI wish we were snails with really big shells
  DI wish I was a lion, I'd be king of the wild
    GI'd command all the beasts to carry you when you're tired

GI'm the elephant in the circus
Oh, you're my trainer
      AmYou'd never let me go
But if you did I would stay here
   DIn love there is freedom
But it must be returned
      GThere must be sacrifice
Love must be learnt
  GA donkey, a mule, a lifetime of work
   AmIn death he rests his head from his reins
No burden to bare but work left him lame
        DAnd the lion on the mountain chased from his pride
His lioness stolen, his rival survives
    G (let ring...)
The sound of his cubs in death are dim
He knows his world well, no pain can defeat him

G                  AmWild horses in the wilderness
     D               GWill know no journey home
                          AmWell my love is locked in chains
    D          GThe lion walks alone
            AmOh the lion walks alone
DNature is cruel
       GBut he knows it's his home
GHe to his demons
    AmAnd you to your own
DPlease let me stand by you
          GAnd we'll conquer them all
G       AmWe will conquer them all
   D      GOh I will conquer them all (x3)