Intro
A# F D Gm D# A# F F [x2]
[Verse]
A#
With a soft underbelly,
F
and a hardened heart,
D Gm
they say you gotta be tough if you ain't that smart,
D# A# F F
I'm sittin here alone, waitin for my phone to ring.
[Verse]
A#
Run outta time,
F
run outta hope,
D Gm
the boys on the corner never run outta dope,
D# A# F F
I keep myself high, so I can keep doin' my thing.
[Verse]
A#
They say,
F
stupid is as stupid does,
D Gm
and everything's the same as it ever was,
D# A# F F
I drink myself blind tryin' to find a new song to sing.
[Verse]
A#
Time is money,
F
Money talks,
D Gm
Bartender pour me one more whiskey on the rocks,
D# A# F F
while I try to understand, why every man wants to be king.
[Chorus]
Gm Gm F F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Gm Gm F F
Everybody, kicks you when you're down.
Gm Gm F F
Laugh for now, later you can frown.
Gm Gm D# F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
[Verse]
A#
With a sweet disposition,
F
and an iron will,
D Gm
a couple nice cars, and a house on a hill,
D# A# F F
my bank account's full but my soul's still empty and cold.
[Verse]
A#
All the money and the clothes,
F
and the sold out shows,
D Gm
don't mean a damn thing when nobody knows you,
D# A# F F
and your home is just a house when you're sittin' there alone and you're old.
[Verse]
A#
I heard, love is a game,
F
I heard love is a rock,
D Gm
I heard love is a house on a dead end block,
D# A# F F
but the ending keeps changin' every time, the story gets told.
[Verse]
A#
Some pray for money,
F
some pray for rain,
D Gm
and some are just are just prayin' for relief from the pain,
D# A# F F
and some of us'll buy just 'bout anything we can be sold.
[Chorus]
Gm Gm F F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Gm Gm F F
Everybody, kicks you when you're down.
Gm Gm F F
Laugh for now, later you can frown.
Gm Gm D# F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
[Bridge]
D# D# A# F [x2]
[Verse]
A#
I'm a mean old dog,
F
got a big old gun,
D Gm
I'm a proud new papa, I'm an only son,
D# A# F F
I'm a beggar I'm a thief I'm a liar and a cheater too.
[Verse]
A#
I've been around the block,
F
I've been around the sun,
D Gm
I've been up, I've been down, I've been over and done,
D# A# F F
I've seen the bottom of the pile and the mountaintop, either will do.
[Chorus]
Gm Gm F F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
Gm Gm F F
Everybody, kicks you when you're down.
Gm Gm F F
Laugh for now, later you can frown.
Gm Gm D# F
Heavy is the head that wears the crown.
[Outro]
A# F D Gm D# A# F F C