[intro] E [verse 1] E We argue in the kitchen about G#m whether to have children C#m About the world ending and the scale of my ambition A G#m And how much is art really worth The very thing you're F#m best at is the thing that hurts the most E But you need your rotten heart G#m Your dazzling pain like diamond rings C#m You need to go to war to find material to sing A G#m F#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King [chorus] A I need my golden crown of sorrow, B my bloody sword to swing C#m My empty halls to echo with G#m grand self-mythology A B F#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King A B E I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King [verse 2] E But a woman is a changeling, G#m always shifting shape C#m Just when you think you have it figured out, something new begins to take A What strangе claws are these, G#m scratching at my skin F#m I nеver knew my killer would be coming from within E G#m C#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King E G#m B I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King [chorus] A I need my golden crown of sorrow, B my bloody sword to swing, i need my C#m Empty halls to echo with G#m grand self-mythology A B F#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King A B F#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King A B C#m I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King A B E I am no mother, I am no bride, I am King [bridge] E G#m C#m Ooh A E F#m Ooh, ooh, ooh, E G#m C#m Ooh, ooh A E F#m B Ooh, ooh, ooh ooh [instrumental] E G#m C#m A E F#m E G#m C#m A E F#m B [outro] E G#m And I was never as good as I always thought I was C#m But I knew how to dress it up A G#m I was never satisfied, it never let me go F#m Just dragged me by my hair and B E back on with the show [outro] G#m C#m A G#m F#m E