Key: A
Introduction: Am G9 Am G9 Am G9 F G Am
Am G9
As he travels on the beast of burden
Am G9
Moving up along the mountainside
Am G9
As he gazes looking down the valley
F G Am
No regrets but his pride
Am G9
As he journeys across mountain passes
Am G9
Insignificance sweeps over him
Am G9
His reflection of the beauty 'round him
F G Am
Feeling empty inside
Am G9
He is running from his wildest thoughts
Am G9
He is running from his everything
Am G9
He is looking now to find something
F G Am
Hoping he could be saved
Instrumental
E5 C5 B5 D5
He's searching for the answer now
E5 C5 B5 D5
It's something that he's managed to avoid up to now
E5 C5 B5 D5
Real conviction that he craves
E5 C5 B5 D5
He needs to find the answer sooner than later
Instrumental
E5 C5 B5 D5
Pushed himself to the limits
E5 C5 B5 D5
He had to strive for all the harder things in life
E5 C5 B5 D5
But what the cost to give in now?
E5 C5 B5 D5
His life, his time are the only things that he has
Pre-Chorus
B5
Life is not a rehearsal
C#5 D5
All he has is the one chance to get it right
E5
Leaving really is the only way to know
B5 C#5
Maybe one day they'll forgive him what he's done
D5 E5
But now the pain of lying too early in the grave
Bm G Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm G Em
Understand, no good to run away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his saving grace
Solo
G#m E
E D E D
E5 C5 B5 D5
He tries to make his peace with God
E5 C5 B5 D5
All is forgivable but it's left a little late
E5 C5 B5 D5
Trying something that he's not
E5 C5 B5 D5
Is it possible to change such a lot?
Instrumental
E5 C5 B5 D5
He's taken someone's life away
E5 C5 B5 D5
There's not a day goes by he regrets what he's done
E5 C5 B5 D5
He should have found another way
E5 C5 B5 D5
But the good book says: "An eye for an eye"
Pre-Chorus
B5 C#5
In reflecting on decisions that were made
D5 E5
On the judgements that will haunt him till his grave
B5 C#5
No one has the right to take another life
D5 E5
But in his mind he had no choice, so be it
Bm G Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm G Em
Understand, no good to run away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his saving grace
Bm G Em
Destiny, no good to hide away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his only way
Bm G Em
Understand, no good to run away
Bm G Em
Penance now will be his saving grace
Instrumental
C A2
Outro
E C D2 A2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
E C D2 A2
Far, far away, the man who would be king
E C D2 A2
So far away, the man who would be king
E C D2 A2
So far away, the man who would be king
E C D2 A2
Far, far away, the man who would be king