E
Midnight, at the school
           C#m
'Hind the bleachers
                       E
Oh, there's gonna be a rumble
                   C#m   C#m - E - C#m - B  
The lions and the kings    and my    baby
    A            F#m            E
She cries in her bed, and she worries
       B         E
And my baby, she prays
C#m - E - C#m - B     E   C#m   E   C#m   A   F#m   E
      God save  the kings! 


[Pre-chorus 1]
A
Promise me you won't do anything crazy
  E
I promise you I won't do anyting, baby
A                    
Promise me
              B
I promise you nothing! 


[Chorus 1]
        E/G#   A           E
We're outcasts only cuz we choose to dream
        E/G#        A                  E      B   
We're princes who'd rather dine with thieves
       E/G#  A              E       B       C#m
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
    A            F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings


[Verse 2]
E 
Midnight, at the school
             C#m
Behind the bleachers (hey baby, lets go lets go)
                   E
There's gonna be a rumble,
                                C#m
But the cops won't be notified (whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa)
       A                 F#m
So the lions bear their arms
        E                     
But the kings gonna break the hearts
         B        E
Of their babies tonight


[Chorus 2]
       E/G#  A              E
We're daring only cuz we've none to lose
       E/G# A               E     B
We're lions missing half our teeth
       E/G#  A              E       B       C#m
We're honest only cuz the truth, it cannot hide
    A            F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings
    A            F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings


[Instrumental]

A /// | B /// | A/C# /// | B/D# /// |
E /// | // | B / | A 


[Interlude]
F#m                 C#m - B
   And we fight cuz
       
We'd rather break our bones than brave this loneliness
F#m                            C#m - B
   We draw blood cuz we're just
                                     
Trying to draw out some significance


[Bridge]
A           F#m          B      G#m
 But I met God on the street tonight
              C#m                 A      
And he said, "Choose your battles wisely
B
 Or you'll never find Me"


[Pre-chorus 2]
A                                       E
Promise me you won't do anything crazy, promise me
  A                          B         
I promise you, I promise you one thing
A  B E
Whoa oh 


[Chorus 3]
       E/G#  A                  E 
We're devils try'n to earn our angels wings
   E/G#       A            E   B
We stumble at every turn indeed
      E/G#      A                 E        B      C#m
We're desperate chasing down the love to just survive
     A           F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings (Promise me you won't do anything crazy)
     A           F#m     E
God save us, the foolish kings (Promise me, promise me)
    A
God save us (God save us)
    F#m     E    A - E   B - E   A - E 
The foolish kings