King of the Past

Bm, G, D, A E ---0-2-3-2--3-5--3-2--3-2-0-2------| B -3----------------------------3----| G --------------------------------2--| D -----------------------------------| A -----------------------------------| E -----------------------------------| King of the Past - Rheostatics Bm G D Check your watch; you're fourteen and more. Bm G D A Here lies a road not travelled before. Bm G D Down in the cellar, there's beer on your breath. Bm G D And up off the floor, did you let him explore? BABABAGA Oooooooh? Check your map. You're Louis Riel. He rode a horse before you were born. Out in the flatland, the money's all spent. And out in the field, your fate has been sealed. Oooooooh? D A D A I'm the King of the Past, but still I walk forward. D A G A Won't close my eyes to the passing of time. D A D A I'm in Fredericton Northern where the rivers make borders, D A G A But planes fly right over them. Check your map, 'cause you've lost your watch. It's buried under snow; its time does not stop. Find your way homeward. The rivers are freezing. And under the ice, the borders are changing. Oooooooh? I'm the King of the Past, but still I walk forward. I step over hundreds of years yet to come, While the eyes in the back of my head draw no borders, Just rivers that channel the rain. (Chase them away.)