A Kirin Tale

F                Bb
La, la-la-la, la-la
      F         Eb
La-la-la, la-la-la

[Verse 1]
    F                        Bb
The Kirin used to speak and sing
                 F      Eb
We weren't always quiet
        F                 Bb
We told stories and funny jokes
                  F     Eb
My stand-up was a riot
    Bb              F/C
But then one day, a fight broke out
    C                  F
And hurtful words were said
Bb               F/C
Flaring tempers were inflamed
G                   C
Destruction quickly spread
Bb                           C
And flaming red from head to head
                F
Even burnt our... bread
          Bb  F  Eb
Sorry, I forgot how much I love rhyming. Where was I? Oh, right!

[Verse 1]
   F              Bb
My happy village lay in ruins
  F               Eb
Relationships got worse
F                 Bb
Spoiler alert: we quickly learned
     F                 Eb
That words could be a curse
Bb                  F/C
"No more talking," yelled our leader
C                    F
The last thing said aloud
G7
Into the Stream of Silence
   F
We stepped as a crowd
    Bb
The water cooled emotions
    G7
And peace was soon restored
         Bb                 C
But with no way to speak my thoughts
             F
I got super... bored
           Bb  F  Eb
Seriously, there's only so long that Sudoku can keep you entertained!

[Chorus]
       G                              Bb
'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
    Dm                               C
And shiny apples sometimes come with worms
        G
No, you can't give up your laughter
              Bb
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
       Eb              C           F
It's a lesson that the Kirin never learned

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 3]
F               Bb
I was stuck in silent prison
         F            Eb
With the voices in my head
     F               Bb
'Til I tripped over my salvation
     G7            C
In a helpful flowerbed
  Bb               F/C
I found a cure to clear my pipes
    C              F
And I became quite chatty
     Bb                  F/C
With years and years of stored-up words
  G7               C
I drove my village batty
     Dm
They didn't like my jokes and songs
    A
And daily dose of news
    F
The plays I wrote, the speeches spoke
   G7
Variety reviews
       Dm                               A
Or the story about the Kirin who hid below an opera stage
    C
And fell
N.C.
in love with this opera singer, and he wore a freaky half-mask thing, and he played the organ a 
lot
and got all broody 'cause the singer was in love with another dude, so he took her away on this 
underground
gondola.
C7
I mean, who doesn't love musical theater?!

[Verse 4]
    F               Bb
The village leader made it clear
  F              Eb
I had to make my choice
F                Bb
I could stay and live with them
   F               Eb
Or I could keep my voice
   Bb               F/C             C
So I came here, but left the couch alone
                F
They're hard to move
     Bb                F/C
With just the view for company
      Ddim         G7
Until ya heard me groove
N.C.
Take it away, boys!

[Interlude]
G7

[Chorus]
       G                             Bb
'Cause rainbows won't light up the sky
Unless you let it rain
    Dm                                    C
And candles just won't glow until they're burned
        G
No, you can't give up your laughter
              Bb
'Cause you're scared of a little pain
       Eb             C             Dm  C  F
It's a lesson that my village never learned
   Gm
No matter how hard I schooled them
         Bb
Fear of hurt is still what ruled them
    C                       F  Eb  Dm
Sometimes you gotta let it raaaaaaaain!

[Outro]
          C                      F
Yeah, sometimes you gotta let it rain