A Man Called King Heroin chords by
Shirley Caesar

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Key: C major•

Verse 1

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Mothers, I want you to get all

of your teenagers together

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and gather them around the radio.

I want to tell you a little story.

There was a girl that left a good home

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C

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to go out on her own.

She wanted to see the world, yes,

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and have a lot of fun.

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C

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But she didn't know right then, yeah,

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C

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that she would meet a man,

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C

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a man called King Heroin

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Now her mother, she cried,

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and walked right by her side

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Said, honey, please don't go,

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please don't go, honey

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But in her fullest pride,

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she pushed her mother aside

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She said, Mother, I'm old enough to know

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Now let me talk to you a little bit

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It was at a midnight ramble

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She met a man called King Heroin

He whispered in her ear

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In smooth tones so low

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Now listen to him

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In his deadly charm

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Sayin' give me your arm,

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C

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let me take you higher

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than you've ever been before

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Let me show you where

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they went from there

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Oh, to New York, and to, yeah,

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the boardwalk

To the south side of Chicago,

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and many a southern town

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She made California and Flagstaff,

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Am

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C

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Arizon a

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Never thought of going back home

Now let me talk to you a little bit more

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Dm

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Now the news reached down in Reno

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Am

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To come on home at once

But home your darling mother

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is laying there dying.

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You know what young folks,

she could go right there, ah yeah,

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she had to pay a man,

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a man called King Heroin,

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one more thing I want to tell you

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She left Reno, Nevada, yeah

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Tryin' to form a ride

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No one helped her

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They just pushed her aside

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But she wasn't through just yet

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Dm

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She had one final debt

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Oh, to a man called King Heroin

Now this is about the end of it, listen

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On Route 66

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A cold body lies

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No one knows her name

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Oh yeah

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But I know found energy

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Geez, though tragic it may seem

Rhythm of me,

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I'm comin' home

Outro 1

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