Key: C major
Verse 1
King
Am
Arthur and
Merlin
C
Dm
Once upon a time,
G
Dm
Am
in a land far away,
lived a young boy called
C
Dm
Arthur and a knight,
Kay.
Dm
Though
Am
C
Arthur was poor, he was clever and bright,
and dreamed every day of
becoming a knight.
F
C
Kay, on the other hand, was grumpy an d mean,
Em
Am
Dm
Fm
the most miserable knight there ever
C
F
C
Ar thur hard all day and all night,
Em
Am
Dm
Em
Am
and never ever let him out of his sight.
English town to compete in a
contest for the best knight
around.
All the riders were there,
Sir
Dm
C
Then riding his horse to the edge of the field,
young
Arthur helped
C
Dm
Oh no!
Am
Dm
Am
forgotten your sword!
Dm
C
You dolt! cried
Sir
Am
C
Kay.
Am
C
Dm
You'd better find me one fast,
C
Dm
C
Am
or else this year contest may well be your last.
G
Dm
Arthur a clip round the ear,
Fm
C
Dm
he sen t the boy off with his eyes full of tears.
Am
C
Upset and afraid,
C
Am
a sword to take back to
Sir
Dm
Kay.
Am
C
Am
Dm
C
F
But try as he might, his long search was in vain,
C
Am
Dm
for all the sword makers had gone to the games.
C
As
Arthur turned back, he caught a glint in the air from
Dm
a strange shiny object that stood in the square.
Em
C
Em
A sword in a stone, like the tales of old,
C
F
Dm
F
Fm
with a blade of pure sil ver and a handle of gold.
C
Dm
C
Arthur stretched out a hand, and with a heave and a ho,
of the stone.
F
C
G
C
He then held it aloft in a great beam of light.
Am
C
It was truly a sword that was
Dm
C
Dm
Then the town's mayor, who was just passing by,
Am
Dm
stopped dead in his tracks and let out
a cry.
it was him!
He shall be our new ruler.
Long live the king!
Merlin appeared,
with his pointy blue hat and
C
Dm
long silver beard.
Excalibur.
G
Dm
It was trapped in the stone,
C
an d he who removes it shall sit on the throne.
Bb
Dm
As a cheer went up
from the fast -growing crowd,
Sir
Am
Dm
Kay pushed to the front and shouted out
loud,
Am
F
Move away quick,
The king's sword is mine,
Am
Dm
now I'll pull it out!
But though
Am
Sir
Kay grunted and twisted and tugged,
the sword in the stone just would
not budge.
And then as
Kay stopped, all tired and faint,
Arthur grabbed the stuck
sword and drew it
again.
C
Huzzah! yelled the crowd as they led him through town,
and later that day gave him a crown.
While
Merlin just smiled and shut
Arthur a wink
For long had he known this
boy would be king
C
King
With a round table and
And know he lived happily till
the end of his reign
you
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