King for a Day chords by XTC

SimplifiedG · Em · F · Gsus4 · C …

GuitarPianoUkulele

G
Em
F
Gsus4
C
Am
Dm
E

Intro 1

Gsus4

Verse 1
G 
Em 
G 
Everyone's creeping up to the money god,
Em 
G 
Putting tongues where they
F 
G 
Em 
didn't ought to be
G 
C 
G 
On stepping stones of
human hearts and souls,
Gsus4 
G 
Into the land of "nothing for free"

New- Play with audio & scroll

Upgrade to play 20,000+ songs ads free, and enjoy playing with music.

Get now

Verse 2

Well the way that we're living,

Is all take and no giving,

There's nothing to

believe in,

The loudest mouth will hail

the new found way,

To be king for a day

Interlude 1

Gsus4

Verse 3
G 
Em 
G 
F 
G 
Everyone's licking up to the new king pin,
Em 
G 
Trying to get way up with a smile
Sing for your supper boy and
jump to a finger click,
Ain't my way of living in style

Verse 4
F 
Em 
'Cause the ladder gets longer,
Am 
F 
Em 
Am 
Em 
And ambition gets stronger,
Am 
F 
G 
Em 
I can't satisfy the hunger,
G 
Am 
F 
G 
That bad old moon has
Am 
G 
F 
got you in its sway,
G 
Em 
G 
To be king for the day
Em 
G 
Dm 
E 

Verse 5
Am 
You're only here once so you
E 
got to get it right
Am 
(No time to fuss and fight)
Dm 
'Cause life don't mean much if measured
Am 
E 
out with someone else's plight
(In time you'll see the light)

Verse 6
F 
G 
Em 
G 
'Cause the way that we're living,
Am 
F 
G 
F 
Em 
Am 
Is all take and no giving,
F 
G 
Am 
There's not mush to believe in,
F 
G 
Am 
The loudest mouth will hail
G 
F 
the new found way,
G 
Em 
G 
To be king for a day
F 
G 
You got to be the king for a day, ah
Em 
G 
Em 
G 
To be king for a day