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King Kong easy guitar chords by Daniel Johnston

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  • G

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    2
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    2
  • Verse 1
    G

    They shot him down

    They shot him down

    They thought he was a monster
    Verse 2

    But he was the king
    G

    They came to his island

    And they brought her with them

    They wanted to get his picture

    But they were surprised

    by his enormous size
    Verse 3
    G

    And when he saw the woman

    He took her without question

    Because after all
    Verse 4

    He was the king
    G

    And he loved the woman

    He loved the way she looked

    But she wouldn't stop

    Her screaming
    Verse 5
    G

    But he loved the woman And

    he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex

    It was a bloody battle

    But he fought it for his woman
    Verse 6
    G

    And he climbed up a mountain And he

    looked around

    Some kind of forest
    Verse 7

    With all those dinosaurs
    G

    And he stripped his woman

    He stripped her bare

    But there was a pterodactyl

    There!
    Verse 8
    G

    And then a hero

    Came and took his woman

    And they fell off the mountain

    Into some water
    F#
    G
    And then later
    Verse 9


    He came looking for his woman

    But they were waiting

    And they threw a bomb
    Verse 10
    G

    And they tied him

    And they took him across the ocean

    And they chained him

    And put him in the show
    Verse 11
    G

    But when he saw his woman He

    broke loose

    And everyone fled in terror

    And he was looking for her
    Verse 12
    G

    And he overturned the train

    He was looking in the street

    And then he found her in her

    apartment
    Verse 13
    G

    And He climbed up the Empire State

    building

    It was like a phallic Symbol

    And he took his woman

    To the top of that
    Verse 14

    towering temple
    G

    And he climbed up and looked around

    Some kind of city

    With all those skyscrapers

    And all the cars
    Verse 15
    G

    Just him and his screaming woman

    They were finally alone

    He loved his woman

    You could see it in his eyes

    His great big eyes
    Verse 16
    G

    He loved his woman

    From the moment he saw her

    He was all choked up inside
    Verse 17
    G

    But when the airplanes came
    F#

    He was soon to die
    G

    But he hung on long enough

    to set his woman down

    And make sure
    F#
    G

    She was safe
    Verse 18
    G

    And as the bullets pierced

    He looked at her so sincere

    Before he fell

    Because he loved his woman
    Verse 19
    G

    They shot him down

    They shot him down

    They thought he was a monster

    But he was the king
    Verse 20
    G

    Who killed the monkey

    Who killed the monkey

    'Twas beauty
    Verse 21

    That killed the beast
    G
    F#

    And Willis O'Brien died
    G

    A tragic death

    There wasn't much

    That he had left
    G
    And Ray
    Verse 22

    Harryhousen said
    G

    That when Willis died
    G

    That's when the king
    G

    Was really dead
    Verse 23
    G

    They shot him down
    G

    They shot him down
    G

    They thought he was a monster
    G

    But he was the king
    G
    But he was the king
    Verse 24

    G

    But he was the king

    But he was the king

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