King Kong chords by
Tom Waits

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Key: D minor•

Verse 1
Gm Gm 3
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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They shot him down
Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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They shot him down
They thought he was a monster
Gm Gm 3
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But he was the King
Dm Dm 
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Verse 2
They came to his island
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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And they brought her with them
Dm Dm 
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They wanted to get his picture
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Gm Gm 3
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But they were surprised by  his
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Gm Gm 3
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enormous size

Verse 3
Dm Dm 
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And when he saw the woman
Am Am 
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Dm Dm 
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Gm Gm 3
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Dm Dm 
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He took her without question
Gm Gm 3
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Dm Dm 
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Because after all
D5 D5 5
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He was the King
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Gm Gm 3
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And he loved

Verse 4
Dm Dm 
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Am Am 
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the woman
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He  loved the way she looked
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And she wouldn't stop
Am Am 
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screaming
D5 D5 5
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But he loved

Verse 5

the woman

And he fought a Tyrannosaurus Rex

And it was a bloody battle

Verse 6
But he fought it for his woman
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And he climbed up a mountain
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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And he looked around
Some kind of forest
C C 
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Dm Dm 
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With all these dinosaurs

Verse 7

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And he stripped his woman

He stripped her bare

But there was a pterodactyl

There!

Verse 8

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And then a hero

Came and took his woman

And they fell off the mountain

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In to some water

Verse 9

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And then later

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He came looking for his woman

But they were waiting

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And they threw a bomb

Verse 10

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And they tied him

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And took him across the ocean

And they chained him

And put him in the show

Verse 11

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And when he saw his woman

He broke loose

And everyone fled in terror

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And he was looking for her

Verse 12

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And he overtook a train

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And he was looking in the street

And then he found her in her apartment

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Verse 13
And he climbed up
the Empire State building
It was like a phallic symbol
And he took his woman
To the top of that towering temple

Verse 14

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And he climbed up and looked around

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Some kind of city

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With all those skyscrapers

Verse 15
And all the cars
Dm Dm 
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Just him and his screaming woman
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Dm Dm 
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And they were finally alone
A A 
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Dm Dm 
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He loved his woman
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Dm Dm 
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You could see it in his eyes
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His great big eyes

Verse 16

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He loved his woman

From the moment that he saw her

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He was all choked up inside

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But when the airplanes

Verse 17
came
He was soon to die
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But he hung on long enough
to set his woman down
And make sure that she was safe

Verse 18

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And as the bullets pierced

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He looked at her so sincere

Before he fell

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Because he loved his woman

Verse 19

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And they shot him down

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They thought he was a monster

But he was the King

Verse 20

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Who killed the monkey

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'Twas beauty

that killed the beast

Verse 21

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And Willis O'Brien died

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A tragic death

There wasn't much

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That he had left

Verse 22

And Ray Harryhousen said

That when Willis died

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That's when the King was really dead

Verse 23

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They shot him down

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They shot him down

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They thought he was a monster

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But he was the King

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