Key: B major•
Intro 1
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
Verse 1
G#m
F#
E
B
High on the hill, the valley below me
E
B
The blue sky above me,
F#
B
my dream was so real
G#m
F#
I could not hear the
E
B
hum of the highway
E
B
F#
B
The drums of the foundry, pounding at steel
Verse 2
E
B
Didn't need no money,
E
B
E
didn't need no time
F#
B
own peace of mind to know that a
E
B
E
B
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
E
B
Just for one moment,
F#
G#m
I'm the king of the world
E
B
Just for one moment,
C#m
G#m
F#
B
C#m
G#m
Verse 3
F#
G#m
F#
So I close my eyes,
E
B
let the power defeat me
E
B
'Cause the real world can't free me
F#
B
from this dirty old town
G#m
F#
Where the four winds blow,
E
B
I sent my troubles rollin'
E
B
Since the world kept on turnin',
F#
B
I just let it go 'round
Verse 4
E
B
Didn't need no money,
E
B
E
didn't need no time
B
F#
I didn't need nothin' but my own
B
E
peace of mind to know that a
B
E
B
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
E
B
Just for one moment,
F#
G#m
I'm the king of the world
E
B
F#
Just for one moment, I'm the king, I'm the king of the world
Interlude 1
C#m
G#m
F#
B
C#m
G#m
F#
C#m
G#m
F#
B
C#m
G#m
F#
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
G#m
F#
E
B
E
B
F#
B
Verse 5
G#m
F#
E
B
See, I took it all in, like time takes forever
E
B
Like the dream that you never be
F#
B
lieved would come true
G#m
F#
Then I gave it away,
E
B
I just had to surrender
E
B
Man, I just can't remember
F#
B
when I felt so good
Verse 6
E
B
Didn't need no money,
E
B
didn't need no time
E
B
I didn't need nothin' but my
F#
B
own peace of mind to know that a
E
B
E
B
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
E
B
Just for one moment,
F#
G#m
I'm the king of the world
Verse 7
E
B
Didn't need no money,
E
B
E
didn't need no time
B
F#
I didn't need nothin' but my own
B
E
peace of mind to know that a
B
E
B
A voice like a whisper is bound to be heard
E
B
Just for one moment,
F#
G#m
I'm the king of the world
E
B
F#
Just for one moment, I'm the king,
C#m
G#m
F#
B
I'm the king of the
C#m
G#m
world
Outro 1
F#
C#m
G#m
F#
B
C#m
G#m
F#
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ChordsB G#m F# E C#m
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