King's Call chords by Budgie, Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
Em 
It was a rainy night
D 
the night the king went down
Everybody was crying it seemed like
Em 
G 
sadness had surrounded the town
Em 
Me I went to the liquor store
D 
And I bought a bottle
of wine and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night
Em 
Drinking with a close, close friend

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Verse 2

Now some people say

that that ain't right

And some people say nothing at all

But even in the darkest of night

You can always hear the king's call

Interlude 1

Verse 3
G 
Em 
Well they put him away in Memphis
D 
Six feet beneath the clay
Everybody was crying
Em 
Everybody said it was a plain grey day
G 

Verse 4
Me I went to the liquor store
Em 
D 
And I bought another bottle
of wine and another bottle of gin
I played his records all night
Em 
And I got drunk all over again
Bm 
Now some

Verse 5
people say that
Em 
that ain't right
That ain't right
Am 
G 
Em 
And some people say nothing at all
I say nothing
Bm 
Em 
But even in the darkest of night
Am 
G 
C 
You could always hear the king's call
Am 
You could always hear
Em 
the king's call

Verse 6
Em 
I wonder if you're lonesome tonight
G 
Em 
D 
Em 
G 
Em 
D 
And I'd rather go on
Em 
hearing your lies
G 
Than to go on living without you

Verse 7
Bm 
Now some people say that
Em 
that ain't right
Am 
G 
And some people say nothing
Em 
at all I say nothing
Bm 
G 
Em 
But even in the darkest of night
Am 
G 
C 
You could always hear the king's call
Am 
You could always hear the
G 
C 
Cm 
king's call
Am 
Em 
You could always hear the king's call
Now the stage is bare and
I'm standing here
G 
They might as well bring
Em 
G 
Em 
the curtain down
G 
I cried the night the king died