King's Call chords by Phil Lynott, Thin Lizzy

SimplifiedEm · G · D · Bm · Am …

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Intro 1

Verse 1
G 
It was a  (G major) rainy night,
Em 
D 
the  (E minor)  (D major) night the king went down
Everybody was crying,
Em 
it seemed like sadness had  (E minor) 
G 
surrounded the town  (G major) 
Em 
Me, I went to the liquor store,  (E minor) 
D 
and I bought a  (D major) bottle of wine
and a bottle of gin
I played his records all night
Em 
Drinking with a  (E minor) close, close friend
Bm 
Now  (B minor) some people say
Em 
that that ain't  (E minor) right
Am 
G 
Em 
And some  (A minor) people say  (G major) nothing at all  (E minor) 
Bm 
Em 
But  (B minor) even in the darkest of  (E minor) night
Am 
G 
C 
You can  (A minor) always hear the  (G major) king call  (C major) 
Am 
G 
Em 
G 
You can  (A minor) always hear the  (G major) king call  (E minor)  (G major) 
Well, they put him away in Memphis,
Em 
D 
 (E minor) six  (D major) feet beneath the clay
Everybody was crying,
Em 
G 
everybody said  (E minor) it was a plain gray day  (G major) 
Me, I went to the liquor store,
Em 
 (E minor) and I bought another
D 
 (D major) bottle of wine
and another bottle of gin
I played his records all night,
Em 
and I  (E minor) got drunk all over again
Bm 
Now  (B minor) some people say
Em 
that  (E minor) that ain't right
Am 
G 
Em 
And  (A minor) some people  (G major) say nothing at all  (E minor) 
Bm 
Em 
But  (B minor) even in the darkest of  (E minor) night
Am 
G 
C 
You can  (A minor) always hear the King call  (G major)  (C major) 
Am 
Em 
G 
You can  (A minor) always hear the  (E minor) King call  (G major) 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
Em 
D 
Em 
 (G major)  (E minor)  (D major)  (E minor) 
G 
Bm 
Em 
 (G major) That some  (B minor) people say that  (E minor) they're right
Am 
G 
Em 
And  (A minor) some people say  (G major) nothing at all  (E minor) 
Bm 
G 
Em 
But even  (B minor) in the darkest  (G major) of  (E minor) days,
Am 
G 
C 
you can  (A minor) always hear the King  (G major) call  (C major) 
Am 
G 
C 
You can  (A minor) always hear the  (G major) King call  (C major) 
Cm 
Am 
Em 
 (C minor) You can  (A minor) always hear the King call  (E minor) 
And now the stage is bare,
and I'm standing here
You can always hear the King call
You can always the king call
G 
Em 
You  (G major) can  (E minor) always hear the king call
G 
Em 
You  (G major) can  (E minor) always hear the king call
I cried, but now you're the king, I
G 
Em 
You  (G major) can  (E minor) always hear the king call
You can always hear the King Kong
You can always hear the King Kong
You can always hear the King Kong