Key: Db major
Verse 1
C
F
C
Fm
C
F
Am
F
Eaug
King, and everyone bowed to the
Am
King.
D
C
Fm
He had women by the dozen,
C
D
F
D
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
Dm
G
C
They called him the king,
F
Am
the king,
F
E
Am
Cause he had his own special thing
D
Fm
And nobody dared to hate him
C
Ebm
Men would imitate him
Dm
Aaug
F
And he reigned supreme on his throne
C
F
The world was his blue
-point oyster
B
Em
D
E
Em
Edim
He wore the stars for his crown
A
Ddim
G
But when you reach the summit,
Edim
A
D
Dm
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
G
C
Gm
Em
Am
The pendulum swings and brings a
F
Am
new generation of kings.
Gsus4
C
An d soon
His
Royal
Fm
Em
Ebm
Highness was just another minus,
Dm
Em
G
a face in the noonday crowd.
Gm
C
F
For he who was
everyone's passion
B
Em
Now finds himself
Edim
A
slightly out of fashion
Gsus4
C
F
C
gone live the king, the king
F
C
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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