Key: Db major
Verse 1
D
G
D
Gm
D
G
Bm
G
F#aug
King, and everyone bowed to the
Bm
King.
E
D
Gm
He had women by the dozen,
D
E
G
E
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
Em
A
D
They called him the king,
G
Bm
the king,
G
F#
Bm
Cause he had his own special thing
E
Gm
And nobody dared to hate him
D
Fm
Men would imitate him
Em
Baug
G
And he reigned supreme on his throne
D
G
The world was his blue
-point oyster
C#
F#m
E
F#
F#m
F#dim
He wore the stars for his crown
B
Edim
A
But when you reach the summit,
F#dim
B
E
Em
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
A
D
Am
F#m
Bm
The pendulum swings and brings a
G
Bm
new generation of kings.
Asus4
D
An d soon
His
Royal
Gm
F#m
Fm
Highness was just another minus,
Em
F#m
A
a face in the noonday crowd.
Am
D
G
For he who was
everyone's passion
C#
F#m
Now finds himself
F#dim
B
slightly out of fashion
Asus4
D
G
D
gone live the king, the king
G
D
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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