Key: Db major
Verse 1
B
E
B
Em
B
E
G#m
E
D#aug
King, and everyone bowed to the
G#m
King.
C#
B
Em
He had women by the dozen,
B
C#
E
C#
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
C#m
F#
B
They called him the king,
E
G#m
the king,
E
D#
G#m
Cause he had his own special thing
C#
Em
And nobody dared to hate him
B
Dm
Men would imitate him
C#m
G#aug
E
And he reigned supreme on his throne
B
E
The world was his blue
-point oyster
A#
D#m
C#
D#
D#m
D#dim
He wore the stars for his crown
G#
C#dim
F#
But when you reach the summit,
D#dim
G#
C#
C#m
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
F#
B
F#m
D#m
G#m
The pendulum swings and brings a
E
G#m
new generation of kings.
F#sus4
B
An d soon
His
Royal
Em
D#m
Dm
Highness was just another minus,
C#m
D#m
F#
a face in the noonday crowd.
F#m
B
E
For he who was
everyone's passion
A#
D#m
Now finds himself
D#dim
G#
slightly out of fashion
F#sus4
B
E
B
gone live the king, the king
E
B
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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