Key: Db major
Verse 1
Eb
Ab
Eb
Abm
Eb
Ab
Cm
Ab
Gaug
King, and everyone bowed to the
Cm
King.
F
Eb
Abm
He had women by the dozen,
Eb
F
Ab
F
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
Fm
Bb
Eb
They called him the king,
Ab
Cm
the king,
Ab
G
Cm
Cause he had his own special thing
F
Abm
And nobody dared to hate him
Eb
Gbm
Men would imitate him
Fm
Caug
Ab
And he reigned supreme on his throne
Eb
Ab
The world was his blue
-point oyster
D
Gm
F
G
Gm
Gdim
He wore the stars for his crown
C
Fdim
Bb
But when you reach the summit,
Gdim
C
F
Fm
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
Bb
Eb
Bbm
Gm
Cm
The pendulum swings and brings a
Ab
Cm
new generation of kings.
Bbsus4
Eb
An d soon
His
Royal
Abm
Gm
Gbm
Highness was just another minus,
Fm
Gm
Bb
a face in the noonday crowd.
Bbm
Eb
Ab
For he who was
everyone's passion
D
Gm
Now finds himself
Gdim
C
slightly out of fashion
Bbsus4
Eb
Ab
Eb
gone live the king, the king
Ab
Eb
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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