Key: Db major
Verse 1
E
A
E
Am
E
A
C#m
A
G#aug
King, and everyone bowed to the
C#m
King.
F#
E
Am
He had women by the dozen,
E
F#
A
F#
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
F#m
B
E
They called him the king,
A
C#m
the king,
A
G#
C#m
Cause he had his own special thing
F#
Am
And nobody dared to hate him
E
Gm
Men would imitate him
F#m
C#aug
A
And he reigned supreme on his throne
E
A
The world was his blue
-point oyster
D#
G#m
F#
G#
G#m
G#dim
He wore the stars for his crown
C#
F#dim
B
But when you reach the summit,
G#dim
C#
F#
F#m
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
B
E
Bm
G#m
C#m
The pendulum swings and brings a
A
C#m
new generation of kings.
Bsus4
E
An d soon
His
Royal
Am
G#m
Gm
Highness was just another minus,
F#m
G#m
B
a face in the noonday crowd.
Bm
E
A
For he who was
everyone's passion
D#
G#m
Now finds himself
G#dim
C#
slightly out of fashion
Bsus4
E
A
E
gone live the king, the king
A
E
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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