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