Key: Db major
Verse 1
G
C
G
Cm
G
C
Em
C
Baug
King, and everyone bowed to the
Em
King.
A
G
Cm
He had women by the dozen,
G
A
C
A
and there never was a night when he was all alone.
Am
D
G
They called him the king,
C
Em
the king,
C
B
Em
Cause he had his own special thing
A
Cm
And nobody dared to hate him
G
Bbm
Men would imitate him
Am
Eaug
C
And he reigned supreme on his throne
G
C
The world was his blue
-point oyster
F#
Bm
A
B
Bm
Bdim
He wore the stars for his crown
E
Adim
D
But when you reach the summit,
Bdim
E
A
Am
and then you start to plummet, the only direction is down.
D
G
Dm
Bm
Em
The pendulum swings and brings a
C
Em
new generation of kings.
Dsus4
G
An d soon
His
Royal
Cm
Bm
Bbm
Highness was just another minus,
Am
Bm
D
a face in the noonday crowd.
Dm
G
C
For he who was
everyone's passion
F#
Bm
Now finds himself
Bdim
E
slightly out of fashion
Dsus4
G
C
G
gone live the king, the king
C
G
they called him the king
The king is dead.
Long live the king.
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