(You Came Long Way From St. Louis) You Went The Wrong Way, Old King Louie chords by 
Allan Sherman 
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Key: G major
Verse 1
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Louis XVI was the King
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of France in 1789.
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He was worse than Louis
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F#
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the 14th.
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He was worse than Louis the 13th.
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He was the worst since Louis the 1st.
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Fm
but the people were living rotten
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so the people they star
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and you remember their battle cry
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which will never be forgotten
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You went the wrong way,
King Louie
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You made the population cry
Cause all you did was sit
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in your place at Versailles
And now the country's gone kablooey
So we are giving you the air
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fooling around at the Foley -Bechere.
we wouldn't do a thing,
down to the guillotine
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and shorten you a little bit.
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You went the wrong way, old King Louis,
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and now you ain't got far to go.
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to see that great big Eiffel Tower
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or Brigitte Bardot
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You disappointed all of France
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But then what else could we expect
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from a king in silk stocking
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You filled your stomach
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with chop suey
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And also crepe suzettes and steak
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An d when they told your wife Marie
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that nobody had bread
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She said, let them eat cake
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We're gonna take you and the queen
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down to the guillotine
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Somewhere in the heart of town
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And when that fella there is through
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with what he's gonna do
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You'll have no place to wear your crown
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You went the wrong way old King Louie,
so we must put you on the shelf,
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that's why the people are revolting,
Thank you very much.
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