{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1700168,"song":"King For A King","artist":"Will Varley","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11357362-king-for-a-king-chords-by-will-varley/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1700168?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":172,"content":"Capo on 4th fret\r\n\r\n\r\n*PART 1 (Childhood)*\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou're six seconds old in the arms of your mother[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n  Six weeks later, you start to see colour[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you learn pretty soon, if you cry you get tit[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou learn how to crawl and you learn how to shit[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy the time you can speak, they got you in school[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere just asking questions is breaking the rules[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, ten years later, the system has won[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou've stopped asking questions and sucking your thumb[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOn your thirteenth birthday they give you a drink[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSay, 'Get it all down, you’ll forget how to think!'[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo you tell your first girlfriend you're gonna die young[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAt the end of her garden she gives you some tongue[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBy fourteen she's left you, well life is unfair[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou've got Che on your t-shirt and spikes in your hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd your best friend from school said, 'Just doesn't suit you!'[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou sit on a wall and you talk of the future, say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing for a king, eye for an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe birds still sing when they fall from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf I slip a little whisky now into your cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   x3 Bar\r\nWill you swear that you'll never grow up?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   x3 Bar\r\nSwear that you'll never grow up?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*PART 2 (Youth)*\r\n\r\n[tab]*SLAP,*SLAP,  [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell your    teenage years scar you like daggers[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour insecurity turns into a swagger[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDefensive as Normandy, lacking maturity[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDrink like a fish, smoke like a chimney[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing for a king, eye for an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe birds still sing when they fall from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll stand on the rooftops, we'll scream and we’ll shout[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf you swear that tomorrow we'll work it all out[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Am[/ch]   x4 Bar\r\nIf you swear that tomorrow we'll work it all out[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n*PART 3 (Adulthood)*\r\n\r\n[tab]*SLAP-SLAP*  [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell By      twenty you're starting to run out of steam[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou got no money and can't sell your dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nGet a job in an office like a means to an end[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou start wearing shirts and loosing your friends[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n                                                **Strum once per chord, let it ring, mute after each\r\n                                                  pluck!!... until... '*WATCH OUT SON'\r\n                                                  then strum as usual**\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd one night you meet a girl having a smoke[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nShe looks alright and she laughs at your jokes[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, take it all easy, boy, you can't be lazy[/tab]\r\n[tab]*F          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWATCH OUT, SON, you've got a baby, oh[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n***(PLUCK & Ring) top 5 until *SWEAR then strum as usual***\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSix seconds old, in the arms of your lover[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSix weeks later, she starts to see colour[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you *SWEAR that no harm will come to her or her mother[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour means to an end, well it's starting to suffer, say[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing for a king, eye for an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe birds still sing when they fall from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, at least we can laugh, at least we can smile[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe all just drop in for a while[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch] ... x4 Bar ...\r\nYeah, we all just drop in for a while[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nPART 4 (Death of a friend)\r\n\r\n[tab]*Slap-Slap    [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell, your    hair's getting grey now, so is your mustache[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYour best friend from school - dies in a car crash[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYou bury him, it's raining, you stand by your wife[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]    x4 Bar\r\nYou say, 'What have I done with my life?'[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]*Slap* SLAP       [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nJust    A        name in a family tree, nothing to history[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut me and my woman, that's all that it means to me[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nKing for a king, eye for an eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThe birds still sing when they fall from the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nIf I slip a little whisky now into your cup[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill you swear that you'll never grow up?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSwear that you'll never grow up?[/tab]","plain_text":"Capo on 4th fret\n\n\n*PART 1 (Childhood)*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*PART 2 (Youth)*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n*PART 3 (Adulthood)*\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n                                                **Strum once per chord, let it ring, mute after each\n                                                  pluck!!... until... '*WATCH OUT SON'\n                                                  then strum as usual**\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n***(PLUCK & Ring) top 5 until *SWEAR then strum as usual***\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPART 4 (Death of a friend)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["F","C","G","Am","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}