{"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":1772670,"song":"Kingfish","artist":"Levon Helm","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11387349-kingfish-chords-by-levon-helm/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1772670?type=chord","rating":4.786,"votes":12,"content":"INTRO:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab] [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWell there's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  But your house could burn down[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOr your babies could drown[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWouldn't none of them Frenchmen care[/tab]\r\nVERSE:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEverybody gather 'round[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLoosen up your suspenders[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHunker down on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI'm a cracker[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou are too[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut don't I take good care of you[/tab]\r\nPRE-CHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho built the highway to Baton Rouge?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho put up your hospital and built your schools?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho is it looks after shit-kickers like you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Bdim[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYou know the Kingfish do[/tab]\r\nPRE-CHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel?[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]G[/ch]              \r\nInvited the whole north half of the state down for free[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nEverybody in the city had their eyes bugging out[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]Bdim[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\n'Cause everybody looked like me[/tab]\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nEverybody sing[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMake every man a king[/tab]\r\nPRE-CHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWho took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust like he promised he'd do?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bdim[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]  \r\nIt's gonna be run by folks like me and you[/tab]\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFriend of the working man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]        [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKingfish gonna save this land[/tab]\r\nINSTRUMENTAL:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bdim[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]            [ch]Em[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nFriend of the working man[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]  [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nHere comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Em[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]F#[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\nKingfish gonna save this land[/tab]\r\nINSTRUMENTAL:\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bdim[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bdim[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] FADE OUT","plain_text":"INTRO:\nD D Bm A D  D D D  A\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\nVERSE:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nPRE-CHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nPRE-CHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nPRE-CHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL:\nD G   D G   D G   D G D   D Bdim A D\nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL:\nD G   D G   D Em G   D Bdim A D\nD G   D G   D Em G   D Bdim A D FADE OUT","chords":["D","Bm","A","G","Bdim","F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}