{"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":1776579,"song":"Why The King Of Love Is Dead","artist":"Nina Simone","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1776579-why-the-king-of-love-is-dead-chords-by-nina-simone/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1776579?type=chord","rating":4.75532,"votes":4,"content":"Transcribed from the live recording made two days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: a quick strike of B7b5, and then a long flutter of Bb13sus4 and B7\r\n\r\nWhat's gonna happen now? In all of our cities?\r\nMy people are rising; they're living in lies.\r\nEven if they have to die\r\nEven if they have to die at the moment they know what life is\r\nEven at that one moment that ya know what life is\r\nIf you have to die, it's all right\r\nCause you know what life is\r\nYou know what freedom is for one moment of your life\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut he had seen the mountaintop[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd he knew he could not stop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                      [ch]F7[/ch]              [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAlways living with the threat of death ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]  \r\nFolks you'd better stop and think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows we're on the brink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]         [ch]Cm7[/ch]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]           [ch]Bb7[/ch]       [ch]Eb[/ch]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]   [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nWhat will happen, now that the King is dead?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                [ch]Cm7[/ch]      [ch]F7[/ch]             [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nWe can all shed tears; it won't change a thing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                 [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTeach your people: Will they ever learn?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                        [ch]F7[/ch]      [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nMust you always kill with burn and burn with guns[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]             [ch]Cm7[/ch]       [ch]F7sus4[/ch]           [ch]Bb7[/ch]             [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd kill with guns and burn - don't you know how we gotta react?[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut he had seen the mountaintop[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Eb[/ch]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]      [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAnd he knew he could not stop[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                      [ch]F7[/ch]              [ch]Bb7[/ch]\r\nAlways living with the threat of death ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]  \r\nFolks you'd better stop and think[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]                           [ch]F7[/ch]  [ch]Fm7[/ch]\r\nEverybody knows we're on the brink[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Eb[/ch]                             [ch]F7sus4[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]Fm7[/ch]    [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhat will happen, now that the King is dead?[/tab]","plain_text":"Transcribed from the live recording made two days after Martin Luther King Jr.'s death.\n\n\n\nINTRO: a quick strike of B7b5, and then a long flutter of Bb13sus4 and B7\n\nWhat's gonna happen now? In all of our cities?\nMy people are rising; they're living in lies.\nEven if they have to die\nEven if they have to die at the moment they know what life is\nEven at that one moment that ya know what life is\nIf you have to die, it's all right\nCause you know what life is\nYou know what freedom is for one moment of your life","chords":["B7","Bb","Eb","Fm7","Ab","F7","Bb7","G7","Cm7","F7sus4","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}