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                  KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD - ELVIS PRESLEY
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Tabbed by: Robot Monster
Pretty simple song, basic 12 bar blues changes.
[Intro]
|  B|      B   Bb|  A   B|
|  E   A|  E      B|
[Verse]
The Epoor man wants the oyster
The Arich man wants the pearl
But the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Chorus]
Come on let's Asing, sing brother Esing
'Cos the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E      B|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Verse]
The Erich man wants the princess
The Apoor man just-a wants a girl
But the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Chorus]
Come on let's Asing, sing brother Esing
'Cos the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Solo]
|  E|  E7|  A|  A7|  B   A| % |
|  E   A| % | % |  E      B|
[Verse]
A Epoor man wants to be a rich man
A Arich man wants to be a king
But the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Chorus]
Come on let's Asing, sing brother Esing
'Cos the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
[Chorus]
Come on let's Asing, sing brother Esing
'Cos the Bman who can Asing when he Bhasn't got a Athing
        |  E   A|                     E|  E   A|  E|
He's the king ... of the whole wide world
                  |  E   A|  E|
Of the whole wide world
                  |  E   A|  E|
Of the whole wide world
[Outro]
|  E|  E7|  A7| % |  B   A| % |
|  E   A| % | % |  E      B|
|  A|  A7|  E| % |  B   A| % |
|  E   A| % | % | E  

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King Of The Whole Wide World

by Elvis Presley

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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KING OF THE WHOLE WIDE WORLD - ELVIS PRESLEY

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Tabbed by: Robot Monster

Pretty simple song, basic 12 bar blues changes.

[Intro]

B B Bb A B

| | | |

E A E B

| | |

[Verse]

The poor man wants the oyster

The rich man wants the pearl

B A B A

But the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Chorus]

A E

Come on let's sing, sing brother sing

B A B A

'Cos the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E B

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Verse]

The rich man wants the princess

The poor man just-a wants a girl

B A B A

But the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Chorus]

A E

Come on let's sing, sing brother sing

B A B A

'Cos the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Solo]

E E7 A A7 B A

| | | | | | % |

E A E B

| | % | % | |

[Verse]

A poor man wants to be a rich man

A rich man wants to be a king

B A B A

But the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Chorus]

A E

Come on let's sing, sing brother sing

B A B A

'Cos the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

[Chorus]

A E

Come on let's sing, sing brother sing

B A B A

'Cos the man who can sing when he hasn't got a thing

E A E E A E

| | | | |

He's the king ... of the whole wide world

E A E

| | |

Of the whole wide world

E A E

| | |

Of the whole wide world

[Outro]

E E7 A7 B A

| | | | % | | % |

E A E B

| | % | % | |

A A7 E B A

| | | | % | | % |

E A E

| | % | % |

About King Of The Whole Wide World Chords by Elvis Presley

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The chords for "King Of The Whole Wide World" show the original chord names (including B, Bb, A, E, E7, A7). Use transpose to move the song into any key that fits your voice or capo.