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King Of Nothing

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Chords by: Louie A. Ebojo
Standard Tuning:
Intro:  A6   AM7(2x)
A6When I was sAM7eventeen I  A6dreamed of AM7being king and
A6Having AM7everything I Bm7wantedE  
A6But that was AM7long ago and A6my dreams did AM7not unfold, so 
Bm7I'm still the KE6ing of NoA6thingAM7  A6  AM7  
A6When I was sAM7eventeen, I  A6dreamed I AM7gave a ring toA6  
A6A pretty qAM7ueen and then I hBm7eld herE  
A6But that was sAM7lumber's fault for A6I have no AM7love at all
And I'm Bm7still the E6King of NA6othingAM7  
Chorus:
CM7If I could rF/Cule
I'd CM7dance my cares aF/Cway
Find CM7romance eveF/Cryday
I Ebwouldn't have to listen to Ethis poor fool say
I'm the AKingA7sus4  
I'm the AKingA7sus4, 
I'm the FM7King  E6of A6NotAM7hingA6  AM7  
Instrumental: (2nd Verse Chords)
(Repeat Chorus)
Outro:  A6   AM7   A6   AM7(fade)
Chords:         EADGBe
              A6x07675
             AM7x07654
               Ax02220
          A7sus4x02030
             Bm7x24232
               E022100
              E6022120
             CM7x32000
              Ebx68886
             F/Cx33211
             FM7xx3210

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King Of Nothing

by Seals & Crofts

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

AM7

Bm7

CM7

F/C

A7sus4

FM7

Chords by: Louie A. Ebojo

Standard Tuning:

A6 AM7

Intro: (2x)

A6 AM7 A6 AM7

When I was seventeen I dreamed of being king and

A6 AM7 Bm7 E

Having everything I wanted

A6 AM7 A6 AM7

But that was long ago and my dreams did not unfold, so

Bm7 E6 A6 AM7 A6 AM7

I'm still the King of Nothing

A6 AM7 A6 AM7 A6

When I was seventeen, I dreamed I gave a ring to

A6 AM7 Bm7 E

A pretty queen and then I held her

A6 AM7 A6 AM7

But that was slumber's fault for I have no love at all

Bm7 E6 A6 AM7

And I'm still the King of Nothing

Chorus:

CM7 F/C

If I could rule

CM7 F/C

I'd dance my cares away

CM7 F/C

Find romance everyday

Eb E

I wouldn't have to listen to this poor fool say

A A7sus4

I'm the King

A A7sus4

I'm the King,

FM7 E6 A6 AM7 A6 AM7

I'm the King of Nothing

Instrumental: (2nd Verse Chords)

(Repeat Chorus)

A6 AM7 A6 AM7

Outro: (fade)

Chords: EADGBe

x07675

AM7

x07654

x02220

A7sus4

x02030

Bm7

x24232

022100

022120

CM7

x32000

x68886

F/C

x33211

FM7

xx3210

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