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Riding With The King

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Riding with the King - Eric Clapton & B.B. King
[Intro]
A7  B7
[Verse 1]
B7I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid
Blew it all at the penny arE7cade
B7A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
I guess no white chick is gonna make me E7crawl
[Chorus 1]
G7On a TWA, to the promised landF7  
E7Every woman, child and man
G7Gets a cadillac and a diamond ring
A7Dont you know we're riding with the kB7ing?E7  A7  
[Verse 2]
B7Hes on a mission of mercy to the new frontier
Hes gonna check us all on out of E7here
B7Up to that mansion on a hill
Where you can get your prescription filE7led
[Chorus 2]
G7On a TWA to the promised landF7  E7  
E7Everybody come on and clap your hands
G7Dont you just love the way he sings
A7Dont you know we're riding with the kB7ing?E7  A7  
[Bridge]
D7A red cape and shiny Colt '45B7  
D7I never saw his face but I saw the lB7ight
G7Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
A7Dont you know we're riding with the kiB7ng?
B7Well I stepped out of a mirror at ten years oE7ld
With a suit cut sharp, as a rA7azor and a heart of gold
B7I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
E7I'm gonna play that thing until the day I diA7e

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Riding With The King

by B.B. King

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Riding with the King - Eric Clapton & B.B. King

[Intro]

A7 B7

[Verse 1]

I dreamed I did a good job and I got well paid

Blew it all at the penny arcade

A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll

I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl

[Chorus 1]

G7 F7

On a TWA, to the promised land

Every woman, child and man

Gets a cadillac and a diamond ring

A7 B7 E7 A7

Dont you know we're riding with the king?

[Verse 2]

Hes on a mission of mercy to the new frontier

Hes gonna check us all on out of here

Up to that mansion on a hill

Where you can get your prescription filled

[Chorus 2]

G7 F7 E7

On a TWA to the promised land

Everybody come on and clap your hands

Dont you just love the way he sings

A7 B7 E7 A7

Dont you know we're riding with the king?

[Bridge]

D7 B7

A red cape and shiny Colt '45

D7 B7

I never saw his face but I saw the light

Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings

A7 B7

Dont you know we're riding with the king?

B7 E7

Well I stepped out of a mirror at ten years old

With a suit cut sharp, as a razor and a heart of gold

I had a guitar hanging just about waist high

E7 A7

I'm gonna play that thing until the day I die

About Riding With The King Chords by B.B. King

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