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King Midas In Reverse

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"King Midas In Reverse"
(A. Clarke - T. Hicks - G. Nash)
[Intro]
e|-Csus2--------G/B--------|-G----------------|-Csus2--------G/B--------|-G----------------|
B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----0-------0---|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|
D|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|
A|-3-------2-------|-----------0-2---|-3-------2-------|-----------0-2-0-|
E|-----------------|-3-2---3-------3-|-----------------|-3-2---3---------|
[Verse 1]
  GIf you could only Csee me
  GAnd know exactly who I Ca F- Cam
  GYou wouldn't want to Cbe me
  B7Why I can assure you of that
[Verse 2]
  GI'm not the guy to Crun with
  G'Cause I'll throw you off the Cli F- Cine
  GI'll break you and deCstroy you
B7Given time
[Chorus]
GHe's King Midas with a Fadd9curse
CHe's King Midas in revGerse
GHe's King Midas with a Fadd9curse
CHe's King Midas in revGerse
[Verse 3]
  GIt's plain to see it's Chopeless
  GGoing on the way we Ca F- Care
  GSo even though I Close you
We'd be B7better off by far
[Bridge]
He's Bmnot the man to hold your trust
Bmmaj7Everything he touches turns to Bm7dust in his hE7ands
BmNothing he can do is right
Bmmaj7He'd even like to sleep at nBm7ight, but he cE7an't
[Break]
    G      Fadd9      C      Gx2
[Verse 4]
  GI wish someone would Cfind me
  GAnd help me gain conCtro F- Col
  GBefore I lose my Creason
And my B7soul
[Outro]
GHe's King Midas with a Fadd9curse
CHe's King Midas in revGerse
(repeat to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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King Midas In Reverse

by The Hollies

Lyrics & chords · Original key

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Csus2

G/B

Fadd9

Bmmaj7

Bm7

"King Midas In Reverse"

(A. Clarke - T. Hicks - G. Nash)

[Intro]

Csus2 G/B G Csus2 G/B G

e|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

B|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

G|-----0-------0---|-----------------|-----0-------0---|-----------------|

D|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|---0---0---0---0-|-----------------|

A|-3-------2-------|-----------0-2---|-3-------2-------|-----------0-2-0-|

E|-----------------|-3-2---3-------3-|-----------------|-3-2---3---------|

[Verse 1]

G C

If you could only see me

G C F C

And know exactly who I a - am

G C

You wouldn't want to be me

Why I can assure you of that

[Verse 2]

G C

I'm not the guy to run with

G C F C

'Cause I'll throw you off the li - ine

G C

I'll break you and destroy you

Given time

[Chorus]

G Fadd9

He's King Midas with a curse

C G

He's King Midas in reverse

G Fadd9

He's King Midas with a curse

C G

He's King Midas in reverse

[Verse 3]

G C

It's plain to see it's hopeless

G C F C

Going on the way we a - are

G C

So even though I lose you

We'd be better off by far

[Bridge]

He's not the man to hold your trust

Bmmaj7 Bm7 E7

Everything he touches turns to dust in his hands

Nothing he can do is right

Bmmaj7 Bm7 E7

He'd even like to sleep at night, but he can't

[Break]

G Fadd9 C G

[Verse 4]

G C

I wish someone would find me

G C F C

And help me gain contro - ol

G C

Before I lose my reason

And my soul

[Outro]

G Fadd9

He's King Midas with a curse

C G

He's King Midas in reverse

(repeat to fade)

-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers

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