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The King

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1/6

Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Play all G chords as barre chords.
Intro
e|--------------------------|
B|--------------------1-----|
G|----------0---------------|
D|---------------2----------| X6
A|-----3--------------------|
E|--------------------------|
G,  F  
Verse
The Cking he sat in a chair of gold
and Flet life let him Cbe
   (C)
his daughter sat by his side most nights
to Fkeep him compaGny
the Cwise man and the C7alchemist
looked Fover the charts and Cgraphs
Ginconclusive, they're inconclusive
Fhopefully this will Cpass
the Gjester said, I Ftried to make him Claugh
G,  F  
Bridge/Chorus
C    Dm    F
C  G F
The Cparty was thrown for the king that night
and they Ftried to raise the Cdead
   (C)
the golden chair still occupied
by Fthe king's resting Ghead
the Cdaughter danced with the C7alchemist
and of Fcourse the wise man Cspoke
the Gjester said, hey king 
it's Ftime for a little Cjoke
Gno response, I Fthink the king is Cbroke
G, F  
C    Dm    F
  C   G              FX2
Some Cweeks had passed and his subjects had
Fall but given Cup
(C)
people were tired of forcing the king
to Ftry and live it Gup
the Cmorning sun and the C7alchemist
watched the Fking make his first Cmove
the Gking stood up, stretched a bit
said, FI've got nothing to Cprove
Glisten up, I've Fgot nothing to Cprove
G, F  
and CI, I just need some Dmtime off
I need some Ftime off from all of Cthis
      G(F)
yeah
and CI, I just need some Dmtime off
I need some Ftime off from all of Cthis
      G(F)
yeah
C    Dm    F
  C   G              FX2
End on C

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The King

by Piebald

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Play all G chords as barre chords.

Intro

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

B|--------------------1-----|

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

D|---------------2----------| X6

A|-----3--------------------|

E|--------------------------|

G F

Verse

The king he sat in a chair of gold

F C

and let life let him be

()

his daughter sat by his side most nights

F G

to keep him company

C C7

the wise man and the alchemist

F C

looked over the charts and graphs

inconclusive, they're inconclusive

F C

hopefully this will pass

G F C

the jester said, I tried to make him laugh

G F

Bridge/Chorus

C Dm F

C G F

The party was thrown for the king that night

F C

and they tried to raise the dead

()

the golden chair still occupied

F G

by the king's resting head

C C7

the daughter danced with the alchemist

F C

and of course the wise man spoke

the jester said, hey king

F C

it's time for a little joke

G F C

no response, I think the king is broke

G F

C Dm F

C G F

Some weeks had passed and his subjects had

F C

all but given up

()

people were tired of forcing the king

F G

to try and live it up

C C7

the morning sun and the alchemist

F C

watched the king make his first move

the king stood up, stretched a bit

F C

said, I've got nothing to prove

G F C

listen up, I've got nothing to prove

G F

C Dm

and I, I just need some time off

F C

I need some time off from all of this

G F

()

yeah

C Dm

and I, I just need some time off

F C

I need some time off from all of this

G F

()

yeah

C Dm F

C G F

End on C

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