Home Run King chords by Gene Clark

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
C majorC G+G  C majorC

Verse:
    G+G
Well, I saw it clear today
                  C majorC
That we were all more than only refugees
    G+G
And the heads of state called out all of their reserves
               C majorC
So they could postpone World War III

Verse:
   A minorAm
I can hear the morning crier yellin’
                G7G7
"Read all about it, here's the truth"
    DmDm            G+G
You are either just the newspaper boy
           C majorC
Or you're either Babe Ruth

Verse:
    G+G
Now how could we have been put upon this planet
                  C majorC
Fools enough to think that we could be
  G+G
The first to form a civilized evolvement
           C majorC
From the charismatic sea

Verse:
     A minorAm
There's a ten year old in the alley
                      G7G7
Throws a hard ball off the wall that is the truth
        DmDm            G+G
He knows you're either just the newspaper boy
           C majorC
Or you're either Babe Ruth
        G+G
The home run king

Instrumental:
G+G  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
A minorAm  G7G7  DmDm G+G C majorC

Verse:
    G+G
We can all dream up some explicit rationalized dream
         C majorC
Of exactly who we are
     G+G
While the rockin’ rolling home run king
                    C majorC
Keeps the black Madonna sleepin’ with a star

Verse:
    A minorAm
Now it doesn't matter how much bread you can spend
            G7G7
You can hold the centre booth
    DmDm            G+G
You are either just the newspaper boy
           C majorC
Or you're either Babe Ruth
    DmDm            G+G
You are either just the newspaper boy
           C majorC
Or you're either Babe Ruth

Outro:
DmDm G+G C majorC