Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Intro:
E MajorE
He would lean into my cradle
C majorC
Rest an revolver on an infant cheek
Pre-Chorus:
G+G
Speeding' and singing
Singing and speeding
A augmentedA
Speeding, singing
My infancy to sleep
F# minorF#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Well I can hear his voice again
F# minorF#m A augmentedA BB
And I can hear his sooooong
F# minorF#m BB
The singing is gooone
Chorus:
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
He was the King of the Song (King of the Song)
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
C# minorC#m BB F#F#
I know that i'll never sing
The way that my daddy sang
Verse 1:
E MajorE C majorC
Do you know what it's like to be born to a 🏷Legend
To be born to a freak
G+G A augmentedA
To face expectation from your first crowing peak at the world
An umbilical peak at this hideous
Bridge:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m
Fame-ridden world
F# minorF#m A augmentedA BB
Where I hear his sooong
F# minorF#m BB
Singing he's gone
Chorus:
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
C# minorC#m BB E MajorE A augmentedA
He was the King of the Song (King of the Song)
E MajorE G#G# A augmentedA E MajorE
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
C# minorC#m BB F#F#
I know that i'll never sing
The way that my daddy sang
Verse 2:
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King, the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King, the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King, the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA
I am the King of the song
C# minorC#m A augmentedA E MajorE
I am the King of the song
Verse 3:
E MajorE
What do you mean you don't know my singer
C majorC
What do you mean that you don't know his song
G+G
He was speeding and singing
Singing and speeding
A augmentedA
Speeding, singing
Come on let's sing along
Outro:
F# minorF#m A augmentedA C# minorC#m
You can beat his heart again
F# minorF#m A augmentedA BB
When you sing his soooong
F# minorF#m BB
Although he's gone