Kingfish chords by Levon Helm

Chords with lyrics

• Submitter: Donczarski53

Tuning: Standard tuning


SONG:  KINGFISH
ARTIST: LEVON HELM
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]


            KINGFISH
            LEVON HELM


INTRO:
D MajorD D B minorBm A augmentedA D MajorD D MajorD D D MajorD A augmentedA

VERSE:
 A augmentedA       D MajorD         A augmentedA       D MajorD
Well there's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
A augmentedA    D MajorD          A augmentedA       D MajorD
 In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere
A augmentedA      D MajorD        A augmentedA
 But your house could burn down
     D MajorD       A augmentedA
Or your babies could drown
     D MajorD       G+G    D MajorD  A augmentedA
Wouldn't none of them Frenchmen care


VERSE:
 D MajorD  A augmentedA  D MajorD     A augmentedA
Everybody gather 'round
    D MajorD    A augmentedA
Loosen up your suspenders
    D MajorD      A augmentedA
Hunker down on the ground
 D MajorD   A augmentedA
I'm a cracker
 D MajorD    A augmentedA
You are too
   D MajorD         G+G    D MajorD A augmentedA
But don't I take good care of you


PRE-CHORUS:
 D MajorD            G+G
Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?
 D MajorD              G+G
Who put up your hospital and built your schools?
 D MajorD             G+G
Who is it looks after shit-kickers like you?
       D MajorD     BdimBdim A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA
You know the Kingfish do

PRE-CHORUS:
 D MajorD                 G+G
Who gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel?
 D MajorD                  G+G
Invited the whole north half of the state down for free
 D MajorD                G+G
Everybody in the city had their eyes bugging out
    D MajorD    BdimBdim  A augmentedA  D MajorD
'Cause everybody looked like me


CHORUS:
 D MajorD       B minorBm F#F#       B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish
 B minorBm  E minorEm  D MajorD  F#F#
Everybody sing
        B minorBm F#F#      B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
 B minorBm    E minorEm   D MajorD  F#F# A augmentedA
Make every man a king


PRE-CHORUS:
 D MajorD                   G+G
Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass
 D MajorD             G+G
Just like he promised he'd do?
    D MajorD                G+G
But it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state
        D MajorD        BdimBdim A augmentedA  D MajorD
It's gonna be run by folks like me and you


CHORUS:
 D MajorD       B minorBm F#F#      B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
 B minorBm      E minorEm   D MajorD  F#F#
Friend of the working man
        B minorBm F#F#    B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish
 B minorBm       E minorEm    D MajorD  F#F# A augmentedA
Kingfish gonna save this land


INSTRUMENTAL:
D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G D MajorD  D MajorD BdimBdim A augmentedA D MajorD


CHORUS:
 D MajorD       B minorBm F#F#      B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
 B minorBm      E minorEm   D MajorD  F#F#
Friend of the working man
        B minorBm F#F#      B minorBm F#F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
 B minorBm       E minorEm    D MajorD  F#F# A augmentedA
Kingfish gonna save this land


INSTRUMENTAL:
D MajorD G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD E minorEm G+G  D MajorD BdimBdim A augmentedA D MajorD
D G+G  D MajorD G+G  D MajorD E minorEm G+G  D MajorD BdimBdim A augmentedA D MajorD FADE OUT

Kingfish chords

"Kingfish" is a song off of US rock'n'roller Levon Helm's 2009 album "Electric Dirt".

"Kingfish" is written by Randy Newman. "Electric Dirt" became Levon Helm's last album.