I Had A King chords by Joni Mitchell

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: A augmentedA

Difficulty: Intermediate


Am9Am9 - X02000
A2 - X02200
F7F7 - XX3210
Am7Am7 - X02010
Em7/A - 000000
E2/A - 004200
Asus4Asus4 - X00220
A augmentedA - X02220

Intro: A augmentedA Am9Am9

Verse:

A augmentedA
I had a king in a tenement castle
Am9Am9                       A2
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
        F7F7
He's taken the curtains down
   Am9Am9             Em7/A
He's swept with the broom of contempt
            Am7Am7   E2/A
And the rooms have an empty ring
   Am9Am9
He's cleaned with the tears
   Em7/A          Am7Am7        E2/A
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-


Chorus:
Asus4Asus4          A augmentedA
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4Asus4           A augmentedA
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4Asus4            A augmentedA
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9Am9             A augmentedA
They never can, they never can


Verse:
A augmentedA
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
Am9Am9                    A2
Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind
       F7F7
He lives in another time
Am9Am9            Em7/A
Ladies in gingham still blush
             Am9Am9     E2/A
While he sings them of wars and wine
  Am9Am9         Em7/A
But I in my leather and lace
       Am7Am7      E2/A
I can never become that kind

Chorus:
Asus4Asus4          A augmentedA
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4Asus4             A augmentedA
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4Asus4              A augmentedA
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9Am9             A augmentedA
They never can, they never can


Verse:
A augmentedA
I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
   Am9Am9                      A2
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
        F7F7
Beware of the power of moons
    Am9Am9
There's no one to blame
        Em7/A       Am9Am9     E2/A
No there's no one to name as a traitor here
   Am9Am9
The king's on the road
     Em7/A            Am7Am7       E2/A
And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year


Chorus:
Asus4Asus4           A augmentedA
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4Asus4            A augmentedA
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4Asus4              A augmentedA
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9Am9             A augmentedA
They never can, they never can

I Had A King chords

"I Had a King" is the opening track of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's debut album, "Song to a Seagull". "I Had a King" and the album was released in 1968.

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