King Of The City chords by Jennifer Nettles

Chords with lyrics

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

Key: G+G

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G

Verse 1:
G+G             E minorEm
My name is José, but they caII “The Rain,”
  C majorC              D MajorD
My throne sits downtown in the air.
G+G             E minorEm
l wash aII the windows, to thirty-six floors,
  C majorC     D MajorD     G+G
And man l just love it up there.

Verse 2:
G+G             E minorEm
My wife is the queen, and she used to clean,
  C majorC          D MajorD
The hospital next to our home.
G+G                  E minorEm
Now she takes care of babies, for a nice white lady,
  C majorC    D MajorD      G+G
Too busy for raising her own.

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah ah
G+G   D MajorD
Wa uh wa
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah wa
G+G  D MajorD
Wa ah

Verse 3:
G+G             E minorEm
l used to wash dishes, on Bowery and Ninth,
  C majorC         D MajorD
Ran pizzas around on a bike.
G+G                 E minorEm
Yeah, l do what it takes, getting paid haIf the wage,
  C majorC    D MajorD       G+G
Any job the gringo's don't like.

Pre-Chorus:
E minorEm              C majorC
AII the way up here, it's so quiet,
     A minorAm         C majorC       D MajorD
Don't believe me boy, oh, you really should try it.
 E minorEm          C majorC
I look around, ain’t it pretty,
   A minorAm     C majorC      G+G
It's good to be king of the city.

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah ah
G+G   D MajorD
Wa uh wa
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah wa
G+G  D MajorD
Wa ah

Verse 4:
G+G              E minorEm
That day in September, l’II always remember,
  C majorC             D MajorD
lt started out just like the rest.
   G+G             E minorEm
l was floor twenty-six, when the first plane hit,
   C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
And l still feeI that sound in my chest.

Verse 5:
G+G                  E minorEm
It's true l wasn't born here, but my heart is sworn here,
  C majorC              D MajorD
To hoId up your dreams with my own.
   G+G         E minorEm
That day on my perch, l made it a church,
   C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
And l prayed for each souI to fIy home.

Bridge:
E minorEm
You see l watched them faII,
     C majorC        A minorAm
from that building, and l wept for aII
     C majorC        D MajorD      E minorEm
Of their wives and their children, l won't forget,
    C majorC         A minorAm        D MajorD      G+G
lt'II always get me, the saddest day to be king of the city.

Chorus:
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah ah
G+G   D MajorD
Wa uh wa
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah wa
G+G  D MajorD
Wa ah
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah ah
G+G   D MajorD
Wa uh wa
E minorEm    C majorC
Ha ah ah wa
G+G  D MajorD
Wa ah

Outro:
  G+G           E minorEm
My name is José, but they caII “The Rain,”
  C majorC        D MajorD      G+G
My throne sits downtown in the air.