The Key chords by Roger Taylor

Chords with lyrics

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

Difficulty: Novice

Author's Note - The E minorEm Outro runs from 3:20 - 3:45, followed by 40 seconds of improv piano.
        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pNRW6IJLwZA

Intro:
E minorEm

Verse 1:
E minorEm                        C majorC
There once was a king of Paris, there once was an emperor of Brazil
     G+G                          D MajorD
There was maybe a Loch Ness Monster, there once was a Buffalo Bill
      A minorAm                    FF
Now you can search the whole wide planet, scratching in the mud and worms
    C majorC              A minorAm  G+G     FF
But an honest politician is just a contradiction in terms

Chorus:
     C majorC          G+G   A minorAm             F minorFm
And if I had the keys to the kingdom, I'd hand them straight to you
      C majorC       G+G       A minorAm      FF
In another time, another place, another life, another waste
       C majorC       G+G         C majorC
Sometimes the last thing you wanna know is the truth

Instrumental:
E minorEm

Verse 2:
E minorEm                         C majorC
With your bishops priests and mullahs, and all the mumbo jumbo clans
      G+G                         D MajorD
When you're not accepting women, how can you love your fellow man
       A minorAm                  FF
Well, you can search the whole wide planet, down to viruses and germs
  C majorC              A minorAm  G+G     FF
A augmentedA 'sensible' religion is just a contradiction in terms

Chorus:
     C majorC          G+G   A minorAm             F minorFm
And if I had the keys to the kingdom, I'd hand them straight to you
      C majorC       G+G       A minorAm      FF
In another time, another place, another life, another waste
    C majorC       G+G      A minorAm      FF
Another love, another lie, another small way to die
       C majorC       G+G         C majorC
Sometimes the last thing you wanna know is the truth

Outro:
E minorEm