The Knicker Elastic King chords by The Rutles

Chords with lyrics

Artist: The Rutles
Song: The Knicker Elastic King
Album: Archaeology
Composer: Neil Innes
Tabbed by: DJ
25th Aug 2014

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of C#C#)

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C majorC  = x32010  Bb majorBb  = x13331  G minorGm  = 355333  E/Eb = xx1100
C/BC/B = x22010  G/F = xx3033  A augmentedA  = x02220  E/C# = x46454
C/AC/A = x02010  G/EG/E = xx2033  Eb7Eb7 = xx1323  E/B = x22100
C/GC/G = 332010  G/Eb = xx1033  Ab7Ab7 = 464544  A minorAm  = x02210
F minorFm = 133111  D MajorD  = xx0232  Db7Db7 = x46464  BB  = x2555x
G+G  = 355433  D/Eb = x40232  Gb7Gb7 = 242322  B/A = x0555x
FF  = 133211  D/B = x20232  B7B7  = x24242  B/G# = 5x555x
AbAb = 466544  D/AD/A = x00232  E MajorE  = 022100  B/G = 4x555x

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C majorC       C/BC/B   C/AC/A     C/GC/G       F minorFm
  He used to travel in bath cubes,   until the slump came,
 G+G        FF      G+G         FF
Faced with re - dundancy, he turned his mind to other things,
   G+G        FF    C majorC
And soon became a household name!

  G+G           FF
(Knicker elastic...) ...everybody used it,
  G+G           FF
(Knicker elastic...) ...nobody refused it,
  AbAb     Bb majorBb  C majorC     AbAb     Bb majorBb  C majorC
Knicker E MajorE - lastic King, the Knicker E MajorE - lastic King!


  G+G    G/F     G/EG/E    G/Eb
A augmentedA self-made man with a business to run,
    G+G     G/F     G/EG/E  G/Eb
And something to sell ...to every - one,
   AbAb     Bb majorBb  C majorC    AbAb  Bb majorBb    C majorC
The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King! | / / / / | / / / / |


D MajorD       D/Eb         D/B   D/AD/A
  He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich,
         G minorGm
Were green with envy, (Oo---- oo!)
   A augmentedA       G+G        A augmentedA           G+G
The darling of 'The Stock Exchange' made 'The New Year's Honours List',
   A augmentedA          G+G        D MajorD
And won 'The Queen's A augmentedA - ward to Indus - try'!

  A augmentedA           G+G
(Knicker elastic...) ...essence of propriety,
  A augmentedA              G+G
(Knicker elastic...) ...up - holder of society,
   Bb majorBb     C majorC   D MajorD   Bb majorBb  C majorC   D MajorD
The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King! (Oo - la - la!)


  Bb majorBb      Eb7Eb7       Ab7Ab7      Db7Db7
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  Gb7Gb7      B7B7
| / / / / | / / / / |


E MajorE        E/D#       E/C#   E/B
  His rubber business kept ex - panding,
       A minorAm  A minorAm
But then di - sa - ster! (Ee, by gum!)
       ^   ^

   BB         A augmentedA     BB        A augmentedA
The price of raw ma - terials, coupled with in - flation,
  BB          A augmentedA      BB       A augmentedA
Squeezed his global holdings, his liquid assets bottomed out,
    BB               E MajorE
And shrunk his retail outlet ope - ration!


E MajorE
  And that's the story of...
     C majorC      D MajorD   E MajorE
(...The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King), ...and market forces,
    C majorC     D MajorD   E MajorE
(The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King!) horses for courses!


  BB    B/A     B/G#   B/G
A augmentedA self-made man with a business to run,
    BB     B/A   B/G#   B/G
And something to sell to every - one,
    C majorC     D MajorD   E MajorE   C majorC  D MajorD  E MajorE
The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King, (Oo - la - la!)
    C majorC     D MajorD   E MajorE
The Knicker E MajorE - lastic King--------!
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  E MajorE
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