The Knicker Elastic King chords by The Rutles
Guitar 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#) Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo: C = x32010 Bb = x13331 Gm = 355333 E/Eb = xx1100 C/B = x22010 G/F = xx3033 A = x02220 E/C# = x46454 C/A = x02010 G/E = xx2033 Eb7 = xx1323 E/B = x22100 C/G = 332010 G/Eb = xx1033 Ab7 = 464544 Am = x02210 Fm = 133111 D = xx0232 Db7 = x46464 B = x2555x G = 355433 D/Eb = x40232 Gb7 = 242322 B/A = x0555x F = 133211 D/B = x20232 B7 = x24242 B/G# = 5x555x Ab = 466544 D/A = x00232 E = 022100 B/G = 4x555x
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C C/B C/A C/G Fm
He used to travel in bath cubes, until the slump came,
G F G F
Faced with re - dundancy, he turned his mind to other things,
G F C
And soon became a household name!
G F
(Knicker elastic...) ...everybody used it,
G F
(Knicker elastic...) ...nobody refused it,
Ab Bb C Ab Bb C
Knicker E - lastic King, the Knicker E - lastic King!
G G/F G/E G/Eb
A self-made man with a business to run,
G G/F G/E G/Eb
And something to sell ...to every - one,
Ab Bb C Ab Bb C
The Knicker E - lastic King! | / / / / | / / / / |
D D/Eb D/B D/A
He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich,
Gm
Were green with envy, (Oo---- oo!)
A G A G
The darling of 'The Stock Exchange' made 'The New Year's Honours List',
A G D
And won 'The Queen's A - ward to Indus - try'!
A G
(Knicker elastic...) ...essence of propriety,
A G
(Knicker elastic...) ...up - holder of society,
Bb C D Bb C D
The Knicker E - lastic King! (Oo - la - la!)
Bb Eb7 Ab7 Db7
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Gb7 B7
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E E/D# E/C# E/B
His rubber business kept ex - panding,
Am Am
But then di - sa - ster! (Ee, by gum!)
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B A B A
The price of raw ma - terials, coupled with in - flation,
B A B A
Squeezed his global holdings, his liquid assets bottomed out,
B E
And shrunk his retail outlet ope - ration!
E
And that's the story of...
C D E
(...The Knicker E - lastic King), ...and market forces,
C D E
(The Knicker E - lastic King!) horses for courses!
B B/A B/G# B/G
A self-made man with a business to run,
B B/A B/G# B/G
And something to sell to every - one,
C D E C D E
The Knicker E - lastic King, (Oo - la - la!)
C D E
The Knicker E - lastic King--------!
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