Kow Kow chords by Steve Miller Band

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Key: G

Difficulty: Novice

KOW KOW
As recorded by Steve Miller Band
(From the 1969 Album BRAVE NEW WORLD)

Intro:
G   C   G  C x3

Verse 1:
G       F    C
Kow kow calqulator
G                F     C
Was a very smooth operator
G             F       C
Had himself a pet alligator
G            F         C
Kept it in a chrome elevator, yeah
G           F         C
When the sun began to shine
    G             F   C
The alligator come outside
G             F    C
Kow kow played the chimes
  G                   F       C   G
Together they would go for a ride
  F              C                  G
As they travelled with a heavy load
     F             C                                  G
They came across a dead horse at the side of the road
     F            C                    G
With two generals standing at each end
     F        C
Fighting over whose fault it had been
       G           F C
And all that's left  was this war
              G             F       C
And they couldn't get things back together like they were before
C            G
Well, listen

Bridge:
G
Turn on your love light
G
Turn it on, let it shine
G
Inside your heart
G
Let it shine, turn it on
G
Your love light
G
Turn it on
G
Turn it on
G
Let it shine
                F
Inside your miiiind

Verse 2:
G        F                C
So many times kow kow had heard it said before
G          F            C               G
Oh, don't, lord, don't go near that door
F                 C                G
The cause of our evil you'll uncover
  F              C
Because of our misery you discover
      G      F              C
Well, misery seeks it's own company
   G         F       C
Kow kow had heard it said
G        F          C
Now he sits there crying
             G      F         C
Oh, with his hands across his head
G       F      C
Kow kow calqulator
    G                  F
Oh, a very smooth operator
G                   F
Get back in your elevator
G       F#    F
Kow kow calqulator
             G         F#
Turn on your love light
F   E      F F#
Oh, oh, oh,  oh
       G
Let it shine