King of New Orleans

Intro: (Distorted)
A   F#   D   B   A
(Clean)
ThereÆs an angel on the stairs
F#
As if youÆd even care
D
When the lights go up
B
And the sun has nearly gone down

(Distorted)
A
Did you see him on the street?
F#
Did you pass him at your feet?
D
Did you think aloud ôHow dare they
B
Even look me in the eye?ö

A
And he loves the girls
F#
And he loves the boys
D
Going to make the twenty dollars
B
Before the weekends over

A
So set him up
F#
Let him fall
D             B
Turn him over in your hands
A     F#         D          B                  A
God save the King of New Orleans

Interlude:
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Got a ticket to a show
F#
Going to see him take a blow
D
When the drunk one said
B
ôCat Sssstevens was the greatest singer!ö

A
And did you kick him in the head?
F#
Did you see the blood run down?
D
Did you laugh at all when the people
B
Walked right by and said aloud
A                                                   F#
ôYou gutter punks are all the same
D                                B
Probably make twenty dollars before the weekends over.ö

A
So set him up
F#
Then let him fall
D             B
Turn him over in your hands
A     F#         D          B
God save the King of New Orleans

Solo: (Repeat twice)
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D   B   A
              Radio in my head
D   B   A
	Radio in that car
D   B   A
	Going down again
D   B   A
	heÆs going down again...

A
Anyway you look
F#
Anyway you talk it over
D                 B
ItÆs easier to let it slip out of your mind
A
But it rips your heart out
F#
Then it kicks your head in
D
Just give him one more chance
B
Try to see the beauty in his world

A
All the way in on my hands
F#
In on my feet and shoulders
D                                B
Going to make twenty dollars before the weekends over

A
So set him up
F#
Then let him fall
D             B
Turn him over in your hands
A    F#          D          B
God save the King of New Orleans
A    F#          D          B
God save the King of New Orleans

Closing riff:(repeat first half twice, then A)
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