Chords for RUN DMC - Down With The King (Official Video)
Tempo:
191.8 bpm
Chords used:
C#m
F#m
F#
E
C#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
They want to be down with the king
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] Down [F#m]
[C#] [B]
[C#m] with the [F#] king for years about ten of
[E] them Reputin so [F#] there's Mack and Mike and Megan
none of them [C#m] tears and fear [F#] for my peers they risen [E] you think that it [F#] is it is it not it [C#m] isn't
race for the [F#] border my daughter could be so [C#m] banging out [E] she's rocking [F#] decent streets and
it's time for hanging [C#m] out gather around [F#] the former so can i ride out loud your good brothers or [E] other
could never ever rock a crowd is it because [F#] he's running off with the mouth [C#m] or was he really [F#] clearly
trying to play an [C#] out out [E] no shut him [F#] down the king with the [C#] crown but [E] do you want to [C#] be a sticky
with [C#m] the king
[F#]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
two [C#] years ago a friend of mine asked me to say some mc rhyme so i said this rhyme i'm about to say
the rhyme was mechanic and it went this way [E] record like a [F#] mic check on a [E] windmill skill
map the [F#] steps wearing [C#] godfather it's [E] okay to [F#] fall later fourth age [C#m] better tell him [F#]
tougher than
leather [C#m] swing another [F#m] rocket kid thing and i went [C#m] through just like the [F#m] white one i get no [C#m] respect
money stay [F#m] your weight because the other [C#m] fake from hollis did a [F#m] and then get your mans is leaking
[C#m] cl and [F#]
dmc so [C#] what's your [E] big time [F#] way before hammer got the attention [C#m] remember the [F#] faces
and all types of places [E] look my no [F#] shoe laces
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#]
[D] check it [C#] i'm [E] taking the [F#] tours i'm wrecking the land [E] i keep it hard
[F#]
dope man [C#] he's all the [E] roughest toughest [F#] words i ever wrote down [C#m] not meant for a [F#] hole like a slow
damn jacket [C#m] sucker [F#] mc could never swing with d [E] because of all the [F#] things that i bring with me
[E] only [F#] god could be a king to me and [E] if the god be [F#] in me then the king i be [C#m] the microphone is [F#m] granted
when it's handed to me [C#m] i was planning on [F#m] his planet and i plan to mc [C#m] the mc [F#m] beans only seem
to agree [C#m] that i rock of the [F#m] world and the society i [E] rage on the [F#] stages with a tune of birds i [C#] get
[E] to [F#]
the universe [C#m] my [E] voice is [F#] draw my lyrics is [D#] low i keep it hardcore like you never saw your
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
i'm [C#m] the man you [F#] see in the place to be i went to john j university [C#] and since [F#] kindergarten i
acquired the knowledge and after 12th grade i went straight to the [C#m] pilot down with [F#] the kings
on the microphone [C#m] singer but p to [F#] the r not an r&b [C#m] singer the r to [F#] the u and d mc [C#m] and the fly
human [F#]
beings tonight i hold the [C#m] clone with [F#m] the folk track here to show brother [C#m] black pick up
[F#m] the face better yet leave the [C#m] state so let me put [F#m] my big black cookie on into [C#m] the early [F#m]
morning
had skins rolling [E] [F#] yo you want the mecca yo [C#m] i make a funky [F#] beat so we can blow check it [E] out
[F#]
[E] [F#]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m]
[F#m] [F#] he rocks the
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[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] Down [F#m]
[C#] [B]
[C#m] with the [F#] king for years about ten of
[E] them Reputin so [F#] there's Mack and Mike and Megan
none of them [C#m] tears and fear [F#] for my peers they risen [E] you think that it [F#] is it is it not it [C#m] isn't
race for the [F#] border my daughter could be so [C#m] banging out [E] she's rocking [F#] decent streets and
it's time for hanging [C#m] out gather around [F#] the former so can i ride out loud your good brothers or [E] other
could never ever rock a crowd is it because [F#] he's running off with the mouth [C#m] or was he really [F#] clearly
trying to play an [C#] out out [E] no shut him [F#] down the king with the [C#] crown but [E] do you want to [C#] be a sticky
with [C#m] the king
[F#]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
two [C#] years ago a friend of mine asked me to say some mc rhyme so i said this rhyme i'm about to say
the rhyme was mechanic and it went this way [E] record like a [F#] mic check on a [E] windmill skill
map the [F#] steps wearing [C#] godfather it's [E] okay to [F#] fall later fourth age [C#m] better tell him [F#]
tougher than
leather [C#m] swing another [F#m] rocket kid thing and i went [C#m] through just like the [F#m] white one i get no [C#m] respect
money stay [F#m] your weight because the other [C#m] fake from hollis did a [F#m] and then get your mans is leaking
[C#m] cl and [F#]
dmc so [C#] what's your [E] big time [F#] way before hammer got the attention [C#m] remember the [F#] faces
and all types of places [E] look my no [F#] shoe laces
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#]
[D] check it [C#] i'm [E] taking the [F#] tours i'm wrecking the land [E] i keep it hard
[F#]
dope man [C#] he's all the [E] roughest toughest [F#] words i ever wrote down [C#m] not meant for a [F#] hole like a slow
damn jacket [C#m] sucker [F#] mc could never swing with d [E] because of all the [F#] things that i bring with me
[E] only [F#] god could be a king to me and [E] if the god be [F#] in me then the king i be [C#m] the microphone is [F#m] granted
when it's handed to me [C#m] i was planning on [F#m] his planet and i plan to mc [C#m] the mc [F#m] beans only seem
to agree [C#m] that i rock of the [F#m] world and the society i [E] rage on the [F#] stages with a tune of birds i [C#] get
[E] to [F#]
the universe [C#m] my [E] voice is [F#] draw my lyrics is [D#] low i keep it hardcore like you never saw your
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
i'm [C#m] the man you [F#] see in the place to be i went to john j university [C#] and since [F#] kindergarten i
acquired the knowledge and after 12th grade i went straight to the [C#m] pilot down with [F#] the kings
on the microphone [C#m] singer but p to [F#] the r not an r&b [C#m] singer the r to [F#] the u and d mc [C#m] and the fly
human [F#]
beings tonight i hold the [C#m] clone with [F#m] the folk track here to show brother [C#m] black pick up
[F#m] the face better yet leave the [C#m] state so let me put [F#m] my big black cookie on into [C#m] the early [F#m]
morning
had skins rolling [E] [F#] yo you want the mecca yo [C#m] i make a funky [F#] beat so we can blow check it [E] out
[F#]
[E] [F#]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m] [F#m]
[C#m]
[F#m] [F#] he rocks the
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Key:
C#m
F#m
F#
E
C#
C#m
F#m
F#
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_ _ They want to be down with the king _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ Down [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] with the [F#] king for years about ten of
[E] them Reputin so [F#] there's Mack and Mike and Megan
none of them [C#m] tears and fear [F#] for my peers they risen [E] you think that it [F#] is it is it not it [C#m] isn't
race for the [F#] border my daughter could be so [C#m] banging out [E] she's rocking [F#] decent streets and
it's time for hanging [C#m] out gather around [F#] the former so can i ride out loud your good brothers or [E] other
could never ever rock a crowd is it because [F#] he's running off with the mouth [C#m] or was he really [F#] clearly
trying to play an [C#] out out [E] no shut him [F#] down the king with the [C#] crown but [E] do you want to [C#] be a sticky
_ with [C#m] the king
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ two [C#] years ago a friend of mine asked me to say some mc rhyme so i said this rhyme i'm about to say
the rhyme was mechanic and it went this way [E] record like a [F#] mic check on a [E] windmill skill
map the [F#] steps wearing [C#] godfather it's [E] okay to [F#] fall later fourth age [C#m] better tell him _ [F#] _
tougher than
leather [C#m] swing another [F#m] rocket kid thing and i went [C#m] through just like the [F#m] white one i get no [C#m] respect
money stay [F#m] your weight because the other _ [C#m] fake from hollis did a [F#m] and then get your mans is leaking
[C#m] cl and [F#] _
dmc so [C#] what's your [E] big time [F#] way before hammer got the attention [C#m] remember the [F#] faces
and all types of places [E] look my no [F#] shoe laces
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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[D] check it [C#] i'm [E] taking the [F#] tours i'm wrecking the land [E] i keep it hard
[F#] _
dope man [C#] he's all the [E] roughest toughest [F#] words i ever wrote down [C#m] not meant for a [F#] hole like a slow
damn jacket [C#m] sucker [F#] mc could never swing with d [E] because of all the [F#] things that i bring with me
[E] only [F#] god could be a king to me and [E] if the god be [F#] in me then the king i be [C#m] the microphone is [F#m] granted
when it's handed to me [C#m] i was planning on [F#m] his planet and i plan to mc [C#m] the mc [F#m] beans only seem
to agree [C#m] that i rock of the [F#m] world and the society _ i [E] rage on the [F#] stages with a tune of birds i [C#] get
[E] to [F#]
the universe [C#m] my [E] voice is [F#] draw my lyrics is [D#] low i keep it hardcore like you never saw your
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ i'm [C#m] the man you [F#] see in the place to be i went to john j _ university _ [C#] and since [F#] kindergarten i
acquired the knowledge and after 12th grade i went straight to the [C#m] pilot down with [F#] the kings
on the microphone [C#m] singer but p to [F#] the r not an r&b [C#m] singer the r to [F#] the u and d mc [C#m] and the fly
human [F#]
beings tonight i hold the [C#m] clone with [F#m] the folk track here to show brother [C#m] black pick up
[F#m] the face better yet leave the [C#m] state so let me put [F#m] my big black cookie on into [C#m] the early [F#m]
morning
had skins rolling [E] _ [F#] yo you want the mecca yo [C#m] i make a funky [F#] beat so we can blow check it [E] out
_ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [F#] _
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[F#m] _ _ [F#] he rocks the _ _ _
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_ _ They want to be down with the king _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ Down [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] with the [F#] king for years about ten of
[E] them Reputin so [F#] there's Mack and Mike and Megan
none of them [C#m] tears and fear [F#] for my peers they risen [E] you think that it [F#] is it is it not it [C#m] isn't
race for the [F#] border my daughter could be so [C#m] banging out [E] she's rocking [F#] decent streets and
it's time for hanging [C#m] out gather around [F#] the former so can i ride out loud your good brothers or [E] other
could never ever rock a crowd is it because [F#] he's running off with the mouth [C#m] or was he really [F#] clearly
trying to play an [C#] out out [E] no shut him [F#] down the king with the [C#] crown but [E] do you want to [C#] be a sticky
_ with [C#m] the king
_ [F#] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ two [C#] years ago a friend of mine asked me to say some mc rhyme so i said this rhyme i'm about to say
the rhyme was mechanic and it went this way [E] record like a [F#] mic check on a [E] windmill skill
map the [F#] steps wearing [C#] godfather it's [E] okay to [F#] fall later fourth age [C#m] better tell him _ [F#] _
tougher than
leather [C#m] swing another [F#m] rocket kid thing and i went [C#m] through just like the [F#m] white one i get no [C#m] respect
money stay [F#m] your weight because the other _ [C#m] fake from hollis did a [F#m] and then get your mans is leaking
[C#m] cl and [F#] _
dmc so [C#] what's your [E] big time [F#] way before hammer got the attention [C#m] remember the [F#] faces
and all types of places [E] look my no [F#] shoe laces
_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[D] check it [C#] i'm [E] taking the [F#] tours i'm wrecking the land [E] i keep it hard
[F#] _
dope man [C#] he's all the [E] roughest toughest [F#] words i ever wrote down [C#m] not meant for a [F#] hole like a slow
damn jacket [C#m] sucker [F#] mc could never swing with d [E] because of all the [F#] things that i bring with me
[E] only [F#] god could be a king to me and [E] if the god be [F#] in me then the king i be [C#m] the microphone is [F#m] granted
when it's handed to me [C#m] i was planning on [F#m] his planet and i plan to mc [C#m] the mc [F#m] beans only seem
to agree [C#m] that i rock of the [F#m] world and the society _ i [E] rage on the [F#] stages with a tune of birds i [C#] get
[E] to [F#]
the universe [C#m] my [E] voice is [F#] draw my lyrics is [D#] low i keep it hardcore like you never saw your
_ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
_ _ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [F#m] _
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_ _ i'm [C#m] the man you [F#] see in the place to be i went to john j _ university _ [C#] and since [F#] kindergarten i
acquired the knowledge and after 12th grade i went straight to the [C#m] pilot down with [F#] the kings
on the microphone [C#m] singer but p to [F#] the r not an r&b [C#m] singer the r to [F#] the u and d mc [C#m] and the fly
human [F#]
beings tonight i hold the [C#m] clone with [F#m] the folk track here to show brother [C#m] black pick up
[F#m] the face better yet leave the [C#m] state so let me put [F#m] my big black cookie on into [C#m] the early [F#m]
morning
had skins rolling [E] _ [F#] yo you want the mecca yo [C#m] i make a funky [F#] beat so we can blow check it [E] out
_ _ [F#] _
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[F#m] _ _ [F#] he rocks the _ _ _
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