Chords for Will Varley - 'King For A King' - Live At The Smugglers Apocalypse Xmas Party
Tempo:
129.05 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
C#m
B
G#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] [C#] [G#]
[F#] We're six seconds old [G#m] in the arms of [C#m] your mother.
[E] Six weeks later [B] you start [A] to see colour and you [F#] learn pretty soon.
[D] Sorry.
It's the Guinness.
[B] If you cry [C#m] you get tit.
[A] You learn [G#] how to crawl [B] and you learn [C#m] how to shit.
[A] By the time you [E] can speak they [B] got [C#m] in school.
[A] We're just [E] asking questions, [B] just breaking [C#m] the rules.
[A] Well ten [E] years later [B] the system [C#m] has won.
[A] You stop asking [B] questions and sucking [C#m] your thumb.
[A] On your [Bm] thirteenth birthday [B] they give you [C#m] a drink.
So you get [E] it all [G#m] down, you forget how to [C#m] think.
[A] So you tell your [E] first girlfriend [B] you're gonna [C#m] die young.
[A] At the end of [E] her [B] garden she gives you [C#m] some tongue.
[A] Well by [E] fourteen she's left [B] you, life [C#m] is unfair.
[A] You got shay on [E] your t-shirt, [B] spikes [C#m] in your hair.
[A] And your best [E] friend from school [B] said just [C#m] doesn't suit ya.
You sit on [E] a wall and you talk [A] of the future.
Say king for a king, [C#] hide for an eye.
[A]
[E] Birds they'll sing when [G#m] they fall from [D#] the sky.
[E] Well slip a little [Bm] whisky and eye into [A] my cup.
Do you swear [E] that you'll never [B] grow up?
[C#] Do you swear that you'll never [B] grow up?
We're getting too old for this ain't we?
[A] Well your [E] teenage [B] years scar [C#m] you like darkness.
[A] Your insecurities [B] turn [C#m] into swag.
[A] [E] Defensifies [B] normandy, lacking [C#m] [A] maturity.
Drink [E] like a fish, [B] smoke [C#m] like a chimney.
[A] King [E] for a king, hide [C#m] for an eye.
[A] Birds [E] they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] We stand [E] on the rooftops, [G#m] we scream [C#m] and we shout.
If you [E] swear that tomorrow [G#m] we'll work [E] it all out.
If you swear that tomorrow [B] we'll work [E] it all out.
Well [A] by twenty [E] you're starting [B] to run out [A] of steam.
You got no [E] money and you can't [C#m] sell your dreams.
You [A] get a job [E] in an office, [B] back of means [C#m] to an end.
Then you [E] start wearing shirts [G#m] and losing [C#m] your friends.
[A] Then one [E] night you have me again [C#m] having a stop.
[A] She looks [E] alright and she [C#m] laughs at your jokes.
Well take it all [G#m] easy boy, you [C#m] can be lazy.
[E] Watch out son, [B] you got [C#m] a baby on.
[A] Six seconds on, in [F] the arms of [F#m] your lover.
[E] Six weeks later she starts [C#m] to see colour.
[A] And you swear [E] that no harm [B] will come to her [C#m] or her mother.
[A] Your [E] means to an end, [B] well it's [C#m] starting to suffer.
[A] Say king [E] for a king, [B] hide [C#m] for an eye.
[E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well at [E] least we can laugh [B] and at least we can [C#m] smile.
[A] We all just [E] drop in for [B] a what?
Yeah we [A] all [E] just drop in [B] for a what?
[A] Now your hair's getting [E] grey.
[G#m] And so is [C#m] your moustache.
[A] Your best friend from [E] school, [G#m] he dies in a [C#m] car crash.
[A] You bury [E] him it's raining, you stand [C#m] by your wife.
And [E] what have I done [B] with my life?
I'm [A] just a name [E] in a family [B] tree.
Nothing [C#m] to [A] history about me [E] and my woman.
That's all [C#m] that it means [A] to me.
King [E] for a [B] king, [C#m] hide for an eye.
[A] [E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well I sip [E] a little [B] whiskey now into [C#m] my cup.
[A] And I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
[A] Yeah I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
[E] [A] [E]
[C]
[A#] [N]
[F#]
[F#] We're six seconds old [G#m] in the arms of [C#m] your mother.
[E] Six weeks later [B] you start [A] to see colour and you [F#] learn pretty soon.
[D] Sorry.
It's the Guinness.
[B] If you cry [C#m] you get tit.
[A] You learn [G#] how to crawl [B] and you learn [C#m] how to shit.
[A] By the time you [E] can speak they [B] got [C#m] in school.
[A] We're just [E] asking questions, [B] just breaking [C#m] the rules.
[A] Well ten [E] years later [B] the system [C#m] has won.
[A] You stop asking [B] questions and sucking [C#m] your thumb.
[A] On your [Bm] thirteenth birthday [B] they give you [C#m] a drink.
So you get [E] it all [G#m] down, you forget how to [C#m] think.
[A] So you tell your [E] first girlfriend [B] you're gonna [C#m] die young.
[A] At the end of [E] her [B] garden she gives you [C#m] some tongue.
[A] Well by [E] fourteen she's left [B] you, life [C#m] is unfair.
[A] You got shay on [E] your t-shirt, [B] spikes [C#m] in your hair.
[A] And your best [E] friend from school [B] said just [C#m] doesn't suit ya.
You sit on [E] a wall and you talk [A] of the future.
Say king for a king, [C#] hide for an eye.
[A]
[E] Birds they'll sing when [G#m] they fall from [D#] the sky.
[E] Well slip a little [Bm] whisky and eye into [A] my cup.
Do you swear [E] that you'll never [B] grow up?
[C#] Do you swear that you'll never [B] grow up?
We're getting too old for this ain't we?
[A] Well your [E] teenage [B] years scar [C#m] you like darkness.
[A] Your insecurities [B] turn [C#m] into swag.
[A] [E] Defensifies [B] normandy, lacking [C#m] [A] maturity.
Drink [E] like a fish, [B] smoke [C#m] like a chimney.
[A] King [E] for a king, hide [C#m] for an eye.
[A] Birds [E] they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] We stand [E] on the rooftops, [G#m] we scream [C#m] and we shout.
If you [E] swear that tomorrow [G#m] we'll work [E] it all out.
If you swear that tomorrow [B] we'll work [E] it all out.
Well [A] by twenty [E] you're starting [B] to run out [A] of steam.
You got no [E] money and you can't [C#m] sell your dreams.
You [A] get a job [E] in an office, [B] back of means [C#m] to an end.
Then you [E] start wearing shirts [G#m] and losing [C#m] your friends.
[A] Then one [E] night you have me again [C#m] having a stop.
[A] She looks [E] alright and she [C#m] laughs at your jokes.
Well take it all [G#m] easy boy, you [C#m] can be lazy.
[E] Watch out son, [B] you got [C#m] a baby on.
[A] Six seconds on, in [F] the arms of [F#m] your lover.
[E] Six weeks later she starts [C#m] to see colour.
[A] And you swear [E] that no harm [B] will come to her [C#m] or her mother.
[A] Your [E] means to an end, [B] well it's [C#m] starting to suffer.
[A] Say king [E] for a king, [B] hide [C#m] for an eye.
[E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well at [E] least we can laugh [B] and at least we can [C#m] smile.
[A] We all just [E] drop in for [B] a what?
Yeah we [A] all [E] just drop in [B] for a what?
[A] Now your hair's getting [E] grey.
[G#m] And so is [C#m] your moustache.
[A] Your best friend from [E] school, [G#m] he dies in a [C#m] car crash.
[A] You bury [E] him it's raining, you stand [C#m] by your wife.
And [E] what have I done [B] with my life?
I'm [A] just a name [E] in a family [B] tree.
Nothing [C#m] to [A] history about me [E] and my woman.
That's all [C#m] that it means [A] to me.
King [E] for a [B] king, [C#m] hide for an eye.
[A] [E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well I sip [E] a little [B] whiskey now into [C#m] my cup.
[A] And I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
[A] Yeah I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
[E] [A] [E]
[C]
[A#] [N]
[F#]
Key:
E
A
C#m
B
G#m
E
A
C#m
_ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ _ [G#] _ _
[F#] We're six seconds old [G#m] in the arms of [C#m] your mother.
_ _ _ [E] Six weeks later [B] you start [A] to see colour and you [F#] learn pretty soon.
_ [D] _ _ Sorry. _
It's the Guinness.
[B] If you cry [C#m] you get tit. _
[A] You learn [G#] how to crawl [B] and you learn [C#m] how to shit.
[A] By the time you [E] can speak they [B] got [C#m] in school.
[A] We're just [E] asking questions, [B] just breaking [C#m] the rules.
[A] Well ten [E] years later [B] the system [C#m] has won.
[A] You stop asking [B] questions and sucking [C#m] your thumb.
[A] On your [Bm] thirteenth birthday [B] they give you [C#m] a drink.
So you get [E] it all [G#m] down, you forget how to [C#m] think.
[A] So you tell your [E] first girlfriend [B] you're gonna [C#m] die young.
[A] At the end of [E] her [B] garden she gives you [C#m] some tongue.
[A] Well by [E] fourteen she's left [B] you, life [C#m] is unfair.
[A] You got shay on [E] your t-shirt, [B] spikes [C#m] in your hair.
[A] And your best [E] friend from school [B] said just [C#m] doesn't suit ya.
You sit on [E] a wall and you talk [A] of the future.
_ Say king for a king, [C#] hide for an eye.
[A] _
[E] Birds they'll sing when [G#m] they fall from [D#] the sky.
[E] Well slip a little [Bm] whisky and eye into [A] my cup.
Do you swear [E] that you'll never [B] grow up?
_ [C#] Do you swear that you'll never [B] grow up?
We're getting too old for this ain't we?
_ _ _ [A] Well your [E] teenage [B] years scar [C#m] you like darkness.
[A] Your _ insecurities [B] turn [C#m] into swag.
[A] _ _ [E] Defensifies [B] normandy, lacking [C#m] _ [A] maturity.
Drink [E] like a fish, [B] smoke [C#m] like a chimney.
[A] King [E] for a king, hide [C#m] for an eye.
[A] Birds [E] they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] We stand [E] on the rooftops, [G#m] we scream [C#m] and we shout.
If you [E] swear that tomorrow [G#m] we'll work [E] it all out.
If you swear that tomorrow [B] we'll work [E] it all out. _ _ _ _
Well [A] by twenty [E] you're starting [B] to run out [A] of steam.
You got no [E] money and you can't [C#m] sell your dreams.
You [A] get a job [E] in an office, [B] back of means [C#m] to an end.
Then you [E] start wearing shirts [G#m] and losing [C#m] your friends.
[A] Then one [E] night you have me again [C#m] having a stop.
[A] She looks [E] alright and she [C#m] laughs at your jokes.
Well take it all [G#m] easy boy, you [C#m] can be lazy.
_ [E] Watch out son, [B] you got [C#m] a baby on.
[A] Six seconds on, in [F] the arms of [F#m] your lover.
_ [E] Six weeks later she starts [C#m] to see colour.
[A] And you swear [E] that no harm [B] will come to her [C#m] or her mother.
[A] Your [E] means to an end, [B] well it's [C#m] starting to suffer.
[A] Say king [E] for a king, [B] hide [C#m] for an eye.
[E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well at [E] least we can laugh [B] and at least we can [C#m] smile.
[A] We all just [E] drop in for [B] a what?
_ Yeah we [A] all [E] just drop in [B] for a what?
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Now your hair's getting [E] grey.
[G#m] And so is [C#m] your moustache.
[A] Your best friend from [E] school, [G#m] he dies in a [C#m] car crash.
[A] You bury [E] him it's raining, you stand [C#m] by your wife.
And [E] what have I done [B] with my life?
I'm [A] just a name [E] in a family [B] tree.
Nothing [C#m] to [A] history about me [E] and my woman.
That's all [C#m] that it means [A] to me.
King [E] for a [B] king, [C#m] hide for an eye.
[A] _ [E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well I sip [E] a little [B] whiskey now into [C#m] my cup.
[A] And I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
_ [A] Yeah I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
[F#] We're six seconds old [G#m] in the arms of [C#m] your mother.
_ _ _ [E] Six weeks later [B] you start [A] to see colour and you [F#] learn pretty soon.
_ [D] _ _ Sorry. _
It's the Guinness.
[B] If you cry [C#m] you get tit. _
[A] You learn [G#] how to crawl [B] and you learn [C#m] how to shit.
[A] By the time you [E] can speak they [B] got [C#m] in school.
[A] We're just [E] asking questions, [B] just breaking [C#m] the rules.
[A] Well ten [E] years later [B] the system [C#m] has won.
[A] You stop asking [B] questions and sucking [C#m] your thumb.
[A] On your [Bm] thirteenth birthday [B] they give you [C#m] a drink.
So you get [E] it all [G#m] down, you forget how to [C#m] think.
[A] So you tell your [E] first girlfriend [B] you're gonna [C#m] die young.
[A] At the end of [E] her [B] garden she gives you [C#m] some tongue.
[A] Well by [E] fourteen she's left [B] you, life [C#m] is unfair.
[A] You got shay on [E] your t-shirt, [B] spikes [C#m] in your hair.
[A] And your best [E] friend from school [B] said just [C#m] doesn't suit ya.
You sit on [E] a wall and you talk [A] of the future.
_ Say king for a king, [C#] hide for an eye.
[A] _
[E] Birds they'll sing when [G#m] they fall from [D#] the sky.
[E] Well slip a little [Bm] whisky and eye into [A] my cup.
Do you swear [E] that you'll never [B] grow up?
_ [C#] Do you swear that you'll never [B] grow up?
We're getting too old for this ain't we?
_ _ _ [A] Well your [E] teenage [B] years scar [C#m] you like darkness.
[A] Your _ insecurities [B] turn [C#m] into swag.
[A] _ _ [E] Defensifies [B] normandy, lacking [C#m] _ [A] maturity.
Drink [E] like a fish, [B] smoke [C#m] like a chimney.
[A] King [E] for a king, hide [C#m] for an eye.
[A] Birds [E] they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] We stand [E] on the rooftops, [G#m] we scream [C#m] and we shout.
If you [E] swear that tomorrow [G#m] we'll work [E] it all out.
If you swear that tomorrow [B] we'll work [E] it all out. _ _ _ _
Well [A] by twenty [E] you're starting [B] to run out [A] of steam.
You got no [E] money and you can't [C#m] sell your dreams.
You [A] get a job [E] in an office, [B] back of means [C#m] to an end.
Then you [E] start wearing shirts [G#m] and losing [C#m] your friends.
[A] Then one [E] night you have me again [C#m] having a stop.
[A] She looks [E] alright and she [C#m] laughs at your jokes.
Well take it all [G#m] easy boy, you [C#m] can be lazy.
_ [E] Watch out son, [B] you got [C#m] a baby on.
[A] Six seconds on, in [F] the arms of [F#m] your lover.
_ [E] Six weeks later she starts [C#m] to see colour.
[A] And you swear [E] that no harm [B] will come to her [C#m] or her mother.
[A] Your [E] means to an end, [B] well it's [C#m] starting to suffer.
[A] Say king [E] for a king, [B] hide [C#m] for an eye.
[E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well at [E] least we can laugh [B] and at least we can [C#m] smile.
[A] We all just [E] drop in for [B] a what?
_ Yeah we [A] all [E] just drop in [B] for a what?
_ _ _ _ _ [A] Now your hair's getting [E] grey.
[G#m] And so is [C#m] your moustache.
[A] Your best friend from [E] school, [G#m] he dies in a [C#m] car crash.
[A] You bury [E] him it's raining, you stand [C#m] by your wife.
And [E] what have I done [B] with my life?
I'm [A] just a name [E] in a family [B] tree.
Nothing [C#m] to [A] history about me [E] and my woman.
That's all [C#m] that it means [A] to me.
King [E] for a [B] king, [C#m] hide for an eye.
[A] _ [E] Birds they'll sing [B] when they fall [C#m] from the sky.
[A] Well I sip [E] a little [B] whiskey now into [C#m] my cup.
[A] And I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
_ [A] Yeah I swear [E] that I'll never [B] grow up.
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
[A#] _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _