Kingfish Chords - Randy Newman

Intro

(1 piano) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

{tab: e|--5-------3-----|--5-------6-----|--5-------3-----|--5-------3-----|}

{tab: B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: G|5-----3---------|5-----7---------|5-----3---------|5---------------|}

{tab: D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|}

{tab: A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

(2 piano) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

{tab: e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: B|----------------|----------------|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|}

{tab: G|----------------|----------------|3-------4-------|3-------4-------|}

{tab: D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

(orchestra) comes in bit by bit, a guitar equivalent may sound like this? (all the while piano 1 and 2 keep playing the pattern) Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

{tab: e|5-----3---------|5-----6---------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: B|5-----3---------|5-----6---------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: G|3-----3---------|3-----4---------|----------------%----------------|}

{tab: D|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

{tab: E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|}

Basic verse pattern C C/E C/G F 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

{tab: e|0-----0---------|0-----1---------|}

{tab: B|1-----1---------|1-----1---------|}

{tab: G|0-----0---------|0-----2-----0-0-|}

{tab: D|2-----2---------|2-----3-----2-0-|}

{tab: A|3---------------|------3---------|}

{tab: E|------0---------|3-----1---------|}

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CHORDS

E-A-D-G-B-e Dsus2b6 x-x-0-3-5-5 Gm/D x-x-0-3-3-3 Dm6(#5) x-x-0-4-6-6 C/E 0-x-2-0-1-0 C/G 3-x-2-0-1-0 E7/G# 4-x-0-1-0-0 Am7 x-0-2-2-1-3 F/C x-3-x-2-1-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

Intro

Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) There's a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) In New Orleans, there are Frenchmen everywhere Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) But your house could fall down, your baby could drown Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Gm/D Wouldn't none of those Frenchmen care Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) Everybody, gather 'round Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) Loosen up your suspenders, hunker down on the ground! Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) I'm a cracker, and you are too Dsus2b6 G Gaug G7 C Don't I take good care of you?

Verse 1

C C/E C/G F Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? C C/E C/G F Who put up the hospital and built you schools? C/G E7/G# Am7 D7 Who looks after shit-kickers like you? F/C C The Kingfish do

Verse 2

C C/E C/G F Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel C C/E C/G F And invited the whole north half of the state down there for free? C/G E7/G# Am7 D7 The people in the city had their eyes bugging out C/G G7 C Cause every one looked just like me

Chorus 1

Am E7 Am E7 Here come the Kingfish, the Kingfish Am D C E7 Everybody sing! Am E7 Am E7 It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish Am D C E7 Every man a King

Verse 3

C C/E C/G F Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass? C C/E C/G F Just like he promised he'd do? C/G E7/G# Am7 D7 Ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state C/G G7 C Gonna be run by little folks like me and you

Chorus 2

Am E7 Am E7 It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish Am D C E7 Friend of the working man Am E7 Am E7 It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish Am D C E7 Am The Kingfish gonna save ... this land

Coda

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