King Street
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Capo 2
Intro:
D G/B G/C (2x)
Verse:
D G/B G/C
I'm wandering these city streets
D G/B G/C
There's nothing here for me
D G/B G/C
All I see is people running round
D G/B G/C
Buying shit they don't need
D G/B G/C
There's a man begging down on King Street
D G/B G/C
And he grabs me by the wrist
D G/B G/C
He says 'Son, you know what the biggest killer in this world is?'
D G/B G/C
It's not money, not drugs, not guns
D G/B G/C
He said it's loneliness
D G/B G/C
And it's killing me
D G/B G/C
Oh this loneliness
D G/B G/C
It's bringing me down
[Refrão]
Am7
And he'll sleep where the darkness falls
C
He won't get no curtain calls
G D
And he's only got one pair of shoes
Am7
But he's got more serenity
C
Than the rest of humanity
G D
They've been tricked into waiting in queues
Am7
And his father is dying
C
He's got something inside of him
G D
It makes him feel more wrong than right
Am7
And his mother'd be lying
C
If she said she weren't crying
G D
Herself to sleep every night..
D G/B G/C
Every night
D G/B G/C (3x)
Verse:
D G/B G/C
He sees a woman waiting at the station steps
D G/B G/C
Her conversation fills the air
D G/B G/C
She's telling the world about the trouble she's seen
D G/B G/C
But no one can hear
D G/B G/C
D G/B G/C
He wanders in to a church with it's doors wide open
D G/B G/C
He's welcomed in with a half hearted smile
D G/B G/C
Some guy tells him he's found all the answers
D G/B G/C
To things like money and drugs and guns
D G/B G/C
Old man says 'What about this loneliness?'
D G/B G/C
Cos it's killing me
D G/B G/C
Oh this loneliness
D G/B G/C
It's bringing me down
[Refrão] Am7
I'll sleep where the darkness falls
C
I won't get no curtain calls
G D
And I've only got one pair of shoes
Am7
But I've got more serenity
C
Than the rest of humanity
G D
They've been tricked into waiting in queues
Am7
And my father is dying
C
He's got something inside of him
G D
It makes him feel more wrong than right
Am7
And my mother'd be lying
C
If she said she weren't crying
G D
Herself to sleep every night
Am7 C G D (2x)
Am7
And my father is dying
C
He's got something inside of him
G D
It makes him feel more wrong than right
Am7
And my mother'd be lying
C
If she said she weren't crying
G D
Herself to sleep every night
D G/B G/C
Every night
D G/B G/C
Every night
D G/B G/C
Every night
D G/B G/C
D G/B G/C
I'm wandering these city streets
D G/B G/C
There's nothing here for me
How to play King Street
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What is the starting chord?
The first identified chord is D. You can transpose without leaving the page.
Can I play it on guitar or keyboard?
Yes. The chord progression works on acoustic guitar, electric guitar and keyboard. Adapt the voicings to your instrument and level.