King Of New Orleans Acoustic
Better Than EzraVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
(strum this twice)
There's an angel on the stairs
(as if you'd even care)
When the lights go up,
And the sun has nearly gone down.
Did you see him on the street?
Did you pass him at your feet?
Did you think aloud, "how dare they
even look me in the eye'?
And he loves the girls.
And he loves the boys.
Going to make twenty dollars
before the weekends over.
So set him up,
Let him fall.
Turn him over in your hands.
God save the King of New Orleans.
Got a ticket to a show.
Going to see him take a blow.
When the drunk one said,
"Cat Stevens was the greatest singer!"
And did you kick him in the head?
Did you see the blood run down?
Did you laugh at all when the
people walked right by and said aloud,
"You gutter punks are all the same.
"Probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."?
So set him up,
Let him fall.
Turn him over in your hands.
God save the King of New Orleans.
A -5---5---5---5-4-5---5---5---5-4-5-4-|
E ---2---3---5-------2---3---5---------|
Radio in my head
Radio in that car
Going down again,
He's going down again....
Anyway you look, anyway you talk it over.
It's easier to let it slip out of your mind.
But it rips your heart out.
Then it kicks your head in.
Just give him one more chance,
Try to see the beauty in his world.
All the way in on my hands, in on my feet,
and shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars
before the weekends over.
So set him up,
Let him fall.
Turn him over in your hands.
God save the King of New Orleans.
God save the King of New Orleans.
Note: I always end it the two strums of the A, giving it a little
kick the ass. Of course you can always improvise your own little
riff.
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Readable chord sheet for King Of New Orleans Acoustic by Better Than Ezra
[A] [F#m] [Bm] [E] [A] (strum this [A] twice)
There's an angel on the st[F#m]airs
(as if you'd even c[Bm]are)
When the lights go up,
And the s[E]un has nearly gone down.
[A]Did you see him on the str[F#m]eet?
Did you pass him at your f[Bm]eet?
Did you think aloud, "how dare they
even loo[E]k me in the eye'?
[D]And he loves the girls.
[E]And he loves the boys.
[Bm]Going to make twenty d[D]ollars
before the w[E]eekends over.
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
Let him fall. [Bm]
Turn him o[E]ver in your ha[D]nds.
[A]God save the [F#m]King of New Orlean[D]s.
[A]
Got a ticket to a show. [F#m]
Going to see him take a blow. [Bm]
When the drunk one said,
"Cat Stevens was t[E]he greatest singer!"
[A]
And did you kick him in the head[F#m]?
Did you see the blood run down?[Bm]
Did you laugh at all when the
people walked[E] right by and said al[D]oud,
"You gutter pu[E]nks are all the same.
[Bm]"Probably make twenty do[D]llars 'fore the wee[E]kends over."?
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
Let him fall. [Bm]
Turn him o[E]ver in your ha[D]nds.
[A]God save the [F#m]King of New Orlean[D]s.
A -5---5---5---5-4-5---5---5---5-4-5-4-|
E ---2---3---5-------2---3---5---------|
[G] [D] [A] Radio in my head[G]
[D] [A] Radio in that ca[G]r
Going do[Bm]wn again,
He's going down aga[D]in....
[A]Anyway you look, anyway you talk it o[F#m]ver.
It's easi[Bm]er to let it slip out of your mind.
But it rips your[E] heart out.
[A]Then it kicks your head [F#m]in.
Just give him one more ch[Bm]ance,
Try to see the b[E]eauty in his wor[D]ld.
[A]All the way in on my hands, in on my [F#m]feet,
and shoulders. G[Bm]oing to make twenty do[D]llars
before the wee[E]kends over.
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
Let him fall. [Bm]
Turn him o[E]ver in your ha[D]nds.
[A]God save the [F#m]King of New Orlean[D]s.
[A]God save the [F#m]King of New Orlean[D]s.
Note: I always end it the two strums of the A, giving it a little
kick the ass. Of course you can always improvise your own little
riff.