Kings Crossing Acoustic
Elliott SmithVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
The King's crossing was the main attraction
Dominoes falling in a chain reaction
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
Whiskey works better than beer
The judge is on vinyl, decisions aren't final
And nobody gets a reprieve
And every wave is tidal
If you hang around you're going to get wet
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
All you can do now is watch the shelves
The game looks easy, that's why it sells
Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Are going to stand and deliver dark instead
The method acting that pays my bills
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly Hills
I got a heavy metal mouth, it hurls obscenity
And I get my check from the trash treasury
Because I took my own insides out
It don't matter cause I have no sex life
And all I wanna do now is inject my ex-wife
I've seen the movie
And I know what happens
It's Christmas time
And the needle's on the tree
A skinny Santa is bringing something to me
His voice is overwhelming
But his speech is slurred
And I only understand every other word
Open your parachute and grab your gun
Float down like an omen, a setting sun
Read the part and return at five
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
But I don't care if I fuck up
I'm going on a date
With a rich white lady
Ain't life great?
Gi'me one good reason not to do it
(Because I love you)
So do it.
This is the place where time reverses
And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Instruments shine on a silver tray
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me get carried away
Don't let me be carried away
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Readable chord sheet for Kings Crossing Acoustic by Elliott Smith
[Am] [F] [C] [G] [Dm] [Am]The King's crossing was [F]the main attraction [C]Dominoes fal[G]ling in a chain reac[Dm]tion [Am]The scraping subject rul[F]ed by fear told me [C]Whiskey work[G]s better than beer [Dm] [Am]The judge is on vinyl, d[F]ecisions aren't final [C]And nobody g[G]ets a reprieve [Dm] [Am]And every wave is tidal [F] [C]If you hang [G]around you're going [C]to get wet [Am]I can't prepare for deat[F]h any more than I already have [C] [G] [Dm] [Am]All you can do now is [F]watch the shelves The [C]game looks [G]easy, that's [C]why it sells [C]Frustrated fireworks [B]in[Am]side your head Are going [Am]to stand and deliver d[F]ark instead [C]The method acting that [B]pa[Am]ys my bills Keeps the [Am]fat man feeding in Bev[F]erly Hills [C]I got a heavy metal mouth, it [B]hu[Am]rls obscenity And I get [Am]my check from [F]the trash treasury [C]Because I took my own insides [B]ou[Am]t [Am]It don't matter cause I [F]have no sex life And [C]all I wanna do [G]now is [Dm]inject my ex-wife [Am]I've seen the movie A[F]nd I know what happ[C]en[G]s [Dm] [Am]It's Christmas time And the [F]needle's on the tree A [C]skinny Santa is [G]bringing [Dm]something to me [Am]His voice is overwhelming But his [F]speech is slurred And I [C]only [G]understand [C]every other word [C]Open your parachute and [B]gr[Am]ab your gun Float do[Am]wn like an omen, a setti[F]ng sun [C]Read the part and return[B] a[Am]t five It's a h[Am]ell of a role if you can[F] keep it alive [C]But I don't care if I fuck up [B]I'[Am]m going on a date [Am]With a rich white lady [F]Ain't life great? [C]Gi'me one good reason no[B]t [Am]to do it (Because I love you) [Am]So do it. [F] [C] [G] [Dm] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [Dm] [Am]This is the place where [F]time reverses [C]And dead men tal[G]k to all the pre[Dm]tty nurses [Am]Instruments shine on a s[F]ilver tray [C]Don't let me get [G]carried away [C] [C]Don't let me get [G]carried away [C] [C]Don't let me be [G]carried [Dm]away