King for a Day

{tuning: Standard (EADGBE)}
{sot} [A]:     5-7-7-x-x-x{eot}

{sot} [B]:     7-9-9-x-x-x{eot}

{sot} [C#]:    x-4-6-6-x-x{eot}

{sot} [D]:     x-5-7-7-x-x
E^:     x-7-9-9-x-x (^ is not an accent, but a high E)
Ev:     0-2-2-x-x-x (not the letter v, but a low E){eot}

{sot} [Ab]:    4-6-6-x-x-x{eot}

Intro on bass and horns

{section: Verse}
(no guitar)      Started at the age of four
                        My mother went to the grocery store
                        Went sneaking through her bedroom door
                        To find something in a size four...

{section: Chorus}
 [A]                      [B] Sugar and spice, and everything nice

 [A]                [B]       wasn't meant for only girls

 [A]           [B]            GI Joe in pantyhose is

 [A]                     [B]  making room for the one and only

 [E]^
 [C#]          [D]    [C#]    [Ab]     King for a day! princess by dawn

 [E]^
 [C#]          [D]     [C#]    [Ab]    King for a day! in a leather thong

 [E]^
 [C#]          [D]    [C#]    [Ab]     King for a day! princess by dawn

 [A]
 [B]                  Ev
                        Just wait till all the guys get a load of me

{section: Verse}
(no guitar)      My daddy threw me in therapy
                        He thinks I'm not a real man
                        Who put the drag in the drag queen
                        Don't knock it until you tried it

{section: Chorus}
Horn and bass interlude

{section: Chorus}
Sugar and spice, and everything nice
(same chords            Wasn't meant for only girls
 as before)             GI Joe in pantyhose is
                        making room for the one and only  _
                        King for a day! princess by dawn   \
                        King for a day! in a leather thong  > x3
                        King for a day! princess by dawn  _/
                        Just wait till all the guys
                        Just wait till all the guys
                        Just wait till all the guys get a load of me.

Outro on bass, horns, drums

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