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I Had A King by Joni Mitchell
I Had A King
Tuning DADEAD, Capo 7. 4/4, quarter note = 108.
Intro:
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4 Verse:
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I had a king in a tenement castle
7 crescendo............
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Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
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He's taken the cur - tains down He's
13 (emphasise melody notes!!.......)
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Swept with the broom of contempt and the rooms have an empty ring
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He's cleaned with the tears of an actor who fears for
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the laughter's sting....
Chorus:
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I can't go back there any - more You know my keys won't
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fit the door You know my thoughts don't fit the man
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They never can they never can
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37 ritardando.....................
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(slow strum.....)
Alternative measures:
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I HAD A KING - JONI MITCHELL
I had a king in a tenement castle
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
He's taken the curtains down
He's swept with the broom of contempt
And the rooms have an empty ring
He's cleaned with the tears
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-
Chorus:
I can't go back there anymore
You know my keys won't fit the door
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
They never can they never can
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
Lately he's taken to saying i'm crazy and blind
He lives in another time
Ladies in gingham still blush
While he sings them of wars and wine
But I in my leather and lace
I can never become that kind-
Chorus
I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
Beware of the power of moons
There's no one to blame
No there's no one to name as a traitor here
The king's on the road
And the queen's in the grove 'till the end of the year-
Chorus
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:A
Capo:no capo
A7sus2 - x02000
Asus2 - x02200
Fmaj7 - xx3210
Am7 - x02010
Em7add4 - 000000
A6sus2/E - 004200
Aadd4 - x00220
A - x02220
[Intro]
A A7sus2
[Verse]
A
I had a king in a tenement castle
A7sus2 Asus2
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
Fmaj7
He's taken the curtains down
A7sus2 Em7add4/A
He's swept with the broom of contempt
Am7 A6sus2/E
And the rooms have an empty ring
A7sus2
He's cleaned with the tears
Em7/A Am7 A6sus2/E
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Aadd4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Aadd4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
A7sus2 A
They never can, they never can
[Verse]
A
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
A7sus2 Asus2
Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind
Fmaj7
He lives in another time
A7sus2 Em7add4/A
Ladies in gingham still blush
A7sus2 A6sus2/E
While he sings them of wars and wine
A7sus2 Em7add4/A
But I in my leather and lace
Am7 A6sus2/E
I can never become that kind
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Aadd4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Aadd4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
A7sus2 A
They never can, they never can
[Verse]
A
I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
A7sus2 Asus2
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
Fmaj7
Beware of the power of moons
A7sus2
There's no one to blame
Em7add4/A A7sus2 A6sus2/E
No there's no one to name as a traitor here
A7sus2
The king's on the road
Em7add4/A Am7 A6sus2/E
And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year
[Chorus]
Aadd4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Aadd4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Aadd4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
A7sus2 A
They never can, they never can
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