King Of New Orleans Acoustic Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A F♯m Bm E A (strum this A twice)

 There's an angel on the stF♯mairs

 (as if you'd even cBmare)

When the lights go up,

 And the sEun has nearly gone down.

ADid you see him on the strF♯meet?

 Did you pass him at your fBmeet?

Did you think aloud, "how dare they

 even looEk me in the eye'?

DAnd he loves the girls.

EAnd he loves the boys.

BmGoing to make twenty dDollars

 before the wEeekends over.

ASo set him up, F♯m

 Let him fall. Bm

 Turn him oEver in your haDnds.

AGod save the F♯mKing of New OrleanDs.

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 tEhe greatest singer!"

A

 And did you kick him in the headF♯m?

 Did you see the blood run down?Bm

Did you laugh at all when the

 people walkedE right by and said alDoud,

 "You gutter puEnks are all the same.

Bm"Probably make twenty doDllars 'fore the weeEkends over."?

ASo set him up, F♯m

 Let him fall. Bm

 Turn him oEver in your haDnds.

AGod save the F♯mKing of New OrleanDs.

Interlude riff

G D A Radio in my headG

D A Radio in that caGr

 Going doBmwn again,

 He's going down agaDin....

AAnyway you look, anyway you talk it oF♯mver.

 It's easiBmer to let it slip out of your mind.

 But it rips yourE heart out.

AThen it kicks your head F♯min.

 Just give him one more chBmance,

 Try to see the bEeauty in his worDld.

AAll the way in on my hands, in on my F♯mfeet,

 and shoulders. GBmoing to make twenty doDllars

 before the weeEkends over.

ASo set him up, F♯m

 Let him fall. Bm

 Turn him oEver in your haDnds.

AGod save the F♯mKing of New OrleanDs.

AGod save the F♯mKing of New OrleanDs.

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.