I Met Up With The King Chords
I Met Up With The King by First Aid Kit is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 6st fret. It uses the chords G, C and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G C
G C
I met up with the king
Em G
He confessed his body was burning
G C
I met up with the king
Em G
His body had begun to rot
C Em G
And he said don't think less of me
C Em G
I'm still the same man I used to be
C G
But no one believed him
C G
No one believed him
C G C G C G
G C
I once knew a pretty girl
Em G
And she was in love with the world
G C
And she loved a young man
Em G
Who loved her body but never saw her mind
C Em G
He took everything she had kept
C Em G
And then he took everything else that was left
C G
But no one believed her
C G
No one believed her
G C
I feel just like the king
Em G
As I fall on the muddy ground
G C
I feel just like you gal
Em
There's people thinking
G
They know something now
C Em G
Well I don't know anything at all
C
And we mean nothing to history
Em G
Well thank God
G C G
So tell me do you believe me?
C G
Do you believe me?
C G
I bet you don't
C G
I bet you won't
C G C G C G