He Was The King Chords

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He Was The King by Neil Young is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of F. It uses the chords F, C, G, D, Bb, F7 and Fsus2. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

Transpose
F
Text
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Speed
  			Intro: | F | F | F | F | 

Verso 1: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                     C 
He was shooting at a colour TV. 
    F                          C 
The phones were ringing in the pink motel 
        G       F 
And the rest is history. 
           C    | D | F | F | 
He was the king 

Verso 2: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                C 
He was singing a gospel song. 
          F               C 
You could tell he had the feeling 
        G                 F 
And the whole world sang along. 
           C                C    | D | F | F | 
He was the king (He was the king) 

Verso 3: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                C 
He was up on the silver screen. 
F                     C 
Pushing a plough in a black and white movie 
    G                    F 
And everybody started to scream. 
                C    | D | F | F | 
Yes, he was the king 

Ponte:
    Bb              C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       Bb                 C 
it was some kind of Vegas dream. 
Bb                      C 
Spotlights flashed on a silver cape 
      Bb               C 
And a blue-haired lady screamed. 
           | D | F | F | F | 
He was the king. 

Instrumental 
| F | C | F | C | 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | 

Verso 4: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                      C 
he was fronting a three-piece band. 
F                        C 
Rocking on the back of a flatbed truck, 
        G                 F 
With an old guitar in his hand. 
           C    | D | F | F | 
He was the king. 

Instrumental 
| F | C | F | C | 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | F | 

    F               C      | F | C | 
The last time I saw Elvis. 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | F | F7 | 

Verso 5: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                     C 
he was riding in a pink cadillac. 
F                C 
Wind was blowing through his hair 
       G              F 
And he never did look back. 
           C    | D | F | F | 
He was the king. 

Outro
| F | C | F | C | 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | F | F7 | 
Thank you very much. 

| F | C | F | C | 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | F | F7 | 

Verso 6: 
    F               C 
The last time I saw Elvis, 
       F                   C 
He was singing that gospel song. 
          F               C 
You could tell he had the feeling 
        G                 F 
And the whole world sang along. 
           C                | D | F | F | F | 
He was the king (He was the king) 
           | F | F | 
He was the king. 
           | F | F | 
He was the king. 

Outro 
| F | C | F | C | 
| F | C | G | F |  
| C | D | F | F | F | Fsus2 
                              Elvis has left the arena 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
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Metronome

100 BPM Andante