Kings Chords
by Steely Dan
Kings by Steely Dan is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, F, Am, C, Gm7, C/E, G/D, D7, C/Bb, Bb, Em7, Dm7, G and C/G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
D F Am
Now they lay his body down
While he plundered far and wide
D F Am
Sad old men who run this town
All his starving children cried
Am F C
----- I still recall the way he led
------- And though we sung his fame; we all
Gm7 F C/E
The charge and saved the day
Went hung--ry just the same
G/D D7 G/D D7
Blue blood and rain
He meant to shine
C/Bb Bb Am
I can hear the bu ---gle playing
To the end of the line --
Chorus :
Em7 F C
We seen the last of good King Richard
Dm7 G Am
ring out the past, his name lives on and on
Em7 F C
Roll out the bones and raise up your pitcher
G C/G Dm7 G F
Raise up your glass to good King John.
Raise up your glass to good King John.