I Had A King chords by Joni Mitchell
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Key: A Difficulty: Intermediate Am9 - X02000 A2 - X02200 F7 - XX3210 Am7 - X02010 Em7/A - 000000 E2/A - 004200 Asus4 - X00220 A - X02220
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Intro: A Am9
Verse:
A
I had a king in a tenement castle
Am9 A2
Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls brown
F7
He's taken the curtains down
Am9 Em7/A
He's swept with the broom of contempt
Am7 E2/A
And the rooms have an empty ring
Am9
He's cleaned with the tears
Em7/A Am7 E2/A
Of an actor who fears for the laughter's sting-
Chorus:
Asus4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9 A
They never can, they never can
Verse:
A
I had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley
Am9 A2
Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and blind
F7
He lives in another time
Am9 Em7/A
Ladies in gingham still blush
Am9 E2/A
While he sings them of wars and wine
Am9 Em7/A
But I in my leather and lace
Am7 E2/A
I can never become that kind
Chorus:
Asus4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9 A
They never can, they never can
Verse:
A
I had a king in a salt-rusted carriage
Am9 A2
Who carried me off to his country for marriage too soon
F7
Beware of the power of moons
Am9
There's no one to blame
Em7/A Am9 E2/A
No there's no one to name as a traitor here
Am9
The king's on the road
Em7/A Am7 E2/A
And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year
Chorus:
Asus4 A
I can't go back there anymore
Asus4 A
You know my keys won't fit the door
Asus4 A
You know my thoughts don't fit the man
Am9 A
They never can, they never can
I Had A King chords
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I Had A King by Joni Mitchell guitar chords playing instructions."I Had a King" is the opening track of Canadian singer-songwriter Joni Mitchell's debut album, "Song to a Seagull". "I Had a King" and the album was released in 1968.
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