Chords for Levon Helm - King Fish

Tempo:
86.45 bpm
Chords used:

D

G

F#

Bm

A

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Levon Helm - King Fish chords
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[D] [Bm] [A] [D] [G#] [A]
Well, [D] there's a hundred [A] thousand [C] Frenchmen [D] in New [F] [A] Orleans,
[Am] [D] In New [F] Orleans [E] there are [A] Frenchmen [Dm] everywhere.
[A]
[D] But your house could burn [C] down,
[D] All your babies could [C] drown,
[D] Would a nun of [E] them [A] [D] Frenchmen care?
[Am] Everybody, [D]
gather [Fm] round,
[F#] [D] Loosen up your [A] suspenders,
[D] Hunker down on the [Am] ground.
[D] [A] I may crack up, [D] you ought [Am] to,
[D] But don't I [G] take good care [D] of you?
Who built your highways and back roads?
[G] [D] Who put up your hospitals and [G] built your schools?
[D] Who, as it looks after, should kick us like [G] you?
[D] You know they can't [B] beat you.
[A]
[D] Who's the only poor thing down at the Roosevelt [G] Hotel?
[D] Anybody be home on [Am] time from the state down [G] for three?
[D] Everybody in the city has their eyes [G] bugging out,
[D] Cause [F] everybody [A] looks [D] like me.
[A] Here [Bm] come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] say the [F#] gang [Bm] things,
Hear [Em] everybody [D] sing.
[F#] Here come [Bm] the gang [F#] things, [Bm] oh the gang [F#] things,
[Bm] Make [Em] everybody [D] gang.
[F#] [A#] [D] Who took on the standard old men and whipped [G] their ass?
[D] Just like he promised it [Am] do.
[G] [D] But there ain't no standard old man [D] gonna run [G] this state,
[D] It's gonna be run by folks [C#] like me [D] and you.
[Bm] Here come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the gang things,
When all [Em] their work [D] been planned.
[F#] [B] Here come the gang [F#] things, [Gm] [Bm] say gang [F#] [Bm] things,
Gang things gonna [Em] save [D] this land.
[F#] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [D] [G#]
[D] [A#] Here come [Bm] the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the gang things,
When all [Em] their work [D] been planned.
[F#] [Bm] Here come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the [F#] gang things,
[Bm] Gang things gonna [Em]
[D] save this land.
[F#] [D] [G] [D]
[G] [D]
[G] [D] [G] [A]
[D] [Dm]
[G] [Dm] [D]
[G] [Dm] [D] [F]
[G] [D] [B] [A]
[D]
[G] [D]
Key:  
D
1321
G
2131
F#
134211112
Bm
13421112
A
1231
D
1321
G
2131
F#
134211112
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To start learning Levon Helm - Kingfish chords, delve into these chords sequence to get the song's feel: Em, D, D, G, D, F# and Bm. Set your pace at 43 BPM initially and then sync up with the song's BPM of 86. For a balanced pitch, adjust the capo with respect to your voice and the song's key: D Major.

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[D] _ _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ [D] _ [G#] _ [A]
Well, [D] there's a hundred [A] thousand [C] Frenchmen [D] in New [F] [A] Orleans,
[Am] [D] In New [F] Orleans [E] there are [A] Frenchmen [Dm] everywhere.
[A] _
[D] But your house could burn [C] down,
[D] All your babies could [C] drown,
[D] Would a nun of [E] them [A] [D] Frenchmen care?
_ _ _ _ [Am] Everybody, _ [D]
gather [Fm] round,
[F#] [D] Loosen up your [A] suspenders,
[D] Hunker down on the [Am] ground.
_ [D] [A] I may crack up, [D] you ought [Am] to,
[D] But don't I [G] take good care [D] of you?
_ _ _ Who built your highways and back roads?
[G] _ _ [D] Who put up your hospitals and [G] built your schools?
_ [D] Who, as it looks after, should kick us like [G] you?
[D] You know they can't [B] beat you.
[A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ Who's the only poor thing down at the Roosevelt [G] Hotel?
_ [D] _ Anybody be home on [Am] time from the state down [G] for three?
[D] Everybody in the city has their eyes [G] bugging out,
[D] Cause [F] everybody [A] looks [D] like me.
[A] Here [Bm] come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] say the [F#] gang [Bm] things,
Hear [Em] everybody [D] sing.
[F#] _ Here come [Bm] the gang [F#] things, [Bm] oh the gang [F#] things,
[Bm] _ Make [Em] everybody [D] gang.
_ [F#] _ [A#] [D] Who took on the standard old men and whipped [G] their ass?
[D] _ Just like he promised it [Am] do.
[G] _ [D] But there ain't no standard old man [D] gonna run [G] this state,
[D] It's gonna be run by folks [C#] like me [D] and you.
[Bm] Here come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the gang things,
When all [Em] their work [D] been planned.
[F#] _ [B] Here come the gang [F#] things, [Gm] [Bm] say gang [F#] [Bm] things,
Gang things gonna [Em] save [D] this land.
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G] _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ [G#] _
[D] _ _ _ [A#] Here come [Bm] the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the gang things,
_ When all [Em] their work [D] been planned.
[F#] _ [Bm] Here come the [F#] gang things, [Bm] oh the [F#] gang things,
[Bm] Gang things gonna [Em]
[D] save this land.
[F#] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ [D] _ [F] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] _ [A] _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [D] _ _ _ _

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This song was composed by Randy Newman.

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