Chords for Nina Simone: Why (The King of Love Is Dead)

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
[Dm] Of course, this whole program is dedicated [Am] to the memory of Dr.
Martin Luther King.
You know that, anyway.
[Cm] _ _ _ [Ab] _
[C] _ _ [Ab] Once [Eb] upon this planet [G] Earth, _ [Ab] lived a man _ [Eb] _
preaching love and freedom for [F]
his [Ab] fellow man.
He [Bb] _ _
was [Eb] dreaming of [G] the day [Ab] peace would come to [Eb] [F] Earth to stay.
_ [Eb] And he spread this [Cm] message [Fm] all [Bb] _ [Eb] across the [Ab] land.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ Turned [Eb] the other cheek, [G] he'd plead, _ _ [Ab] love thy neighbor was his [Eb] creed.
[Fm] _ _ [C] [Eb] Pain, [Cm] humiliation, death, [Eb] _ he did [Ab] not dread.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] With his mind, body, [G] and soul, _ _ [Fm] from his foes he [Ab] did not [F] hide.
_ [B] _ _ [Eb] _
It's hard [Cm] to think _ [Fm] _ this [Ab] great man is [Eb] dead.
_ [Fm] Oh yeah.
_ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ [Eb] Will the murders never [G] cease?
[Fm] Are they men or are they [Eb] beasts?
[Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ [Bb] [Cm] What do they ever hope, _ [Fm] ever hope to gain?
_ [Bb] _ _ Will [Eb] my country, _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] is it too [Eb] late [F] for us all?
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
Did [Cm] Martin [Fm] Luther King just [Eb] [Ab] die [Eb]
in bed?
[Ab] _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ Because [Bb] he'd seen them. _ _
_ _ [Fm] _ [Eb] And he [Fm] knew he could [Eb] not stop.
_ _ _ [Ab] Always living [A] with [F] the threat of [Fm] death ahead.
[Bb] _ [Fm] _ _
_ Folks, [Cm] you'd better _ _ [G] stop and think.
[Ab] Cause we're heading for the [F] grave.
_ _ [Eb] What [Cm] happened now, _ [Fm] _
that [Eb] he is dead.
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ [Eb] _ He was for [G]
equality for [Fm] [Ab] all people, you [Cm] and me.
[Eb] _ [Fm] _ [Eb] Full [Ab] of love [Bb] and [Cm] goodwill, _ [F] _ [Bb] hate was not [Ab] his [Bb] way. _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Fm] [Eb] He was not a [Cm] _ _ [G] _
violent man.
[Ab] _ Tell me folks [F] if you can, _ _ [Eb] just [Cm] why?
_ [Fm]
Why was he shot [Eb] down the other day?
[Ab] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [Bb] He'd seen the mountain [Fm] top.
_ [Bb] _ _ [Eb] _ [Fm] And he knew he [Eb] could not stop.
_ _ [Ab] _ Always living with [F] _ the [Fm] threat of death [Ab] ahead.
[Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] Folks, you'd better stop _ [G] and think [Fm] again. _
Cause [Cm] we're [F] headed for the grave.
[Ab] What's gonna happen, [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Eb] now that [Ab] the King of Love _ [Bb] is [Eb] dead? _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _
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