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

_ _ [A] So hard to find.
[C] We're going to leave you with a tune written by Gene Taylor, [G] a bassist.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ [Am]
It's a tribute to Dr.
Martin Luther King.
_ [Am] Here's some peace, _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ peace of [G] mind. _
[G] _ _ _ _ [C#] Once _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ upon this planet [B] Earth _
Lived [C] a man of noble _ _
_ Preaching love and freedom
_ [Em] _
[A] For his fellow man
_ _ _ [D] _
_ He [G] was dreaming of [B] the day
_ Peace [C] would come on [Bm] Earth's day
[A] _ [C] And [G] he spread the message
[Am] _
_ All [G] across the land
[C] _ _
[G] _ _ [D] _ [G] Turned the other cheek he'd [B] plead
_ _ [C] Love thy neighbor [G] was his dream
_ _ _ Hang [Em] humiliation and [A] death
[D] He did not dread _
_ _ [G] _ _ Yes, with his Bible by [B] his side
_ _ [C] _ From his [A] foes he would not [C] hide
[G] _ _ _
[Am] Hard to think what [D] this great [G] man did _
_ _ He [D] had seen _ the mountain's top
[G] _ And he knew he could not stop
_ [C] _ _ Always [A] living
_ Was [Am] a threat of death ahead
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] _ Tell your [B] parents they'd better stop and think
[C] _ Cause we're heading [A] for the break now, [C] you better believe
[G] _ _ What's [Am] gonna happen now [D] that the king of [G] love is dead _
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] Will, will the [B] murders ever cease
_ [C] _ Are they [G] men, are they [D] beasts
_ [G] _ What do people, [Em] _ [A] what do they [C] think they have to gain
[D] _ _ [Bm] _ [G] Will, will your [B] nation stand afoul
[C] Is it too late [A] for us [C] all
[G] _ _ And did [Am] Martin Luther [A] King just [G] die in vain
_ [D] You know that [G] he was found _ _
[B] Equality for all [C] people
_ You [G] and me, full of love and goodwill
[Em] _ _ [A] Hey, [Am] _ _ _ _
[D] _ he was [G] loved _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [C] So tell me honey, tell [A] me if you can
[C] _ _ [G] _ [Em] Why was he [Am] shot down [A] the other [G] day
_ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ It was prejudice, _ _
[B] it was hate
_ [C] _ _ Bigotry [G] sealed his [A] fate
Don't [G] cry, cry _ _
[Em] Your [A] tears won't [D] change a thing _
_ Will my [G] country ever [B]
learn
_ Must be [C] killed at every [A] turn
_ [Cm] We've got [G] to know by [Em] now
[Am] What the [D] consequences [G] will _ [C] _
[G] bring
Yes, he had seen _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He could not [G] stop
[C] Always living _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] ahead
Yeah, yeah, yeah
[Bm] Honey, [G] you'd better [B] stop and think
_ [C] While we're all [Bm] heading for [A] the break
[C] Hear me now
What [G] will happen now
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ That the [Am] _ king of [D] love _ _ _ _ is _ _ _ [G] dead _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ [Em] My _ _ _ _ people and me
You lied to me all these years
You told me to wash and clean my ears
[F#] And talk real [B] fine just like a [Em] lady
You'd stop calling me Sister _ Sadie
_ My _ country's full of lies
We all gonna die in _ [F#] lies
I don't trust [B] nobody [Em] anymore
They keep on [Bm] saying [Em] go slow _ _ _
Well, that's what they say
Go slow _
_ Well, that's just the trouble _ _
_ _ Desegregation [Am] Mass participation
_ _ [Em] _ Reunification
_ [F#] New things gradually
[C] Will bring much [B] tragedy
_ I don't [Em] see it
[A] I don't feel [D#] it
I don't know
[D] I don't [G] know
You don't have to live next to me
Just give me my [Am] equality
Everybody knows about this
[E] Everybody [Am] knows about this
[Am] Everybody knows about this [G] It's because _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _