Chords for When We Were Kings
Tempo:
94.95 bpm
Chords used:
Fm
Eb
Gm
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Fm]
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Fm] Oh, [Ab] what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab]
[Bb] Yeah.
[Gm] [Eb] Oh, what a better [Fm] day.
Yeah.
Oh, what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] Yeah.
Oh, what a better day.
Yeah.
[Eb] What's [Gm] up, brother, smooth the phone.
Not for any microphone.
[Fm] Five parts harmony.
[Gm] Five [Fm] parts harmony.
[Eb] Try the phone around the world.
[Bb] Scale the chords and all the girls.
[Fm] Every man's [Gm] envy.
Every [Ab] man's envy.
Yeah, [Cm] you know.
Music is our crime.
Nothing like the [Fm] sound of our voices together.
[Gm]
[Cm] Together.
We're still going strong.
60 years and [F] going on forever.
[Bb] Yeah.
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it [Fm] going on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were [Bb] kids, [Eb] we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] We were sick and tall.
They said we were the [Fm] best of all.
We sang like angels.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going [Gm] on so [Ab] strong.
That's our [Eb] foundation.
Yeah.
That's our [Fm] foundation.
Yeah.
[Gm] Foundation.
[Ab]
[Eb] Oh, [Fm] yeah.
Let's do it.
Let's [Eb] do it.
[Fm] Let's do it.
[Bb] [Gm] Won't you have the next?
Hold on.
[Cm] Don't look back.
It always has.
[Gm] Higher, [F] higher.
[Gm] We were so small.
[Fm] Always taking [Gm] us higher, higher.
There was so much on our fate.
Oh, this would be our strength.
[Fm] While Melvin was so [Gm] strong.
[Ab] Yeah.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Fm] Oh, Papaw was a rolling [Cm]
stone.
Music is our crown.
[Fm] Nothing like the sound of our voices together.
[Gm]
[Cm] We're still going strong.
Sixty years are [Fm] going on forever.
[A]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a [Fm] growing heart so strong.
[Gm] [Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it grew no stronger.
[Ab]
[Eb] We were sixty tall and said we were as [Cm] tall.
We sang [Gm] like [Ab] angels.
When we [Eb] were babies, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it [Gm] grew no stronger. [Ab] The [Eb] differentiations.
[Fm] [Ab]
[Eb]
This [Fm] is a tribute to [Gm] the greatest [Ab] love of all [Eb] time.
[Fm]
When [Eb] we were kids, [Fm] [Gm] all around [Eb] the world.
[Fm]
[Eb] It's his finest [Fm] birthday.
[Bb] When [Eb] we were kids.
[Eb] [Fm] [Gm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Fm]
[Eb] [Gm]
[Fm] Oh, [Ab] what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab]
[Bb] Yeah.
[Gm] [Eb] Oh, what a better [Fm] day.
Yeah.
Oh, what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] Yeah.
Oh, what a better day.
Yeah.
[Eb] What's [Gm] up, brother, smooth the phone.
Not for any microphone.
[Fm] Five parts harmony.
[Gm] Five [Fm] parts harmony.
[Eb] Try the phone around the world.
[Bb] Scale the chords and all the girls.
[Fm] Every man's [Gm] envy.
Every [Ab] man's envy.
Yeah, [Cm] you know.
Music is our crime.
Nothing like the [Fm] sound of our voices together.
[Gm]
[Cm] Together.
We're still going strong.
60 years and [F] going on forever.
[Bb] Yeah.
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it [Fm] going on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were [Bb] kids, [Eb] we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] We were sick and tall.
They said we were the [Fm] best of all.
We sang like angels.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going [Gm] on so [Ab] strong.
That's our [Eb] foundation.
Yeah.
That's our [Fm] foundation.
Yeah.
[Gm] Foundation.
[Ab]
[Eb] Oh, [Fm] yeah.
Let's do it.
Let's [Eb] do it.
[Fm] Let's do it.
[Bb] [Gm] Won't you have the next?
Hold on.
[Cm] Don't look back.
It always has.
[Gm] Higher, [F] higher.
[Gm] We were so small.
[Fm] Always taking [Gm] us higher, higher.
There was so much on our fate.
Oh, this would be our strength.
[Fm] While Melvin was so [Gm] strong.
[Ab] Yeah.
[Eb] [Bb]
[Fm] Oh, Papaw was a rolling [Cm]
stone.
Music is our crown.
[Fm] Nothing like the sound of our voices together.
[Gm]
[Cm] We're still going strong.
Sixty years are [Fm] going on forever.
[A]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a [Fm] growing heart so strong.
[Gm] [Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it grew no stronger.
[Ab]
[Eb] We were sixty tall and said we were as [Cm] tall.
We sang [Gm] like [Ab] angels.
When we [Eb] were babies, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it [Gm] grew no stronger. [Ab] The [Eb] differentiations.
[Fm] [Ab]
[Eb]
This [Fm] is a tribute to [Gm] the greatest [Ab] love of all [Eb] time.
[Fm]
When [Eb] we were kids, [Fm] [Gm] all around [Eb] the world.
[Fm]
[Eb] It's his finest [Fm] birthday.
[Bb] When [Eb] we were kids.
Key:
Fm
Eb
Gm
Ab
Bb
Fm
Eb
Gm
_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Oh, [Ab] what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] _
[Bb] Yeah.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Oh, what a better [Fm] day.
Yeah.
Oh, what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] Yeah.
Oh, what a better day.
Yeah.
[Eb] What's [Gm] up, brother, smooth the phone.
Not for any microphone.
[Fm] Five parts harmony.
_ [Gm] Five [Fm] parts harmony.
[Eb] Try the phone around the world.
[Bb] Scale the chords and all the girls.
[Fm] Every man's [Gm] envy.
Every [Ab] man's envy.
Yeah, [Cm] you know.
Music is our crime.
Nothing like the [Fm] sound of our voices together.
[Gm] _
[Cm] Together.
We're still going strong.
60 years and [F] going on forever.
_ [Bb] Yeah.
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it [Fm] going on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were [Bb] kids, [Eb] we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] We were sick and tall.
They said we were the [Fm] best of all.
We sang like angels.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, _ we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going [Gm] on so [Ab] strong.
That's our [Eb] foundation.
_ Yeah. _ _
That's our [Fm] foundation.
_ Yeah.
[Gm] Foundation.
_ [Ab]
[Eb] Oh, _ _ _ [Fm] yeah.
Let's do it.
Let's [Eb] do it.
[Fm] Let's do it.
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] Won't you have the next?
Hold on.
[Cm] Don't look back.
It always has.
[Gm] Higher, [F] higher.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ We were so small.
[Fm] _ Always taking [Gm] us higher, higher.
There was so much on our fate.
Oh, this would be our strength.
[Fm] While Melvin was so [Gm] strong.
[Ab] Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] Oh, Papaw was a rolling _ _ [Cm] _
stone.
Music is our crown.
[Fm] Nothing like the sound of our voices together.
[Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ We're still going strong.
Sixty years are [Fm] going on forever.
_ _ _ [A]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a [Fm] growing heart so strong.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it grew no stronger.
[Ab] _
_ [Eb] We were sixty tall and said we were as [Cm] tall.
_ We sang [Gm] like [Ab] angels.
When we [Eb] were babies, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it [Gm] grew no stronger. [Ab] The _ [Eb] differentiations. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
This [Fm] is a tribute to [Gm] the greatest [Ab] love of all [Eb] _ time.
_ [Fm] _ _
When [Eb] we were kids, _ [Fm] _ [Gm] all around [Eb] the world.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ It's his finest [Fm] birthday. _
_ [Bb] _ When [Eb] we were kids.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Gm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] Oh, [Ab] what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] _
[Bb] Yeah.
[Gm] _ _ _ [Eb] _ Oh, what a better [Fm] day.
Yeah.
Oh, what a better [Gm] day.
[Ab] Yeah.
Oh, what a better day.
Yeah.
[Eb] What's [Gm] up, brother, smooth the phone.
Not for any microphone.
[Fm] Five parts harmony.
_ [Gm] Five [Fm] parts harmony.
[Eb] Try the phone around the world.
[Bb] Scale the chords and all the girls.
[Fm] Every man's [Gm] envy.
Every [Ab] man's envy.
Yeah, [Cm] you know.
Music is our crime.
Nothing like the [Fm] sound of our voices together.
[Gm] _
[Cm] Together.
We're still going strong.
60 years and [F] going on forever.
_ [Bb] Yeah.
When we [Eb] were kids, we had it [Fm] going on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were [Bb] kids, [Eb] we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going on so strong.
[Ab] Yeah, yeah, yeah.
[Eb] We were sick and tall.
They said we were the [Fm] best of all.
We sang like angels.
[Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, _ we had it going [Fm] on so strong.
Going [Gm] on so [Ab] strong.
That's our [Eb] foundation.
_ Yeah. _ _
That's our [Fm] foundation.
_ Yeah.
[Gm] Foundation.
_ [Ab]
[Eb] Oh, _ _ _ [Fm] yeah.
Let's do it.
Let's [Eb] do it.
[Fm] Let's do it.
_ [Bb] _ [Gm] Won't you have the next?
Hold on.
[Cm] Don't look back.
It always has.
[Gm] Higher, [F] higher.
[Gm] _ _ _ _ We were so small.
[Fm] _ Always taking [Gm] us higher, higher.
There was so much on our fate.
Oh, this would be our strength.
[Fm] While Melvin was so [Gm] strong.
[Ab] Yeah.
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
[Fm] Oh, Papaw was a rolling _ _ [Cm] _
stone.
Music is our crown.
[Fm] Nothing like the sound of our voices together.
[Gm] _
_ [Cm] _ We're still going strong.
Sixty years are [Fm] going on forever.
_ _ _ [A]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a [Fm] growing heart so strong.
[Gm] _ _ [Ab]
When we [Eb] were kids, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it grew no stronger.
[Ab] _
_ [Eb] We were sixty tall and said we were as [Cm] tall.
_ We sang [Gm] like [Ab] angels.
When we [Eb] were babies, we had a growing [Fm] heart so strong.
And it [Gm] grew no stronger. [Ab] The _ [Eb] differentiations. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _
This [Fm] is a tribute to [Gm] the greatest [Ab] love of all [Eb] _ time.
_ [Fm] _ _
When [Eb] we were kids, _ [Fm] _ [Gm] all around [Eb] the world.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ It's his finest [Fm] birthday. _
_ [Bb] _ When [Eb] we were kids.