Intro
F#
He would lean into my cradle
D
Rest an revolver on an infant cheek
[Pre-Chorus]
A
Speeding' and singing
Singing and speeding
B
Speeding, singing
My infancy to sleep
G#m B D#m
Well I can hear his voice again
G#m B C#
And I can hear his sooooong
G#m C#
The singing is gooone
[Chorus]
F# A# B F#
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
D#m C# F# B
He was the King of the Song (King of the Song)
F# A# B F#
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
D#m C# G#
I know that i'll never sing
The way that my daddy sang
[Verse 1]
F# D
Do you know what it's like to be born to a legend
To be born to a freak
A B
To face expectation from your first crowing peak at the world
An umbilical peak at this hideous
[Bridge]
G#m B D#m
Fame-ridden world
G#m B C#
Where I hear his sooong
G#m C#
Singing he's gone
[Chorus]
F# A# B F#
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
D#m C# F# B
He was the King of the Song (King of the Song)
F# A# B F#
Nobody sings like my daddy sang
D#m C# G#
I know that i'll never sing
The way that my daddy sang
[Verse 2]
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King, the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King, the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King, the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B
I am the King of the song
D#m B F#
I am the King of the song
[Verse 3]
F#
What do you mean you don't know my singer
D
What do you mean that you don't know his song
A
He was speeding and singing
Singing and speeding
B
Speeding, singing
Come on let's sing along
[Outro]
G#m B D#m
You can beat his heart again
G#m B C#
When you sing his soooong
G#m C#
Although he's gone