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