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