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