King's Crossing Uke tab by Elliott Smith

6 Chords used in the song: Em, C, G, D, Am, F#/Em

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Artist: 
Year:  2004
Difficulty: 
3.3
(Beginner)
Key: G, EmChords
Em chordEm C chordC

G chordG D chordD Am chordAm

Em chordEm C chordC
The King's crossing was the main attraction
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
Dominoes falling in a chain reaction
Em chordEm C chordC
The scraping subject ruled by fear told me
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
Whiskey works better than beer
Em chordEm C chordC
The judge is on vinyl, decisions aren't final
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
And nobody gets a reprieve
Em chordEm C chordC
And every wave is tidal
G chordG D chordD G chordG
If you hang around you're going to get wet
Em chordEm C chordC G chordG
Am chordAm
I can't prepare for death any more than I already have
Em chordEm C chordC
All you can do now is watch the shelves
G chordG D chordD G chordG
The game looks easy, that's why it sells

Chorus:
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
Frustrated fireworks inside your head
Em chordEm C chordC
Are going to stand and deliver dark instead
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
The method acting that pays my bills
Em chordEm C chordC
Keeps the fat man feeding in Beverly Hills
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
I got a heavy metal mouth, it hurls obscenity
Em chordEm C chordC
And I get my check from the trash treasury
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
Because I took my own insides out


Em chordEm C chordC
It don't matter cause I have no sex life
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
And all I wanna do now is inject my ex-wife
Em chordEm
I've seen the movie

C chordC G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
And I know what happens
Em chordEm
It's Christmas time
C chordC
And the needle's on the tree
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
A chordA skinny Santa is bringing something to me
Em chordEm
His voice is overwhelming
C chordC
But his speech is slurred
G chordG D chordD G chordG
And I only understand every other word

G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
Open your parachute and grab your gun
Em chordEm C chordC
Float down like an omen, a setting sun
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
Read the part and return at five
Em chordEm C chordC
It's a hell of a role if you can keep it alive
G chordG
But I don't care if I fuck up
F#/Em chordF#/Em
I'm going on a date
Em chordEm
With a rich white lady
C chordC
Ain't life great?
G chordG F#/Em chordF#/Em
Gi'me one good reason not to do it
(Because I love you)
Em chordEm C chordC
So do it.

G chordG D chordD Am chordAm

Em chordEm C chordC

G chordG D chordD Am chordAm

Em chordEm C chordC
This is the place where time reverses
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
And dead men talk to all the pretty nurses
Em chordEm C chordC
Instruments shine on a silver tray

G chordG D chordD G chordG
Don't let me get carried away
G chordG D chordD G chordG
Don't let me get carried away
G chordG D chordD Am chordAm
Don't let me be carried away

Uke tab by , 18 Apr 2013

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About this song: King's Crossing

"King's Crossing" is the seventh track off of Elliott Smith's sixth studio album From a Basement on the Hill.
In "King's Crossing", after Smith sings "give me one good reason not to do it," a woman's voice (Jennifer Chiba) can be faintly heard saying, "because we love you." It reflects the phrase being shouted at shows in which Smith performed the song.

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