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 Em C C

G G D D Am Am

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

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


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

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

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

G G D D Am Am

Em Em C C

G G D D Am Am

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

G G D D G G
Don't let me get carried away
G G D D G G
Don't let me get carried away
G G D D Am Am
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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