Old King Cole Uke tab by The Mechanisms

7 Chords used in the song: Dm, Fm, Gm, A, Am, Bb, F

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Artist: 
Year:  2012
Difficulty: 
4.21
(Intermediate)
Key: DmChords
[Intro]
Dm Dm Fm Fm Gm Gm A A
Dm Dm Fm Fm Gm Gm Am Am

[Verse]
Dm Dm Fm Fm
Old King Cole was a brutal soul, and a
Gm Gm Dm Dm
bloody red soul had he
Dm Dm Fm Fm
He called for his mead and his gun so
Gm Gm
cold, and he called for his little
Am Am
pigs three
Bb Bb Gm Gm
Now every piggy had a razor blade and
Fm Fm A A
sharpened it with glee
Dm Dm
Oh, far and near, they all learn fear
from King Cole and his little pigs
three


[Chorus]
Dm Dm F F
Factories churn, bodies burn,
Gm Gm A A
Stars are shining bright.
Bb Bb Gm Gm
It’s your turn, now you learn
Am Am Dm Dm
How King Cole feasts tonight

[Verse]
Dm Dm Fm Fm Gm Gm
Old King Cole was not missold, of years
Dm Dm
he had a hundred score,
Dm Dm Fm Fm
The dark appliance of infernal science
Gm Gm Dm Dm
would give him millennia more
Bb Bb Gm Gm
And he would watch as the suns burned
Fm Fm A A
out, collapsing from their core
Dm Dm
Oh, never to forgive he would eternal
live, his hands dyed red by gore.

[Chorus]
Dm Dm F F
Factories churn, bodies burn,
Gm Gm A A
Stars are shining bright.
Bb Bb Gm Gm
It’s your turn, now you learn
Am Am Dm Dm
How King Cole feasts tonight

[Verse]
Dm Dm Fm Fm
Old King Cole had conquered and stole
Gm Gm Dm Dm
the wealth of a thousand suns
Dm Dm Fm Fm
Surrounded was he by bodyguards three,
A A Dm Dm
who murdered for their sovereign’s fun
Bb Bb Gm Gm
Arrayed in armour black as ebony, it
Dm Dm A A
did no good to run
Bb Bb Dm Dm
Whatever the task, the grim pig mask
would tell you that your days were
done

[Chorus]
Dm Dm F F
Factories churn, bodies burn,
Gm Gm A A
Stars are shining bright.
Bb Bb Gm Gm
It’s your turn, now you learn
Am Am Dm Dm
How King Cole feasts tonight

[Spoken]
N.C.
“In the centre of Zantine, capitol city
of New Constantinople,
there stood a vast palace. Cavernous
halls by their hundreds were cared for
by staff too numerous to count, while
beneath, tunnels and passageways unused
for a dozen
lifetimes sprawled under the city like
a spider’s web, reaching every nook and
lurking place.
Somewhere at the centre of this
labyrinth, there stood a small,
unremarkable chamber,
roughly hewn from thick black rock,
where King Cole sat on his white
throne.
His shrivelled frame seemed all the
more twisted and unnatural on its ivory
bulk, surrounded,
as always, by the three little pigs:
silent guardians who never spoke as the
blood pooled on the floor
before their ruler. The feast was soon
to begin.”

[Verse]
Dm Dm Fm Fm
Old King Cole had a tale he told to
Gm Gm Dm Dm
those brought before his throne.
Dm Dm F F
Immense and white it gleamed in the
A A Dm Dm
night, the colour of sun-bleached
bone.
Dm Dm Gm Gm
He’d whisper softly in their ear, the
Dm Dm A A
words were never known.
Dm Dm
None could tell what he said, save for
the dead and the three little pigs
alone.

[Chorus]
Dm Dm F F
Factories churn, bodies burn,
Gm Gm A A
Stars are shining bright.
Bb Bb Gm Gm
It’s your turn, now you learn
A A Dm Dm
How King Cole feasts tonight

Uke tab by , 04 Jan 2023

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