King Rocker ukulele

King Rocker

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KING ROCKER by GENERATION X
Words and music Billy Idol and Tony James

Drum Intro - N.C for 4 bars

Verse
A    NC                  D        NC             A                   
Jail House rock ‘n’ roll straight out of Memphis
     D                                       B     D
Well Liverpool Johnny rocks out round Paul's place
A       NC                     D       NC         A 
Seconds away as the way as the rhythm comes down 
     D                                       B   D    A
Well King versus King in the ring with crowd

Chorus
     B5
King Rocker 
     D5
King rocker 
          E5
Rock rock rock
     A
King Kong, King Kong

Verse
A       NC        D      NC                A
Elvis’ lower body shakes from the hip-bone
D                                               B  D
Quarry Street kids and Lennon shake hands first
A      NC                   D   NC           A
Creole was chomping, his guitar was acoustic
      D                            B
Go go Johnny go use your electric
D             A
   Crazy man,    crazy

Chorus
     B5
King rocker 
     D5
King rocker 
          E5
Rock rock rock
     A
King Kong, King Kong
     B5
King rocker 
     D5
King rocker 
          E5
Rock rock rock
     A               G
King Kong, King Kong
                   
           D/F#     E
King Kong, King Kong

Bridge
      NC
Round three, Ali buzzin like a bee
Elvis in the corner and he won't catch me
Round four, one more now Johnny’s lookin' poor,
Got a find a hit, got a leaping out the store
Round five, some jive, Elvis took a dive
Waitin' for the town hall dead to come alive
           A
Round six,   seven, eight, nine…

Verse
Rest up the fightin’ the men can’t afford to
      D                                               B  D
For a rematch they’re havin’ if they ever come through
      A 
We’re stringing this fight right thru to the last round
     D                                   B      D   A
Well Paul the man was putting out a boss sound

Chorus
     B5
King rocker 
     D5
King rocker 
          E5
Rock rock rock
     A
King Kong, King Kong

King Kong, King Kong

     B5
King rocker 
     D5
King rocker 
          E5
Rock rock rock
     A                            
King Kong, King Kong
                                        
King Kong, King Kong

Yet another geeat song from 1978. I'm pretty certain this is correct. Enjoy..taff 

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