When We Were Kings keyboard

When We Were Kings

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Intro - A, E, D, A - Repeat 

Verse 1 

  A                    E 
Tommy got off at the Texaco 
 D                   A 
Came bustin' in to Norma's Cafe 
                  E 
Said come on man we gotta go 
 D                           A 
You know how those part girls hate to wait 
                          E 
Filled up his daddy's trunk with ice and beer 
 D                  A 
Yeah he was always stealin' the old man's car 
                  E 
Radio never came in too clear 
        D                   A 
So I'd bang out one on my piece of junk guitar 



     F#m     G  
Yeah we ruled from the blacktop 
 D                       A 
To the levee where the party never stopped 
                 E 
Yeah there was power in the night 
      F#m                  G 
The spirit was alive when we would sing 
 A         E        D     G 
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A   
When We were kings 


Verse 2 

   A                          E 
Sittin' around the fire one night Tommy called my name 
D                        A  
I turned around he said hey what do ya think 
                                  E 
Had his arm around the prettiest girl I'd ever seen 
D                           A  
He kissed her hard and took another drink 
                      E 
I say you must be an angel puttin' up with this guy 
 D                    A 
She laughed and said play me some Rolling Stones 
                      E 
I couldn't let that chance go by 
      D                            A 
Yeah I sang her "You Can't Always Get What you Want" 


Repeat Chorus 


Verse 3 

 A          E   
That was the fall of '69 
D                  A 
I guess Uncle Sam was hedging his bet 
                    E 
Tommy's number came up he said "Hey, I'll be fine" 
  D                          A   
"I'll teach 'em a lesson they'll never forget" 
                      E 
Angel and I went to wave goodbye 
D                              A 
I guess we'd always thought we'd see him again 
                               E  
You know I took her out after that a couple of times 
D                        A 
We always just wound up talkn' 'bout him 


Repeat Chorus 

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