Tabs

Oct 21, 2020
I Used To Be A King by Graham Nash
Tab: in word document format video: Graham Nash - I Used To Be A King - (Songs For Beginners) - (1971)
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Tabbed by: Mike Nachaj :: mike@mikemusicbox.com

Song: I Used to Be a King
By:   Graham Nash
 
[intro: ]  3 x [ Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9 ]

[verse: 1]
D                 Gadd9
   I used to be a king
D                           Gadd9
  And everything around me turned to gold
D                   Gadd9
  I thought I had everything
D                       Gadd9
  Now I'm left without a hand to hold

[pre-chorus: 1]
     Dm7                  Em7
But it's alright, I'm ok, how are you
     Dm7                          Em7
For what it's worth I must say I love you
    Dm7                    Em7
And in my bed late at night,  I miss you

[chorus:]
  Bm                         
Someone is gonna take my heart
  G                            Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9   
No-one is gonna break my heart again
                               Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9  

[verse: 2]
D                  Gadd9
    I used to be a king
D                           Gadd9
   And everything around me turned to rust
D                      Gadd9
   It's cos I built my life on sand
D                          Gadd9
   And I watched it crumble  in  the dust

[pre-chorus: 2]
          Dm7                    Em7
Yeah but it's alright, I'm ok, I want to know how you are
     Dm7                      Em7
For what it's worth I must say   I loved you as you are
Dm7          Em7
  In my bed where are you

[chorus:]
  Bm                         
Someone is gonna take my heart
  G                            Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9 
No-one is gonna break my heart again
                               Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9

[solo: slide guitar] {over verse chords}
          Dm7    Em7 
          Dm7    Em7 
          Dm7    Em7

[chorus:]
  Bm                         
Someone is gonna take my heart
  G                            Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9 
No-one is gonna break my heart again
                               Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9 

[verse: 3]
D                      Gadd9
    And I used to be a king
D                         Gadd9
 But everything around me turned around
D                  Gadd9
 But I know all I have to do is sing
D                       Gadd9
  And I'll lift myself way off the ground

[pre-chorus: 3]
           Dm7                Em7
Yeah, but it's alright, I'm ok,  how are you
     Dm7                      Em7
For what it's worth I must say I love you
    Dm7                     Em7
And in my bed late at night God how I miss you

[chorus:]
  Bm                         
Someone is gonna take my heart
  G                            Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9 
No-one is gonna break my heart again
                               Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9
                no, no no  no

[coda: ]
                Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9  
                Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9
                Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9  
                Dsus4 D Dsus4 D  Cadd9  Gadd9
                D



chords:

Bm      224432 
Cadd9   x32033
Dm7     xx0565  or xx0211
D       000232
Dsus4   x00233
Em7     022030
G       320003  or 355433
Gadd9   320033