King of New Orleans — Better Than Ezra
Chords and lyrics for King of New Orleans by Better Than Ezra (key of A).
Intro
[A] [F#m] [Bm] [E] [A] [A]
Verse 1
[F#m]There's an angel on the stairs
(as if you'd even care)
[Bm]When the lights go up,
And the sun has nearly gone down.
[A]Did you see him on the street?
[F#m]Did you pass him at your feet?
[Bm]Did you think aloud, "how dare they
[E]even look me in the eye"?
Pre-Chorus
[D]And he loves the girls.
[E]And he loves the boys.
[Bm]Going to make twenty dollars
[D]before the weekends over.
[E]
Chorus
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
[Bm]Let him fall.
[E]Turn him over in your hands. [D]
[A]God save the King of New Orleans. [F#m] [D]
Verse 2
[A]Got a ticket to a show. [F#m]
[Bm]Going to see him take a blow.
[E]When the drunk one said,
"Cat Stevens was the greatest singer!"
[A]And did you kick him in the head? [F#m]
[Bm]Did you see the blood run down?
[E]Did you laugh at all when the
[D]people walked right by and said aloud,
Pre-Chorus 2
[E]"You gutter punks are all the same.
[Bm]Probably make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."?
Chorus
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
[Bm]Let him fall.
[E]Turn him over in your hands. [D]
[A]God save the King of New Orleans. [F#m] [D]
Interlude
[G] [D] [A]
[G]Radio in my head
[D] [A]Radio in that car
[G]Going down again,
[Bm]He's going down again....
Bridge
[A]Anyway you look, anyway you talk it over. [F#m]
[Bm]It's easier to let it slip out of your mind.
[E]But it rips your heart out.
[A]Then it kicks your head in. [F#m]
[Bm]Just give him one more chance,
[E]Try to see the beauty in his world. [D]
[A]All the way in on my hands, in on my feet, [F#m]
[Bm]and shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars [D]
[E]before the weekends over.
Chorus
[A]So set him up, [F#m]
[Bm]Let him fall.
[E]Turn him over in your hands. [D]
[A]God save the King of New Orleans. [F#m] [D]
Chorus
[A]God save the King of New Orleans. [F#m] [D]
Outro
[A]