Neil Young – He Was The King (Guitar)

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[Intro] | F | F | F | F | [Verse 1]
    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                     C
He was shooting at a colour TV.

    F                          C
The phones were ringing in the Pink Motel

        G       F
And the rest is history.

           C    | D | F | F |

[Verse 2]
[tab]    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                C
He was singing a gospel song.

          F               C
You could tell he had the feeling

        G                 F
And the whole world sang along.

           C                C    | D | F | F |
He was the king (He was the king)
[Verse 3]
    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                C
He was up on the silver screen.

F                     C
Pushing a plough in a black and white movie

    G                    F
And everybody started to scream.

                C    | D | F | F |
Yes, he was the king
[Bridge]
    Bb              C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       Bb                 C
it was some kind of Vegas dream.

Bb                      C
Spotlights flashed on a silver cape

      Bb               C
And a blue-haired lady screamed.

           | D | F | F | F |
He was the king.
[Instrumental] | F | C | F | C | | F | C | G | F | | C | D | F | F | [Verse 5]
    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                      C
he was fronting a three-piece band.

F                        C
Rocking on the back of a flatbed truck,

        G                 F
With an old guitar in his hand.

           C    | D | F | F |
He was the king.
[Instrumental] | F | C | F | C | | F | C | G | F | | C | D | F | F | F |
    F               C      | F | C |
The last time I saw Elvis.
| F | C | G | F | | C | D | F | F | F | F7 | [Verse 6]
    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                     C
he was riding in a pink cadillac.

F                C
Wind was blowing through his hair

       G              F
And he never did look back.

           C    | D | F | F |
He was the king.
[Outro] | F | C | F | C | | F | C | G | F |
| C | D | F | F | F | F7 |
Thank you very much.
| F | C | F | C | | F | C | G | F | | C | D | F | F | F | F7 | [Verse 7]
    F               C
The last time I saw Elvis,

       F                   C
He was singing that gospel song.

          F               C
You could tell he had the feeling

        G                 F
And the whole world sang along.

           C                | D | F | F | F |
He was the king (He was the king)

           | F | F |
He was the king.

           | F | F |
He was the king.
[Outro] | F | C | F | C | | F | C | G | F |
| C | D | F | F | F | Fsus2
                              Elvis has left the arena