Randy Newman – Kingfish (Guitar)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Randy Newman From: "Good Old Boys" (1974) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Intro]
(1 piano)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--5-------3-----|--5-------6-----|--5-------3-----|--5-------3-----|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|5-----3---------|5-----7---------|5-----3---------|5---------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|------3---------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(2 piano)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----1-------1---|----1-------1---|
G|----------------|----------------|3-------4-------|3-------4-------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

(orchestra) comes in bit by bit, a guitar equivalent may sound like this?
(all the while piano 1 and 2 keep playing the pattern)
Dsus2b6 Gm/D     Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5)
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|5-----3---------|5-----6---------|----------------|----------------|
B|5-----3---------|5-----6---------|----------------|----------------|
G|3-----3---------|3-----4---------|----------------%----------------|
D|0-----0---------|0-----0---------|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Basic verse pattern
  C    C/E        C/G    F
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|0-----0---------|0-----1---------|
B|1-----1---------|1-----1---------|
G|0-----0---------|0-----2-----0-0-|
D|2-----2---------|2-----3-----2-0-|
A|3---------------|------3---------|
E|------0---------|3-----1---------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Dsus2b6   x-x-0-3-5-5
Gm/D      x-x-0-3-3-3
Dm6(#5)   x-x-0-4-6-6

C/E       0-x-2-0-1-0
C/G       3-x-2-0-1-0
E7/G#     4-x-0-1-0-0
Am7       x-0-2-2-1-3
F/C       x-3-x-2-1-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) There's a hundred thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) In New Orleans, there are Frenchmen everywhere Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) But your house could fall down, your baby could drown Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Gm/D Wouldn't none of those Frenchmen care Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) Everybody, gather 'round Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) Loosen up your suspenders, hunker down on the ground! Dsus2b6 Gm/D Dsus2b6 Dm6(#5) I'm a cracker, and you are too
        Dsus2b6 G    Gaug G7 C
Don't I take    good care of you?
[Verse 1]
C              C/E        C/G          F
 Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?

C               C/E          C/G                F
 Who put up the hospital and built you schools?

C/G        E7/G# Am7               D7
 Who looks after shit-kickers like you?

    F/C      C
The Kingfish do
[Verse 2]
C           C/E          C/G         F
 Who gave a party at the Roosevelt Hotel

C                      C/E                     C/G            F
 And invited the whole north half of the state down there for free?

C/G                E7/G#          Am7          D7
 The people in the city had their eyes bugging out

      C/G              G7        C
Cause every one looked just like me
[Chorus 1]
              Am  E7        Am  E7
Here come the Kingfish, the Kingfish

Am   D    C    E7
Everybody sing!

         Am  E7        Am  E7
It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish

Am     D     C     E7
 Every man a King
[Verse 3]
C                         C/E         C/G               F
 Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass?

C             C/E           C/G   F
 Just like he promised he'd do?

C/G                E7/G#         Am7            D7
 Ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state

                C/G               G7     C
Gonna be run by little folks like me and you
[Chorus 2]
         Am  E7        Am  E7
It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish

Am             D       C    E7
 Friend of the working man

         Am  E7        Am  E7
It's the Kingfish, the Kingfish

    Am       D     C     E7     [ Am ]
The Kingfish gonna save ... this land
[Coda] | Am E7 | % | % | Am