The Handsome Family – The King Who Wouldnt Smile (Guitar)

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Chords

From the album Milk and Scissors [Intro]
  C# D
e|-----------------|
B|-----------------|
G|-6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|
D|-6/7-7-7-7-7-7-7-| x4
A|-4/5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
E|-----------------|
[Verse 1]
             G                  D
There was a king who wouldn't smile

A                               D
Sat on the toilet reading The Trial

                  G                      D
His dogs chased their tails 'round and 'round

A                                  D
Midget cars arrived stuffed with clowns

     G           A            D
Who served him quail eggs on toast
[Chorus]
        A                       D
Like a fish at the bottom of a pail,

         G                      D
like a cricket swallowed by a whale,

         A                            Bm
like a chipmunk who's chewed off his tail,

     G        A         D
The king who wouldn't smile
[Verse 2]
             G               D
There was a king who never laughed

A                               D
Fell in love with a two-headed calf

          G                        D
Tattooed his arm with the ace of spades

A                            D
Filled his bath with razor blades

          G         A           D
But the grass made fun of his shoes
[Chorus]
        A                       D
Like a fish at the bottom of a pail,

         G                      D
like a cricket swallowed by a whale,

         A                            Bm
like a chipmunk who's chewed off his tail,

     G        A         D
The king who wouldn't smile
[Verse 3]
           G                   D
There was king who cried and cried

A                             D
Mice crawled in his shoes to die

             G                  D
He cried so much that herds of deer

A                           D
gathered to lick his salty tears

        G            A         D
So the king crawled under his bed.
[Solo]
   G               D              A                D
e|---------------|-------------|----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-|
B|-------12----12|-------------|-10-10-10h12-10-|-------------------|
G|-12-12----12---|-11-11-11-11-|----------------|-------------------|
D|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|
A|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|
E|---------------|-------------|----------------|-------------------|

    G                   D             A                              D
e|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
B|-12-12-12-12h13-12-|-10-10-10-10-|-12/14-12/14-12/14-12/14-14-12-|-10-10-10-10-|
G|-------------------|-------------|-12/14-12/14-12/14-12/14-14-12-|-11-11-11-11-|
D|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
A|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------|
E|-------------------|-------------|-------------------------------|-------------|

   G           A          D
e|-----------|----------|-------------|
B|-----------|----------|-------------|
G|-----------|----------|/11-11----11-|
D|----9------|----11----|/12----12----|
A|-10---10-10|/12----12-|-------------|
E|-----------|----------|-------------|
[Chorus]
        A                       D
Like a fish at the bottom of a pail,

         G                      D
like a cricket swallowed by a whale,

         A                            Bm
like a chipmunk who's chewed off his tail,

     G        A         D
The king who wouldn't smile
[Outro] G A D ************************************ | h Hammer-on | / Slide up ************************************