Wilco – Kingpin (Guitar)

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This song is mainly just a G chord the whole time. The interesting part of it comes from the little riffs and instrumental variations throughout the song. The slide guitar is often playing a D so that's a safe note to return to if you want to improvise [Intro] G C G | G C G | (4x) [Verse 1]
G            G7        G   C G | G   C G |
I wanna be your kingpin

G        G7 C G    C G | G   C G |
Living in     Pekin

G            G7      G   C G | G   C G |
I wanna be your bigwig

G        G7 C G    C G | G   C G |
Living in     Pekin
[Slide Guitar Instrumental 1]
G 
 (8 bars)
F C G C G | G C G | (2x) [Verse 2]
G                             G
I got the flu and away I flew

G    G7 C G           G7
NYC,      pediate blue

G
Dimetapp and spinal tap

G                       G
City maps and hand claps
[Slide Guitar Instrumental 2]
G    G7 
       (8 bars)
F C [Slide Guitar Instrumental 3]
G 
 (16 bars)
F C G C G | G C G | (2x) [Verse 4]
G
Statue of Liberty play

G
It only works once

G
Don't throw it away

G
Cause I wanna be your kingpin

G         G7 G
Living in    Pekin
[Outro]
G
Living in

G
Pekin

G
Living in

G
How can I

G
How can I give my love to you when

G
I don't know what to do

G
(simplify riffing gradually until it naturally fades out)