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Artist: Tom Petty
Song: It's Good To Be King
Album: Wildflowers
Tabbed by: leeRy
Standard Tuning - (E, A, D, G, B, e)
INTRO (0:01) -
Em Am D Em Em Am D Em
VERSE (0:26) -
Em Am
It's good to be king, if just for awhile.
D Em
To be there in velvet. Yeah, to give 'em a smile.
Em Am
It's good to get high, and never come down.
D Em
It's good to be King, of your own little town.
FILL (0:51) -
e|---------------|
B|----------0-0--|
G|------0-0------|
D|--2-2----------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
CHORUS (0:53) -
A D G
Yeah, the world would swing, if I were king.
C G D C G Em A Asus A
Can I help it if I still dream time to time.
VERSE (1:20) -
Em Am
It's good to be king, and have your own way.
D G
Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day.
Em Am
And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings ,
D Em
You're out there with winners, it's good to be king.
FILL (1:44) -
e|---------------|
B|----------0-0--|
G|------0-0------|
D|--2-2----------|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
CHORUS (1:47) -
A D G
Yeah, I'll be king when dogs get wings.
C G D C G Em A Asus A
Can I help it if I still dream time to time.
SOLO (2:14) -
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------12h15-12--|
G|--14b(16)r14-12-14b(16)~--14b(16)r14-12h14~--14b(16)~-14~--14-----------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
*these bent notes are played rapidly, and with a trill
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--15b(17)r15--12--15b(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)-(17)--|
G|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-15b(17)-15-15p12-15p12---------------15-12-------12-------12-----------------|
G|------------------------14-12-14b(16)-------14-12----14-12----14-12-14-12-----|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------14~-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE (2:40) -
Em Am
It's good to be king and have your own world.
D Em
It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls.
Em Am
A sweet little queen, who can't run away.
D Em
It's good to be king, whatever it pays.
CHORUS (3:07) -
C G D C G D
Excuse me if I have some place in my mind.
C G Em A Asus A Asus A Asus A
Where I go time to time.
OUTRO (3:33) -
Em Am D Em Em Am D Em
CHORD LEGEND -
Em - 0 2 2 0 0 0
Am - x 0 2 2 1 0
D - x x 0 2 3 2
A - x 0 2 2 2 0
G - 3 2 0 0 0 3
C - x 3 2 0 1 0
Asus - x 0 2 2 3 0
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