Kingpin Chords

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)
X