King arthur (story) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
King
[Am]Arthur and
Merlin
Once [C]upon a [Dm]time,
[G]in a [Dm]land far [Am]away,
lived a young boy called
[C]Arthur [Dm]and a knight,
[C]Sir
Kay.
[Dm]Though
Arthur was [Am]poor, he was clever [C]and bright,
and dreamed every day of
becoming a knight.
[Am]Sir
[F]Kay, on the other hand, was grumpy [C]an d mean,
[Em]the [Am]most miser[Dm]able knight [Fm]there ever
had [Em]been.
[Am]He worked
[C]Ar thur [F]hard all day and all [C]night,
[Em]and [Am]never ever let h[Dm]im out o[Em]f his sight.[Am]
[C]One day, the pair rode to an old
English town to compete in a
contest for the best knight
around.
All the riders were there,
with their horses and [Fm]lan cers.
[C]But
Sir
Kay [Fm]just laughed.
He [C]fancied his chances.
Then riding his horse to [Dm]the edge of the [C]field,
young
Arthur helped
Kay into armour [Dm]an d shield.
[C]But then,
Arthur [Am]gasped.
Oh [C]no![Dm]
Oh [C]my lord! I'm terribly sorry! I've
[Am]forgotten your [Dm]sword![Am]
[Dm]You [C]dolt! cried
Sir
[Am]Kay.[C]
[Am]You'd [C]better find me one fas[Dm]t,
[C]or [Dm]else this year contest [C]may well be [Am]your last.
An[Dm]d giving young
Arthur [G]a clip [Dm]round the ear,
he [Fm]sen t the boy off with [C]his eyes full [Dm]of tears.
Up[Am]set and [C]afraid,
Arthur ran round all [F]day to look for
[C]a sword to take back [Am]to
Sir
[Dm]Kay.
But [Am]try as h[C]e might, h[Am]is l[Dm]ong s[C]earch was in v[F]ain,
for [C]all the sword makers had [Am]gone to the [Dm]games.
[C]As
Arthur turned back, he caught a glint in the air from
a strange [Dm]shiny object that stood in the square.
A sword in [Em]a stone, [C]like the tales [Em]of old,
with a [C]blade of [F]pure [Dm]sil ver and a[F] handle [Fm]of gold.
[C]Arthur stretched out a hand, and with [Dm]a heave and a [C]ho,
he pulled the gold sword right [Dm]out
of the stone.
[F]He then held [C]it aloft in a [G]great [C]beam of light.
It [Am]was truly a sword [C]that was
fit for [Fm]a knight.
[Dm]Then the town's [C]mayor, who was just p[Dm]assing by,
[Am]stopped dead in his tracks an[Dm]d let out
a cry.
He [C]pulled the sword from the stone. I saw,
it was him!
He shall be our new ruler.
Long live the king!
[Dm]With a flash and a bang, the wizard
Merlin appeared,
with his pointy blue hat and
[C]long [Dm]silver beard.
[C]That sword is
Excalibur.
[G]It was [Dm]trapped in the stone,
[C]an d he who removes it shall sit on the throne.
[Bb]As a cheer went [Dm]up
from the fast -growing crowd,
Sir
Kay pushed to the [Am]front and [Dm]shouted out
loud,
[Am]Move away quic[F]k,
you [Fm]scruffy young sprout!
The king's sword is mine,
[Am]now [Dm]I'll pull it out!
But though
[Am]Sir
Kay grunted and twisted and tugged,
the sword in the stone just would
not budge.
And then as
Kay stopped, all tired and faint,
Arthur grabbed the stuck
sword and drew it
again.
[C]Huzzah! yelled the crowd as they led him through town,
and later that day gave him a crown.
While
Merlin just smiled and shut
Arthur a wink
For long had he known this
boy would be king
[C]King
Arthur lived [Dm]well in his castle of white
With a round table and
Merlin and plenty [C]of knights
A great [Dm]many children now
[Am]know of his name
And know he lived happily till
the end of his reign
you