Kingfish Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[F]The[Bb]re's[C][F][Dm][Gm][Bb][C]
a hundred
thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
[Bb]In N[C]ew O[Gm]rlea[C]ns there are French
[Gm]men everyw[C]here[Bb][C][Gm][C]
But your house could fall down
Your [Gm]baby could [Dm]drown
Wouldn't none of those [Gm]French
[C]men care
[Gm][Dm]

[Verse 2]
Everybody gather 'round
Loosen up your suspenders
Hunker down on the ground
I'm a [Gm]cracker
And [Dm]you are too
But don't I take [D]good [G]care of you
[C]

[Verse 3]
Who built the highway to Baton [F]Rouge?
[C]Who put up the hospital
and built [F]you schools?
[C]Who looks aft[Abaug]er shit-k[E]ick
[Am]ers like l[D]ike you?
[F]The Kingfish [C]do

[Verse 4]
Who gave a party at the [C]Roosevelt [F]Hotel?
And [C]invited the whole north half of
the state down there [F]for free
[C]The people in [E]the city
Had their eye[Am]s bugging out[D]
Cause [G]everyone of you
Looked just [C]like [E]me

[Verse 5]
[Am]Kingfish, [E]Kin[Am]gfish[E][Am]
[D]Everybody [C]sing[E]
[Am]Kingfish, [E]Kin[Am]gfish[E][Am]
Every [D]man a [C]king[E]

[Verse 6]
[C]Who took on the Stand
[Edim]ard Oil men[C]
And whipped their as[F]s
[C]Just like he pro[Edim]mised he'[C]d do?[F]
[C]Ain't no Standard Oil[E] men
gonna run [Am]this [D]state
Gonna be run by [G]little folk[Gsus4]s
like [G]me [C]and [E]you

[Verse 7]
[Am]Kingfish, [E]Kin[Am]gfish[E][Am]
Friend [D]of the working [C]man[E]
[Am]Kingfish, [E]Kin[Am]gfish[E]
The [Am]King[D]fish gonna s[C]ave
[E]this lan[Am]d
[E][Am][E][Am][E]