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Riley B. King ( Keb' Mo' Version ) Chords

Music by: Keb' Mo'
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[Intro 1]
[Am][F][C][F][C]
[F][C][F][C][F][C]
[F][C]

[Verse 1]
He's a [F]king [C]without a cas[F]tle or cro[C]wn
And every [Am]night [Eaug]he lays his body[Am] down[G]
[C]In a dif[F]ferent tow[C]n but one[Eaug]
thing [E]stays [Am]the same
[F]Everybody knows [Dm]his [Dsus4]name
[D]People may

[Verse 2]
[F]laugh or [C]cry
as his [Dm]stories are [C]told
To tell the [Am]truth [Eaug]like this a
[Am]man must be [G]bold
And the [F]people are glad,
[C]for the thi[G#aug]ngs he share[Am]s
[F]Everybody knows he cares
[Dsus4]

[Verse 3]
[Gsus4]
By the light of the [F]moon [C]comes
[F]a flood [C]of [E]emotion
[Am]Riley [C]B. King, be [Dm]the king of [Am]the ocean
[E]He's roy[F]al [F#dim]blue like[D]
the [C]deep blue [Am]sea[C]
Riley [F]B. King

[Verse 4]
Out [F]of the darkness [C]and int[F]o the lig[C]ht
[G]To [Am]fight the[G#aug] peace
[Eaug]ful warrior'[Am]s fight[G]
Such a [F]beautiful [C]sight and the
[G#aug]way you feel[Am]
[F]Watchin' him with Lu[Dsus4]cille[D]
[Am]The

[Verse 5]
[F]heart of the [C]man is [Dm]open [C]wide
[G]And he clo[Am]ses his[Eaug]
eyes and [Am]looks inside
[G]To a lov[F]e of [C]the world
through the [G#aug]song he sing[Am]s
[F]Giving it [Dm]everything
[Dsus4][Dm]

[Verse 6]
[Gsus4]
By the light of the [F]moon[C]
comes [F]a flood [C]of emotion[E]
[Am]Riley B. [C]King,
be the [Dm]king [Am]of the [Eaug]ocean
He's [F]roy[D]al blue like the [C]deep blue [Am]sea
[F]Riley B. King

[Interlude 1]
[Gsus4][Dm][F][C][F][C][G][Am][G#aug][Eaug]
[Am][G][F][C][E][Eaug][E][Am][F]
[Dsus4][D][Dsus4][F][C][F][C]
[Am][G#aug][Eaug][Am][G][C][F][C][E][Am]
[F][Dsus4][Gsus4]
By the [G]light [Gsus4]of the moon

[Verse 7]
[F][C]
comes [F]a flood of emo[C]tion
[Am]Riley [C]B. King, be the [Dm]king [Am]of the ocean
[C]He's roy[F]al [D]blue like the
[G]deep blue [Am]sea
[C]Riley [F]B. [Gsus4]King
By the [G]light of the

[Verse 8]
[F]moon [C]comes
a [F]flood [C]of emotion[G#aug]
[Am]Riley B. King,[C] be the king[Dm] of th[Am]e ocean
[C]He's roy[F]al [D]blue lik[C]e the deep
[Am]blue [F]sea[G][F]
[G][F]
Riley B. King
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