King's Song                             Jim Croce



             
He struggled s

            
o hard to be k

  
ing
    
Working night 

and day
           
Dreaming of on

                
ly one thing
       
Never a holida

  
y
             
Somewhere alon

       
g the way
             
He forgot she 

          
was only a gir

    
l
             
Now his kingdo

                
m has fallen
             
And it's reall

            
y quite a trag

                 
ic tale
             
Cause he built

            
 a castle to h

          
arbor his quee

n
             
But the queen 

             
claimed he bui

                   
lt her a jail


             
He struggled s

            
o hard to be k


ing
     
He wanted ever

ything
             
He built her a

            
 house by the 

 
sea
    
Just to keep h

er in
             
Somewhere alon

       
g the way
             
He forgot she 

         
needed a frien

d
             
Now his kingdo

       
m has fallen
             
And it's reall

            
y quite a trag

        
ic tale
             
Cause he built

            
 a castle to h

          
arbor his quee

n
             
And the queen 

             
claimed he bui

                               
lt her a jail


             
It happened so

             
 quickly befor

            
e he could kno

      
w
             
She was gone, 

                
far gone
             
Far from the c

             
astle, the dia

    
monds and thin

gs
            
She had worn t

                       
o the ball
             
There was a no

              
te that she ca


refully wrote
            
Signed it best

           
 wishes to all

             
Oh you struggl

           
ed so hard to 

    
be king
          
Working night 

  
and day
            
Dreaming of on

#          
ly one thing, 

        
never a holida

y
           
Somewhere alon

       
g the way
             
You forgot tha

             
t I needed a m

       
an

             
When they foun

           
d him they too

             
k him back whe

        
re he belonged
            
And his family

           
 and friends s

            
aw him annuall


y
             
And they say i

           
t's a shame wh

             
at's become of

      
 the king