King For a Day - XTC
Standard tuning, capo on 3rd fret


[Intro]
 –  –  – 

           
Everyone`s cre

             
eping up to th

  
e money God
           
Putting tongue

             
s where they d

              
idn`t ought to

 
 be
           
On stepping st

            
ones of human 

hearts and sou

ls
           
Into the land 

             
of nothing for

 
 free

             
Well the way t

           
hat we`re livi

    
ng
             
Is all take an

               
d no giving
             
There`s nothin

           
g to believe i

     
n
           
The loudest mo

             
uth will hail 

            
the new found 


way

To be king for a day G – Em – F – Em

            
Everyone`s lic

           
king up to the


 new king pin
           
Trying to get 

            
way up with a 


smile
             
Sing for your 

            
supper boy and

          
 jump to a fin

ger click
           
Ain`t my way o

           
f living in st

yle

             
Cus the ladder

              
 gets longer
             
And ambition g

                 
ets stronger
             
I can`t satisf

                   
y the hunger
             
That bad old m

           
oon has got yo

         
u in its sway

To be king for a day G – Em – F – Em

             
 You`re only h

              
ere once so yo

              
u got to get i

              
t right (no ti

                               
me to fuss and

fight)

              
Cus life don`t

              
 mean much if 

              
measured out w

              
ith someone el

          
se’s plight (I

n time you`ll 

see the light)


             
Cus the way th

            
at we`re livin

       
g
             
Is all take an

               
d no giving
             
There`s nothin

           
g to believe i

     
n
           
The loudest mo

             
uth will hail 

            
the new found 


way

To be king for a day  G – Em – F – Em