King of New Orleans
Better Than Ezra
Transcribed by Eric Norcross
For Acoustic Guitar
www.EricNorcross.com

It's pretty cut and dry.  Listen to the song for pacing and strum pattern, then 
follow the chord changes on this sheet.  
Although keep in mind that the transfer from my .doc file to the internet 
may have caused some chords to jump out of position, therefore you'll have 
to improvise, overcome and adapt... just like the Marines!

Intro:	A (x02220@1)name="chord_244222@1">F#m	Bm (x24432@1)name="chord_022100@1">E	A(strum (x02220@1)this Atwice) (x02220@1)
			  F#mThere's (244222@1)an angel on the stairs
  		   Bm(as (x24432@1)if you'd even care)

When the lights go up,
   	 EAnd (022100@1)the sun has nearly gone down.

A (x02220@1)			  F#mDid (244222@1)you see him on the street?
     			  BmDid (x24432@1)you pass him at your feet?

Did you think aloud, "how dare they 
  	Eeven (022100@1)look me in the eye'?

DAnd (xx0232@1)he loves the girls.
EAnd (022100@1)he loves the boys.
Bm (x24432@1)	      DGoing (xx0232@1)to make twenty dollars
 	    Ebefore (022100@1)the weekends over.


A (x02220@1)       F#mSo (244222@1)set him up,
 		BmLet (x24432@1)him fall.
 	  E (022100@1)	DTurn (xx0232@1)him over in your hands.
A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)      DGod (xx0232@1)save the King of New Orleans.

     A (twice, like in the intro)

 				 F#mGot (244222@1)a ticket to a show.
 				  BmGoing (x24432@1)to see him take a blow.

When the drunk one said,
 		  E"Cat (022100@1)Stevens was the greatest singer!"

     A(twice) (x02220@1) 				F#mAnd (244222@1)did you kick him in the head?
 			       BmDid (x24432@1)you see the blood run down? 

Did you laugh at all when the
 	     E (022100@1)	  Dpeople (xx0232@1)walked right by and said aloud,

 	      E"You (022100@1)gutter punks are all the same.
Bm (x24432@1)	D (xx0232@1)   E"Probably (022100@1)make twenty dollars 'fore the weekends over."?


A (x02220@1)       F#mSo (244222@1)set him up,
 		BmLet (x24432@1)him fall.
 	  E (022100@1)	DTurn (xx0232@1)him over in your hands.
A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)      DGod (xx0232@1)save the King of New Orleans.


	Interlude Riff:

A -5---5---5---5-4-5---5---5---5-4-5-4-|
E ---2---3---5-------2---3---5---------|


G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)        G (320003@1)	Radio in my head
D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)  	        G (320003@1)       Radio in that car

        BmGoing (x24432@1)down again,
 		   DHe's (xx0232@1)going down again....

A (x02220@1)		     F#mAnyway (244222@1)you look, anyway you talk it over.
         BmIt's (x24432@1)easier to let it slip out of your mind.
   		E (022100@1)	
But it rips your heart out.
A (x02220@1)	F#mThen (244222@1)it kicks your head in.
  			 BmJust (x24432@1)give him one more chance, 
   		E (022100@1)DTry (xx0232@1)to see the beauty in his world.
A (x02220@1)		     F#mAll (244222@1)the way in on my hands, in on my feet,
   		Bm (x24432@1)                  Dand (xx0232@1)shoulders. Going to make twenty dollars 
    	      Ebefore (022100@1)the weekends over.


A (x02220@1)       F#mSo (244222@1)set him up,
 		BmLet (x24432@1)him fall.
 	  E (022100@1)	DTurn (xx0232@1)him over in your hands.
A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)      DGod (xx0232@1)save the King of New Orleans.

A (x02220@1)    F#m (244222@1)      DGod (xx0232@1)save the King of New Orleans.


Note: I always end it the two strums of the A, giving it a little 
kick the ass.  Of course you can always improvise your own little 
riff.