King Street - Stu Larsen ------------------------ Capo II (or no capo, he seems to be switching it up when playing live) Chords: Am7: x02010 C: x32010 D: xx032x G: 320003 G/B: x2003x G/C: x3003x Intro: ------ D G/B G/C (x2) Verse: ------ D G/B G/C I'm wandering these city streets D G/B G/C There's nothing here for me D G/B G/C All I see is people running round D G/B G/C Buying shit they don't need D G/B G/C There's a man begging down on King Street D G/B G/C And he grabs me by the wrist D G/B G/C He says 'Son, you know what the biggest killer in this world is?' D G/B G/C It's not money, not drugs, not guns D G/B G/C He said it's loneliness D G/B G/C And it's killing me D G/B G/C Oh this loneliness D G/B G/C It's bringing me down Chorus: ------- Am7 And he'll sleep where the darkness falls C He won't get no curtain calls G D And he's only got one pair of shoes Am7 But he's got more serenity C Than the rest of humanity G D They've been tricked into waiting in queues Am7 And his father is dying C He's got something inside of him G D It makes him feel more wrong than right Am7 And his mother'd be lying C If she said she weren't crying G D Herself to sleep every night.. D G/B G/C Every night D G/B G/C (X3) Verse: ------ D G/B G/C He sees a woman waiting at the station steps D G/B G/C Her conversation fills the air D G/B G/C She's telling the world about the trouble she's seen D G/B G/C But no one can hear D G/B G/C D G/B G/C He wanders in to a church with it's doors wide open D G/B G/C He's welcomed in with a half hearted smile D G/B G/C Some guy tells him he's found all the answers D G/B G/C To things like money and drugs and guns D G/B G/C Old man says 'What about this loneliness?' D G/B G/C Cos it's killing me D G/B G/C Oh this loneliness D G/B G/C It's bringing me down Chorus: ------- Am7 I'll sleep where the darkness falls C I won't get no curtain calls G D And I've only got one pair of shoes Am7 But I've got more serenity C Than the rest of humanity G D They've been tricked into waiting in queues Am7 And my father is dying C He's got something inside of him G D It makes him feel more wrong than right Am7 And my mother'd be lying C If she said she weren't crying G D Herself to sleep every night Am7 C G D (x2) Am7 And my father is dying C He's got something inside of him G D It makes him feel more wrong than right Am7 And my mother'd be lying C If she said she weren't crying G D Herself to sleep every night D G/B G/C Every night D G/B G/C Every night D G/B G/C Every night D G/B G/C D G/B G/C I'm wandering these city streets D G/B G/C There's nothing here for me