KING JESSE Kicked in the door threw the money on the floor Now all I see is suckers saluting in slow mo, go BIG JOE Em B7 King Jesse in the house Em B7 Raise your glasses Em B7 Get your wallets out your pockets Em B7 All hail King KING JESSE Em B7 Jack Daniels and Jimmy Bean Em B7 These are a few of my favorite things Em B7 It's good to be the king Em B7 It's so good to be the king Em B7 Pockets fat, women thin Em B7 Hot stakes and I'm bound to win E B7 It's good Em B7 Oh it's so good to be the king Em B7 Allow me by way of introduction Em B7 To say a little something bout these streets I grew up in Em B7 Hustlin, trying to scrape a dollar out of nothing Em B7 Take a little faith and make it substance Em B7 You see where I come from you can live forever on your knees Em B7 Begging alms, paying homages another man decrees Em B7 Or, well you can give the people what they need Em B7 Just enough to let em make believe they're free Em B7 So I wear a heart on my sleeve, keep a spade in my cuff Em B7 Let him without a shadow call my bluff Em B7 I was born an urchin told I wasn't worth the weight of my dirt Em B7 Now a king, crab-sidestepped the curse of my birth Em B7 Tell em, Jesse in the house, throw your dice on the table Em B7 Watch a leopard change its spots, lies become fables Em B7 Whatever it takes for these ladies in lace Em B7 To come walkin my way and they do, yeah they do so Em B7 White powder and stacks of green Em B7 These are a few of my favorite things Em B7 It's good to be the king Em B7 Oh it's so good to be the king Em B7 Hot dice, loaded decks Em B7 [Texin?] the checks of my loyal subjects Em B7 It's good, yes it's good Em B7 Oh it's so good to be the king BIG JOE Em Word had spread far and wide about King Jesse's success Em And every young turk who'd ever felt the draw of a dark room on a hot summer night Em Tried his hand at toppling the King STACK King Jesse, you rollin' tonight? KING JESSE Well who's asking, young man? STACk Em Well I guess you probably heard of me G Am Hi I'm Stack o Lee, no lyin' B7 Same roustabout that took out Billy Lines Em G Just for tryin to pull an ace I wasted him Am B7 My aim was nice, but you should see what I do with my dice Em G I heard that you're the king fish, I brought my hook and bait along Am B7 Roll the bones, great, place your bets on the heart eight Em G Here comes the heartache, Jesse, I come for crown and scepter Am B7 I come for kin and kingdom so you and your big protector Em G Am Better recognize I'm better than the average guys who darken up your door B7 Six foot two and I pack a forty four Em G No funny stuff, get me, we'll do this on the level Joe Am B7 Didn't come to start rumors I only came to settle em Em G If you're half as decent as your rep that so precedes you Am B7 You may put up a fight but it is I who will unseat you Em G Night night king, I demote you to a naive Am B7 I'm the best that ever rolled em and these skeletons are my slaves Em How high? High as you like Well let's go Big Joe! CHORUS Em G Am B7 Big Joe pulled a big number what number did Joe pull? Em G Am B7 Big Joe pulled a big number what number did Joe pull? KING JESSE Em B7 Easy cash stacks from [cocky beans?] Em B7 These are a few of my favorite things Em B7 It's good to be the king Em B7 Oh it's so good to be the king Em B7 My crowd shoutin as they tend to do Em B7 And watching the look on your face when you lose Em B7 It's good Em B7 Oh it's so good to be the king STACK Em B7 I'm Stack o, you're stacks look low you need a loan? Em B7 A little boost to your cash flow? I'm happy to oblige Em B7 Or maybe you need a back rub, you know how to scrap with lion cubs Em B7 But now you're rolling higher, the king of the pride Em G Down Simba, I call this one the rope-a-dope Am The hustler [?] B7 The Caesar in the senate [on the eyes?] Em G And I'm surprised you pitted my position Am Cus the word around your kingdom is B7 You love coming from behind Ooooohh Yeah, I said it KING JESSE Em B7 Fine I'm a little Roman in my sentiments Em B7 But you? You're a peon in the presence of his imminence your impotence Em G And I forgive this incident your impudence Am Your judgement blurred B7 Correct it, kiss the ring and have the last word STACK Em G I might be down but I still swing a bigger better when there's pressure Am B7 [fadfjadlf?] kind of precious treasure Em G Last two rolls were pocket change, I'm hungry for some real cake Am What do you say your honor B7 One more, for some real stakes?