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King of New Orleans-Better than Ezra
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Tabbed by:Jay Gruemmer
Email:gruemmerj@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
e|------------2-------2-2---------2--0---------------------------------------|
B|---2--------2-------3-3---x-x-x-3--0---------------------------------------|
G|---2----8x--2---8x--4-4---x-x-x-4--1---------------------------------------|
D|---2--------4-------4-4---x-x-x-4--2---------------------------------------|
A|---0--------4-------2-2---------2--2---------------------------------------|
E|------------2-------2-2---------2--0---------------------------------------|
A F#m Bm E
Intro
e|-------------------------------------2---------------------------2----------|
B|--2--2-------------------------------2---------------------------3----------|
G|--2--2-------------------------------2---------------------------4----------|
D|--2--2-------------------------------4---------------------------4----------|
A|--0--0-------------------------------4---------------------------2----------|
E|-------------------------------------2---------------------------2----------|
There’s an angel on the stairs as if you’d even care
e|-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------1----------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------2----------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------2----------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------0----------------------------------------|
When the lights go up, and the sun has nearly gone down.
Pre-Chorus
e|--2-------------------------0---------------------2-------------------------|
B|--3-------------------------0---------------------3-------------------------|
G|--2-------------------------1---------------------4-------------------------|
D|--0-------------------------2---------------------4-------------------------|
A|----------------------------2---------------------2-------------------------|
E|----------------------------0---------------------2-------------------------|
And he loves the girls And he loves the boys Going to make twenty
e|-----2--------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
B|-----3--------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
G|-----2--------------------1-------------------------------------------------|
D|-----0--------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------2-------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------0-------------------------------------------------|
dollars before the weekends over
e|-------------------2----------------2---------0-----------2-----------------|
B|---2---------------2----------------3---------0-----------3-----------------|
G|---2---------------2----------------4---------1-----------2-----------------|
D|---2---------------4----------------4---------2-----------0-----------------|
A|---0---------------4----------------2---------2-----------------------------|
E|-------------------2----------------2---------0-----------------------------|
So set him up, Let him fall Turn him over in your hands.
God save the King of New Orleans Play the D chord the the last time
Middle Eight
e|------------------------------------------2----------3----------------------|
B|------------------------------------------3----------0----------------------|
G|------------------------------------------4----------0----------------------|
D|------------------------------------------4----------0----------------------|
A|---5---5---5---5-4--5---5-5---5-4-5-4-----2----------2----------------------|
E|-----2---3---5--------2--3--5------------------------3----------------------|
e|---3---2-----------------------3---2-------------------------3---2----------|
B|---0---3---2-------------------0---3--2----------------------0---3---2------|
G|---0---2---2-------------------0---2--2----------------------0---2---2------|
D|---0---0---2-------------------0---0--2----------------------0---0---2------|
A|---2-------0-------------------2------0----------------------2-------0------|
E|---3---------------------------3-----------------------------3--------------|
Radio in my head Radio in that car
e|-----------------2-------------------2-----------------7b-5-7-5------------|
B|-----------------3-------------------3-------------------------------------|
G|-----------------4-------------------2--------------------------6b-b-------|
D|-----------------4-------------------0--------------------------------5-7--|
A|-----------------2---------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Going down again he’s going down again. Riff at the end
The rest of the song uses the same chords
Mind you that I transcribed this with an acoustic since that is all I play.
| / slide up
| slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
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