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Tell the King - The Libertines
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Tabbed by: Peter Hollingsworth
Email:peterhh27@hotmail.com
Please email if you have any corrections, pretty sure it's correct, the strumming just
before the closing verse is very fast, that's why there so close together.
Tuning:EADGBe
Em x4
Am x4
Em x4
Am
I've got a little secret for ya
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c D G G
Even now there's something to be proud about
Am Am
You come up the hard way
Bm Am
And they remind you every day
G G C
You're nothing
C D G G
Oh my words in your mouth are mumbled all about
Am Am
You're like a journalist
Bm Am
You can cut and paste and twist
Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
You're awful
Am Am
Tell it to your king
Bm Am G G
Go and tell him everything you know
G G
Tell him you know how I feel
G
Tell him you know how i feel
D Em
At the palace gates
C C
I'm all levered of my face
D G G
And I just can't work out what it's all about
Am Am
I see snakes in eyes
Bm Am G x4 C
And danger signs
C D G G
If you were late you mustn't dare complain
Am Am
And you wont like this at all
Bm Am Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
There's nothing to break your fall
Am Am
Oh tell it to your king
Bm Am G x4
Tell him everything you know
G D Em
And you know how I feel out of place
C C
Until I've levered of my face
D G G
And I can work out what you're on about
Am Am
Didn't they explain
Bm Am G x4
you have to play the game
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G D/F#
Johnny drinks and smokes his cares away,
C G
his heart is in the lonely way,
C G
living in the ruins
A7 D7 G
of a castle built on sand
D/F# C G C G A7 D7 G
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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