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Tell the King - The Libertines
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Tabbed by: Peter Hollingsworth
Email:[email protected]
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
You [Am]come up the hard [Am]way
And they re[Bm]mind you every [Am]day
G G c
You're nothing
c D G G
Oh my words in your mouth are mumbled all about
You're like a[Am] journal[Am]ist
You can [Bm]cut and paste and [Am]twist
Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
You're awful
[Am]Tell it to your [Am]king
Go and [Bm]tell him every[Am]thing you [G]know[G]
Tell him you [G]know how I [G]feel
Tell him you [G]know how i feel
At the [D]palace [Em]gates
c c
I'm all levered of my face
And I just can't [D]work out what it's [G]all about[G]
I see[Am] snakes in [Am]eyes
Bm Am G x4 c
And danger signs
c D G G
If you were late you mustn't dare complain
And you [Am]wont like this at [Am]all
Bm Am Em x4 Am x4 Em x4
There's nothing to break your fall
Oh [Am]tell it to your [Am]king
Bm Am G x4
Tell him everything you know
And you [G]know how I feel [D]out of [Em]place
c c
Until I've levered of my face
And I can [D]work out what you're [G]on a[G]bout
[Am] Didn't they ex[Am]plain
Bm Am G x4
you have to play the game
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Johnny [G]drinks and smokes his [D/F#]cares away,
c G
his heart is in the lonely way,
c G
living in the ruins
of a [A7]castle built [D7]on sand[G]
D/F# c G c G A7 D7 G
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
