Intro - A, E, D, A - Repeat

Verse 1 

  A                    E
Tommy got off at the Texaco 
 D                   A
Came bustin' in to Norma's Cafe 
                  E
Said come on man we gotta go 
 D                           A
You know how those part girls hate to wait 
                          E
Filled up his daddy's trunk with ice and beer 
 D                  A
Yeah he was always stealin' the old man's car 
                  E
Radio never came in too clear 
        D                   A
So I'd bang out one on my piece of junk guitar 


Chorus

     F#m     G
Yeah we ruled from the blacktop 
 D                       A
To the levee where the party never stopped 
                 E
Yeah there was power in the night 
      F#m                  G
The spirit was alive when we would sing 
 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 




Verse 2 

   A                          E
Sittin' around the fire one night Tommy called my name 
D                        A
I turned around he said hey what do ya think 
                                  E
Had his arm around the prettiest girl I'd ever seen 
D                           A
He kissed her hard and took another drink 
                      E
I say you must be an angel puttin' up with this guy 
 D                    A
She laughed and said play me some Rolling Stones 
                      E
I couldn't let that chance go by 
      D                            A
Yeah I sang her "You Can't Always Get What you Want" 


     F#m     G
Yeah we ruled from the blacktop 
 D                       A
To the levee where the party never stopped 
                 E
Yeah there was power in the night 
      F#m                  G
The spirit was alive when we would sing 
 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 


Verse 3 

 A          E
That was the fall of '69 
D                  A
I guess Uncle Sam was hedging his bet 
                    E
Tommy's number came up he said "Hey, I'll be fine" 
  D                          A
"I'll teach 'em a lesson they'll never forget" 
                      E
Angel and I went to wave goodbye 
D                              A
I guess we'd always thought we'd see him again 
                               E
You know I took her out after that a couple of times 
D                        A
We always just wound up talkn' 'bout him


     F#m     G
Yeah we ruled from the blacktop 
 D                       A
To the levee where the party never stopped 
                 E
Yeah there was power in the night 
      F#m                  G
The spirit was alive when we would sing 
 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 

     
 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 

 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 

 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings 

 A         E        D     G
Sha na na na na na na na 
           A
When We were kings