When We Were Kings

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
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D                        A
I turned around he said hey what do 
ya think
Had his arm around the prettiest 
 E
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                          
Yeah I sang her "You Can't Always 
  A
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