SONG: KINGFISH ARTIST: LEVON HELM TAB BY: DON CZARSKI EMAIL: [email protected] KINGFISH LEVON HELM INTRO: D D Bm A D D D D A VERSE: A D A D Well there's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans A D A D In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere A D A But your house could burn down D A Or your babies could drown D G D A Wouldn't none of them Frenchmen care VERSE: D A D A Everybody gather 'round D A Loosen up your suspenders D A Hunker down on the ground D A I'm a cracker D A You are too D G D A But don't I take good care of you PRE-CHORUS: D G Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? D G Who put up your hospital and built your schools? D G Who is it looks after shit-kickers like you? D Bdim A D A You know the Kingfish do PRE-CHORUS: D G Who gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel? D G Invited the whole north half of the state down for free D G Everybody in the city had their eyes bugging out D Bdim A D 'Cause everybody looked like me CHORUS: D Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish Bm Em D F# Everybody sing Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish Bm Em D F# A Make every man a king PRE-CHORUS: D G Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass D G Just like he promised he'd do? D G But it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state D Bdim A D It's gonna be run by folks like me and you CHORUS: D Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish Bm Em D F# Friend of the working man Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish Bm Em D F# A Kingfish gonna save this land INSTRUMENTAL: D G D G D G D G D D Bdim A D CHORUS: D Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish Bm Em D F# Friend of the working man Bm F# Bm F# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish Bm Em D F# A Kingfish gonna save this land INSTRUMENTAL: D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D FADE OUT
