Joni Mitchell - I had a king

^AI had a king in a tenement castle ^A7sus2Lately he's taken to painting the pastel walls b^Asus2rown He's taken the ^Fmaj7curtains down A7sus2 Em7add4/A He's swept with the broom of contempt And the rooms have an e^Am7mpty ring^A6sus2/E He's c^A7sus2leaned with the tears Of an ^Em7/Aactor who fears for the l^Am7aughter's sting- ^A6sus2/E

^Aadd4I can't go back there an^Aymore ^Aadd4You know my keys won't fit ^Athe door ^Aadd4You know my thoughts don't f^Ait the man ^A7sus2They never can, they never c^Aan

^AI had a king dressed in drip-dry and paisley ^A7sus2Lately he's taken to saying I'm crazy and b^Asus2lind He lives in an^Fmaj7other time A7sus2 Em7add4/A Ladies in gingham still blush While he sings them of wa^A7sus2rs and wine ^A6sus2/E A7sus2 Em7add4/A But I in my leather and lace I can never be^Am7come that kind ^A6sus2/E

^Aadd4I can't go back there any^Amore ^Aadd4You know my keys won't fit the^A door ^Aadd4You know my thoughts don't fit t^Ahe man ^A7sus2They never can, they never c^Aan

^AI had a king in a salt-rusted carriage Who c^A7sus2arried me off to his country for marriage too s^Asus2oon Beware of the po^Fmaj7wer of moons There's ^A7sus2no one to blame Em7add4/A A7sus2 A6sus2/E No there's no one to name as a traitor here The k^A7sus2ing's on the road Em7add4/A Am7 A6sus2/E And the queen's in the grove till the end of the year

^Aadd4I can't go back there anym^Aore ^Aadd4You know my keys won't fit th^Ae door ^Aadd4You know my thoughts don't fit th^Ae man ^A7sus2They never can, they never c^Aan