From a Jack to a King Tabs & Lyrics by Elvis Presley
From a Jack to a King
guitar tabs lyrics
tune guitar down one-half step (6 = Eb, etc) SEE NOTE BELOW
CHORD CHART
VERSE 1, 3 and 4:
|(E) |E |E |B |B |B |B |E |
VERSE 2:
|(E) |E |E |B |B |B |B |E A |E7 |
BRIDGE:
|A |A |E |E |F# |F# |B |B |
SOLO:
|B |B |E A |E7 |
VERSE 1
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring
I played an ace and I won a queen
E
And walked away with your heart
VERSE 2
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
With no regret I stacked the cards last night
And lady luck played her hand just right
E A E7
To make me king of your heart
BRIDGE
A E
For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game
F# B
Then just in time I saw the twinkle in your eye
VERSE 3
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring
I played an ace and I won a queen
E
You made me king of your heart
SOLO (triple eighths)
____ ______________ ______________
|\ | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|----12---12---12---|---12---11---11---11---11---------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------14---14---14------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
___________ ___ _____ ___ ________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------------------------|--------------------11-14-|-12-|
|-14--12--12--12--12---------------|----------12-----12-------|----|
|---------------------13--14-13-11-|------13------14----------|----|
|---------------------------\/-----|-14-----------------------|----|
|----------------------------P-----|--------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|----|
BRIDGE
A E
For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game
F# B
Then just in time I saw the twinkle in your eye
VERSE 4
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring
I played an ace and I won a queen
E
You made me king of your heart
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NOTE
An alternative to tuning down is to put a capo on the first fret.
No capo capo 1
E D
F# E
A G
B A
