King of the World Tabs & Lyrics by Steely Dan
King of the World
guitar tabs lyrics
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King of the World - Steely Dan
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Tabbed by: Kent
I don't know where they get their guitarists, but whoever they got for this album, made this song:
Intro: quiet wah type thing
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/7-7------/7-7---7-----/7-7------/7-7---7---------------------------------|
E|------8-10------8------------8-10------8-----------------------------------|
when the bass chords kick in, you pick it up a little:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-/7-7-----/7-7------/7-7------/7-x-7-x-7-----------------------------------|
E|------8-10-----8-10------8-10----------------------------------------------|
repeat
main part fades in (with reverb or something). this is played throughout the verses:
strum the chords
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9h11-------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9--trill-around-with-that-hammer-on-maybe------------------------|
D|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9h12-------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---7---9---11--------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
hit a bunch of high e's on the 12th fret after "old ham radio"
I plagiarized the bridge from some one else's tab:
"
[Bm7]No marigolds in the promised [CMaj7] land,
[C]There's a hole in the [G] ground where they[D]used to grow
[Bm7]Any man left on the[CMaj7] Rio Grande
[Em7]Is the[D]king of the world as far as[A]I know
"
I think I prefer D/F# instead of Bm7 here, not that it really matters much
little fills:
e|--------------------------------------------12-16------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------------12-13-------------------------|
G|---------7-7/9------10-9-7-9------------------------------some-crazy-----------|
D|---9h10p9-------------------10-5/7--------------------------arpeggio-rip-------|
A|--7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
1:14 1:21
1:29 1:35
bridge again
sick organ riff:
E|-------10--14-10--12-------10----12-10--------13--------11/13---|
B|--12-10--12-----12----12-10--8-10-----13p12-11--11p10-9---------|
G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-11/13---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
this is all ripped off from the same tab (almost exactly):
"
[Instrumental break]
[Am7] [Bm7] [E] [E] [Am7] [Bm7] [CMaj7] [CMaj7] [FMaj7] [Em7] [EbMaj7] [Dm7] [DbMaj7] [Cm7] [F]
Keyboard Interlude (tabbed for guitar)--Repeat several times.
E|-2---3---5---5--3---3--5--7--5--3--|
B|-3---5---7---7--2---5--7--8--7--5--|
G|-0--------------0------------------|
D|-----------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------|
[Am7I'm reading[Em7]last years papers
[Am7]Although[Em7]I don't know why
[Am7]Assassins, cons and[Em7]rapers
[C]Might as[G]well[A]die
"
more fills:
e|----12---------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-/12--12h10--10h12p10------------------------10----------------------------|
G|-----------11--------11b-9-----------------12--11-12-----------------------|
D|----------------------------------9h10p9-12--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3:02 3:06
e|-15p14--12-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------15--13-15-12-13-12/13------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------------------12-12---------------------------|
D|---------------------------------x9x9x10x10--------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3:09 3:17
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------------13p12p11h12---------------------|
G|---------------12/11/12------------12p11h12--------------------------------|
D|-x9x9-9/10/9/10--------------/9-9-9----------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3:21 3:24
bridge again, and organ riff
yeah, i'm not gonna touch the outro solo
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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