When We Were Kings(Chords)

	        
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  


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

Written by Kix Brooks/Gary Nicholson