Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Early years Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at the age of eight.
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VERSE: DADA Everybody gather 'round DA Loosen up your suspenders DA Hunker down on the ground DA I'm a cracker DA You are too DGDA But don't I take good care of you
PRE-CHORUS: DG Who built the highway to Baton Rouge? DG Who put up your hospital and built your schools? DG Who is it looks after shit-kickers like you? DBdimADA You know the Kingfish do
PRE-CHORUS: DG Who gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel? DG Invited the whole north half of the state down for free DG Everybody in the city had their eyes bugging out DBdimAD 'Cause everybody looked like me
CHORUS: DBmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish BmEmDF# Everybody sing BmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish BmEmDF#A Make every man a king
PRE-CHORUS: DG Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass DG Just like he promised he'd do? DG But it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state DBdimAD It's gonna be run by folks like me and you
CHORUS: DBmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish BmEmDF# Friend of the working man BmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish BmEmDF#A Kingfish gonna save this land
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CHORUS: DBmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish BmEmDF# Friend of the working man BmF#BmF# Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish BmEmDF#A Kingfish gonna save this land
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