Biography:
The King Blues are a political band who fuse ska and folk together with punk rock influences. They come from London, England and formed in 2004. On April 3rd 2012 the band split up indefinitely, a comeback album was released in 2016.
Their third full length album, Punk and Poetry, was released on the 17th of April 2011
Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as 'rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of this country. A new generation of musicians are challenging war-monger politicians and their courtiers'.
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Other songs:
- All Nazi Skinheads Are Gay
- Bat Out Of Hell
- Blood On My Hands
- Duck And Cover
- Fuck You Geldof
- Hold On Tight
- I Got Love
- If I Had A Coin
- Intro
- Lets Hang The Landlord
- Mr.music Man
- My Bolder (picking Intro)
- My Boulder
- Needle And Thread
- Out Of Luck
- Poems and Songs
- Save The World, Get The Girl
- Shooting Fascists
- Taking Over
- The Bullingdon Boys
- The Sound Of Revolt
- The Streets Are Ours
- Underneath This Lamppost Light
- We Aint Never Done
- en-US
- 5 Bottles Of Shampoo
- Does Anybody Care About Us
- Everything Happens For A Reason
- Headbutt
- I Want You
- Modern Life Has Let Me Down
- Mr Music Man
- My Girl Lollipop
- Punk And Poetry
- Save The World Get The Girl
- The Schemers The Scroungers And The Rats
- The Truth Comes Out
- Under The Fog
- We Are What We Own
- What If Punk Never Happened
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
Cadd9 G D
G G/F# Em7
A7 D D7
G G7
C A7
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
G D G
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
G G
D Cadd9
G G
D Cadd9
G G
Am C
D D
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
Will you still love me, will you still hug me,
Cadd9 G D
When I’m eighty four,
G G/F# Em7
When I’ve been working all my life,
A7 D D7
And I’m still bloody poor?
G G7
Dust in my lungs, a broken back,
C A7
Still can’t retire it hurts,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
Well I’m all for workers’ rights and that,
G D G
As long as I don’t have to work,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“Don’t send me on another New Deal course, I can already spell my name, you lot take the piss”
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
Maybe I’ll never shoot a rabbit,
Cadd9 G D
Perhaps I’ll never drink champagne,
G G/F# Em7
But that’s alright with me, man,
A7 D D7
I prefer cider anyway,
G G7
And I’m happy doing nothing,
C A7
They tell me it’s all a waste,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
But I ain’t never seen no 3 piece suit,
G D G
With a smile on his face,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“I searched all the newspapers and made my CV, I swear there just ain’t nothing out there”
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
A 9 to 5, 5 days a week, mate,
Cadd9 G D
Is bottom of my list,
G G/F# Em7
I just couldn’t live with myself,
A7 D D7
Knowing there was something that I missed,
G G7
So don’t go telling me “Take it seriously”,
C A7
Believe me I do,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
But life’s for living, not for working,
G D G
And I got better things to do,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
G to finish
G G/F# Em7
Cadd9 G D
G G/F# Em7
A7 D D7
G G7
C A7
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
G D G
[Chorus]
D Cadd9
G G
D Cadd9
G G
D Cadd9
G G
Am C
D D
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
Will you still love me, will you still hug me,
Cadd9 G D
When I’m eighty four,
G G/F# Em7
When I’ve been working all my life,
A7 D D7
And I’m still bloody poor?
G G7
Dust in my lungs, a broken back,
C A7
Still can’t retire it hurts,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
Well I’m all for workers’ rights and that,
G D G
As long as I don’t have to work,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“Don’t send me on another New Deal course, I can already spell my name, you lot take the piss”
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
Maybe I’ll never shoot a rabbit,
Cadd9 G D
Perhaps I’ll never drink champagne,
G G/F# Em7
But that’s alright with me, man,
A7 D D7
I prefer cider anyway,
G G7
And I’m happy doing nothing,
C A7
They tell me it’s all a waste,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
But I ain’t never seen no 3 piece suit,
G D G
With a smile on his face,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
N.C.
“I searched all the newspapers and made my CV, I swear there just ain’t nothing out there”
[Verse]
G G/F# Em7
A 9 to 5, 5 days a week, mate,
Cadd9 G D
Is bottom of my list,
G G/F# Em7
I just couldn’t live with myself,
A7 D D7
Knowing there was something that I missed,
G G7
So don’t go telling me “Take it seriously”,
C A7
Believe me I do,
G G/F# Em7 Cadd9
But life’s for living, not for working,
G D G
And I got better things to do,
[Chorus]
D Cadd9 G
So hats off to the schemers, to the scroungers, to the rats,
D Cadd9 G
To the ones who sleep on mattresses on the floor, clutching baseball bats,
D Cadd9 G
To the beggars and the cheaters and the kings who rise at noon,
Am C D
To the scoundrels, the misfits, the parasites, this one’s for you.
G to finish
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