[Intro]
N.C.
Ooh, Ssss, Ooh, there's a naughty bit of crumpet, haa
D A F#m Bm Em
G Bm
Ooh Ah Ooh, I'll take Jon Marie, haa
Em B Bm B G A F#m
Ooh, Step up here, Ooh, Ah, Ooh
[Verse 1]
F#m D
Now get down people and listen to me
E
Gonna tell you how I made history
G
You can call me Louis, I'm the king of France
G
Check out my story while you do your dance
D
Now in seventeen hundred and eighty-nine
E
The peasants were starving, but I was fine
D
We were hanging out, down in old Versailles
D
That's the week end pad of my Queen and I
Bm D
In the alleys of Paris they was eating rats
D
But it was filet mignon for the aristocrats
G
There were Dukes and Counts and Barons and Earls
F#m
I gave them the titles but I kept the girls
D
Blondes, red heads, wild brunettes
E
Ladies-in-waitin', I didn't wait to get
D
There was truffles for breakfast, toast for brunch
A B
The line of the Folies Bergère for lunch
[Chorus]
Em Bm
(Ooh yes, it's good to be the King)
Bm
(Ooh La La)
D G A
(Gee, but it's good to be the King)
Bm
Say it girls
G B
(You can be sure about one thing)
B
(Ooh La La)
E G A F#m
(Mais oui, it's good to be the king)
F# D
It's good to be the king
D
Ooh, Come on baby fill it up,
E
Ah, Ooh meet at my chambers if you like
[Verse 2]
D
Well if Paris was rioting, they were doing it good
E
When we heard there was some trouble in the neighborhood
D
I wasn't too worried, no big deal
D
You step out the line, Jack, you're in the Bastille
Bm D
The party kept swinging all day and all night
E
The champagne was flowing, we was feeling all right
D
They were screaming for bread, things started to shake
D
But Marie-Antoinette said (Well let 'em eat cake!)
D
Now the rabble wouldn't have it, they was angry with me
E
They built a big old razor called the guillotine
D G
Then the people all shouted, "We'll have our day"
D
"Down with dirty water, give us Perrier!"
D
I said the more you want, things might get screwy
E
But they'll never lay a finger on good King Louis
A
Just keep your cool, don't fret, don't freak
A
I say Hey!
A
(Say what?)
B
C'est magnifique!
[Chorus]
D G Bm
(Ooh yes, it's good to be the king)
Bm
(Ooh La La)
D G A
(Gee, but it's good to be the king)
Bm D
Your fantasy is my reality
E
(You can be sure about one thing)
B
(Ooh La La)
D A F#
(Mais oui, it's good to be the king)
N.C.
It's good to be the king
[Hook 1]
A D G E
(Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria)
A Dm Em
(Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria Pappu Paria)
[Instrumental]
Em A B Bm G
A D Bm F D G A
D A F#m Bm Em
[Hook 2]
Bm D Bm A
(Ooh), Night and day comme vous voulez, (Ooh).
[Verse 3]
Bm D
Well they broke down the gate in one massive assault
D
And the party came to a grinding halt
G
They took the midgets and the freakies with the girls and all
F#m E
And the boys said, "Louis, it's time to go"
D
They put my neck on the block, they took off my wig
D
And It occurred to me this was the end of the gig
D
They asked me did I have any last words to say
A Bm
Well, I raised my head and I hollered "Hey!"
[Chorus]
Bm
(Ooh yes, it's good to be the king)
Bm
(Ooh La La)
G A
(Gee, but it's good to be the king)
A D
Well c'est la vie, make that la mort
G Bm
(You can be sure about one thing)
Bm
(Ooh La La)
G A B
(Mais oui, it's good to be the king)
N.C.
It's good to be the king
E G Bm
(Well good, it's good to be the king)
B
(Ooh La La)
E G A
(Ooh yes, it's good to be the king)
D E
Well it was good while it lasted
Bm
(We can be sure about one thing)
B
(Ooh La La)
Em G Em
(Mais oui, it's good to be the king)
F#
It's good to be the king!