Here's another standard-tuned version, with much easier chords than the E version,
but the capo set rather high (4). If you just have to play in standard tuning, in
the key of the album track, I recommend this one.
King of the World
Point of Grace
Tuning: Standard, Capo 4 (true key: Gb Major)
Time: 3/4, Tempo: ~150bpm (~50 counted in “one”)
Intro: D D/E D/F# G D D/E D/F# G2
[Verse 1:]
D D/E D/F# G
Spinning around on the tops of his feet,
D D/E D/F# G
Smiles of the angels could not be so sweet.
A Bm D/F# G
Wide blue eyes and piggy tail swirls
Em7 D/F# G2
She’s her daddy's girl.
[Verse 2:]
D D/E D/F# G
‘Cause he knows the jokes that always make her laugh
D D/E D/F# G
Takes her for ice cream instead of her nap.
A Bm D/F# G
At the end of the day by the light of the moon,
Em7 Asus A
They turn up the music in their living room, and she yells
[Chorus:]
D/F# G A Bm D/F# G A Bm
Dance me, dance me around, ‘till my feet don’t ever touch down!
Em7 D/F# G A
‘Cause there’s nothing better than being your girl,
Em7 D/F# G
And if I am your princess, then daddy,
Asus A D D/E D/F# G
You are the king of the world.
D D/E D/F# G
[Verse 3:]
D D/E D/F# G
It’s funny how life moves in circles of time
D D/E D/F# G
To think not so long ago that face was mine
A Bm D/F# G
Houses get smaller, we take different names
Em7 Asus A
But some things in life stay the same.
[Chorus]
[Bridge:]
D F Em D
Some day she’ll go off and find a life of her own,
D G A D
And marry a good man and make a happy home.
F G
Until she comes back and sees with those same eyes
Em Asus A
What time cannot disguise...
[Verse 4:]
D D/E D/F# G
She walks through the door with that look on her face,
D D/E D/F# G
‘Cause daddy's brown hair has all turned to gray.
A Bm D/F# G
They talk for hours, they cry and they laugh,
A Bm D/F# G
watchin’ old movies and thinkin’ back.
Em7 D/F# G
Just as she turns to go,
Em7 Asus A
She says, “Hey Dad, how ‘bout one for the road?”
D/F# G A Bm D/F# G A Bm
Dance me, dance me around till my feet don't ever touch...
Bm A/C#
Down!
[Final Chorus:]
D/F# G A Bm D/F# G A Bm
Dance me, dance me around, ‘till my feet don’t ever touch down!
Em7 D/F# G A
‘Cause there’s nothing better than being your girl,
Em7 D/F# G A
Oh no, there’s nothing better than being your girl,
Em7 D/F# G Dsus
And if I am your princess, then daddy, (extra measure)
A D D/E D/F#
You are the king of the world,
G D D/E D/F# G
king of... the world.
[Tag]
D D/E D/F# G
Spinning around on the tops of his feet,
D D/E D/F# G
Smiles of the angels could not be... so sweet.