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Tom Petty — Its Good To Be King Tab

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Artist: Tom Petty
Song: It's Good To Be King
Album: Wildflowers
Tabbed by: leeRy

Standard Tuning — (E, A, D, G, B, e)

INTRO (0:01) —

Em  Am  D  Em   Em  Am  D  Em

VERSE (0:26) —

                Em                 Am
It's good to be king, if just for awhile.
                D                           Em
To be there in velvet. Yeah, to give 'em a smile.
                 Em                    Am
It's good to get high, and never come down.
                D                        Em
It's good to be King, of your own little town.

FILL (0:51) —

e|———————————————|
B|——————————0—0——|
G|——————0—0——————|
D|——2—2——————————|
A|———————————————|
E|———————————————|

CHORUS (0:53) — 
 A                              D       G
Yeah, the world would swing, if I were king.
C G D                    C G Em         A                 Asus  A
      Can I help it if I        still dream time to time.

VERSE (1:20) —

                Em                     Am
It's good to be king, and have your own way.
                  D                      G 
Get a feeling of peace at the end of the day.
                       Em                    Am
And when your bulldog barks and your canary sings ,
                       D                       Em
You're out there with winners, it's good to be king.

FILL (1:44) —

e|———————————————|
B|——————————0—0——|
G|——————0—0——————|
D|——2—2——————————|
A|———————————————|
E|———————————————|

CHORUS (1:47) —

 A                       D        G
Yeah, I'll be king when dogs get wings.
C G D                   C G Em         A                 Asus A
      Can I help it if I       still dream time to time.

SOLO (2:14) —

e|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————12h15—12——|
G|——14b(16)r14—12—14b(16)~——14b(16)r14—12h14~——14b(16)~—14~——14———————————|
D|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

                     *these bent notes are played rapidly, and with a trill
e|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|——15b(17)r15——12——15b(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)—(17)——|
G|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
D|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
A|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

e|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
B|—15b(17)—15—15p12—15p12———————————————15—12———————12———————12—————————————————|
G|————————————————————————14—12—14b(16)———————14—12————14—12————14—12—14—12—————|
D|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————14~—|
A|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|
E|——————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————————|

VERSE (2:40) —

                 Em                     Am
It's good to be king and have your own world.
                  D                          Em
It helps to make friends, it's good to meet girls.
                Em                  Am
A sweet little queen, who can't run away.
                 D                 Em
It's good to be king, whatever it pays.

CHORUS (3:07) —

C G D                C G D
      Excuse me if I       have some place in my mind.
C G Em           A              Asus  A  Asus  A  Asus  A
       Where I go time to time.

OUTRO (3:33) —

Em  Am  D  Em  Em  Am  D  Em


CHORD LEGEND —

Em — 0 2 2 0 0 0
Am — x 0 2 2 1 0
D — x x 0 2 3 2
A — x 0 2 2 2 0
G — 3 2 0 0 0 3
C — x 3 2 0 1 0
Asus — x 0 2 2 3 0