King For A Day
Green Day
nimrod. (1997)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: A light, fun punk/ska tune, better with horns.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Verse (x4, palm mute)
E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6-----------------------------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6--------------------------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4--------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus (x4)
A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7----9--------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----9--------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5----7--------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 (x3) A5 B5
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx9xx9xx9xx9xx6xx6xx6xx6--------7----9------------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6--------7----9------------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4--------5----7------------------------|

Chorus 2
E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 (x7) A5 B5 (x3)
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6-----------------------------------------|
D|-xx9xx9xx9xx9xx6xx6xx6xx6--------7----9------------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6--------7----9------------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4--------5----7------------------------|


Order

Verse chords x4 w/ horns
Verse 1
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Verse chords x2 w/ horns
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus
Verse chords x8 w/ horns
Pre-Chorus
Chorus 2
Verse chords x8 /w horns, fall apart

Lyrics

Started at the age of 4
My mother went to the grocery store
Went sneaking through her bedroom door
To find something in a size 4

Sugar and spice and everything nice
Wasn't made for only girls
G.I. Joe in pantyhose is making room
For the one and only

King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day, in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn
Just wait 'till all the guys get a load of me

My daddy threw me in therapy
He thinks I'm not a real man
Who put the drag in the drag queen?
Don't knock it until you've tried it

(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus)
(Bridge)
(Pre-Chorus)

King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day, in a leather thong
(x3)
King for a day, princess by dawn
Just wait 'till all the guys
Just wait 'till all the guys
Just wait 'till all the guys get a load of me