King of Oak Street Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Lik[Gsus4]e a[G][Gsus4]
[G]leaf caught in the wind
[C]He drifted a w[G]hile[C][G]
With no purpose or direc
[C]tion to his [G]life[C][G]
He tried to [Cm]get [C]himself
togeth[D]er[G]
And pacify [C]his mind
And forget [G]about [D]the things he left behind
[G][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]The cryin' wom[D]an
Standing helpless in his [G]door[C][G]
With a [Em]two month old b[C]aby-
why [D]in her [G]arms[C][G]
His little black [D]book
Laying torn up on [G]the floor[C][G]
And God [Em]only knows he never
[A]meant to do her [Am]wrong[D]

[Verse 3]
A careless [G]weekend on the
[C]other side [G]of town[C][G]
Has torn the King of [C]Oak Street's
[D]Castle dow[G]n[C][G]
And all week [C]long he's
tried to ca- [D]all her
But she [G]won't let him ex[C]plain
Now Sunday [G]morning finds
[D]him walking i- in the [G]rain

[Verse 4]
He sits [D]down in a phone booth
and [G]he [C]prays[G]
That she'll for[Em]give him
And she'll be[C]lieve he's [D]changed
his [G]ways[C][G]
With shaking [D]hand
He deposits hi- is [G]last [C]dime[G]
And he's still [Em]praying that she [A]won't hang
you- up [Am]this [D]time

[Verse 5]
[G]Then the sweetest voice he's ever
[C]heard says [G]hello
Breakfast's a- almost [Cm]ready [C]bab[D]y- why,
[G]come on home
I've [C]thought the whole
thing [D]over[G]
And I think I understand
[C]That the Kin[G]g of Oak[D] Street
is just an [G]ordinary [C]man[G]

[Verse 6]
I- I've [C]thought the whole
thing [D]over[G]
And I think I under[C]stand
That the [G]King of Oak [D]Street is
just an ordinary [C]man...

[Outro 1]
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