King of the whole wide world
A - G - A - D -
G - D - A
D G
1. The poor man wants the oyster, the rich man
wants the pearl,
A G A G
but
the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - D - G - D
he‘s the king of the whole wide world.
G D
Come on let‘s sing, sing, brother, sing,
A G A G
‘cause the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got
a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- D - G - D - A
he‘s the king of
the whole wide world.
D
G
2. The rich man wants the princess, the poor
man just wants a girl,
A G
A G
but
the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - D - G - D
he‘s the king of the whole wide world.
G D
Come on let‘s sing, sing, brother, sing,
A G A G
‘cause the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got
a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - D - G - D
he‘s the king of
the whole wide world.
+ instrumental = verse 2 - A
D G
3. A poor man wants to be a rich man, a rich
man wants to be a king,
A G A G
but
the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - D - G - D
he‘s the king of the whole wide world.
G D
Come on let‘s sing, sing, brother, sing,
A G A G
‘cause the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got
a thing,
D - G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - D - G - D
he‘s the king of
the whole wide world.
G D
Come on let‘s sing, sing, brother, sing,
A G A G
‘cause the man who can sing when he hasn‘t got
a thing,
D
- G - D
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
- -
D - G - D
he‘s the king of the
whole wide world.
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - D - G - D
+ Of the whole wide world,
- - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - D - G - D
of
the whole wide world.
+ instrumental = verse 2 &
Chorus
(orig. = capo 2nd) (Elvis
Presley)