Biography:
The King Blues are a political band who fuse ska and folk together with punk rock influences. They come from London, England and formed in 2004. On April 3rd 2012 the band split up indefinitely, a comeback album was released in 2016.
Their third full length album, Punk and Poetry, was released on the 17th of April 2011
Tariq Ali described the band's sounds as 'rough, radical music that should unsettle the rulers of this country. A new generation of musicians are challenging war-monger politicians and their courtiers'.
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Other songs:
- All Nazi Skinheads Are Gay
- Bat Out Of Hell
- Blood On My Hands
- Duck And Cover
- Fuck You Geldof
- Hold On Tight
- I Got Love
- If I Had A Coin
- Intro
- Lets Hang The Landlord
- Mr.music Man
- My Bolder (picking Intro)
- My Boulder
- Needle And Thread
- Out Of Luck
- Poems and Songs
- Save The World, Get The Girl
- Shooting Fascists
- Taking Over
- The Bullingdon Boys
- The Sound Of Revolt
- The Streets Are Ours
- Underneath This Lamppost Light
- We Aint Never Done
- en-US
- 5 Bottles Of Shampoo
- Does Anybody Care About Us
- Everything Happens For A Reason
- Headbutt
- I Want You
- Modern Life Has Let Me Down
- Mr Music Man
- My Girl Lollipop
- Punk And Poetry
- Save The World Get The Girl
- The Schemers The Scroungers And The Rats
- The Truth Comes Out
- Under The Fog
- We Are What We Own
- What If Punk Never Happened
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Intro:
D A D A
A
Just give it guns and drugs and the world is yours, the food we shove right through young jaws
D
Saying they don't care about politics, when it's politics that don't care about the kids
A
Of course they expect you to stay down, that's why they got you gagged up and b bound
D
Why they can't afford to keep the youth clubs but the can afford to lock the youth up
Pre-Chorus:
A Bm D
Its Bullshit,
D A Bm D
what did you create?
D A Bm D
Now that we won't wait,
D E
with our noses pressed up against the glass
Chorus:
Bm D A
You make clear what we need, but kept it out of reach, you reep what you sow,
E
now we're in control
Bm D A
Now we'll take what we want, and we'll tear the world apart, cause we are
E
what we own, yea we are what we own
A D
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are what we own, what we own.
A D
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are what we own, what we own.
Verse 2
Pre-chorus 2
Chorus 2
Interlude
Bm, D
Poverty climbs up and that means that crime's up, learn from the past we're
A E
best to combine up, young people wise up poor people rise up, ruling class move over your times up,
Bm D A
yeah this could be the calling our own eyes watching empires falling, i'd
E
rather die on my feet than crawling, I live by the river while London is burning
Prechorus 3
Chorus 3
D A D A
A
Just give it guns and drugs and the world is yours, the food we shove right through young jaws
D
Saying they don't care about politics, when it's politics that don't care about the kids
A
Of course they expect you to stay down, that's why they got you gagged up and b bound
D
Why they can't afford to keep the youth clubs but the can afford to lock the youth up
Pre-Chorus:
A Bm D
Its Bullshit,
D A Bm D
what did you create?
D A Bm D
Now that we won't wait,
D E
with our noses pressed up against the glass
Chorus:
Bm D A
You make clear what we need, but kept it out of reach, you reep what you sow,
E
now we're in control
Bm D A
Now we'll take what we want, and we'll tear the world apart, cause we are
E
what we own, yea we are what we own
A D
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are what we own, what we own.
A D
We are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are, we are what we own, what we own.
Verse 2
Pre-chorus 2
Chorus 2
Interlude
Bm, D
Poverty climbs up and that means that crime's up, learn from the past we're
A E
best to combine up, young people wise up poor people rise up, ruling class move over your times up,
Bm D A
yeah this could be the calling our own eyes watching empires falling, i'd
E
rather die on my feet than crawling, I live by the river while London is burning
Prechorus 3
Chorus 3
The Knack
The Knife
The Knocks
The Kooks
The Korgis