Biography:
Mark Lavon Helm (May 26, 1940-April 19, 2012), better known as Levon Helm, was an American rock musician most famous as the drummer for the rock group The Band. Helm was also known for his deeply soulful, country-style voice, and powerful drumming style highlighted on many of the The Band's recordings, such as "The Weight", "Up on Cripple Creek", "King Harvest", "Ophelia" and "The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down".
Early years
Helm was born in Marvell, Arkansas and began playing the guitar at the age of eight.
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SONG: KINGFISH
ARTIST: LEVON HELM
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
KINGFISH
LEVON HELM
INTRO:
D D Bm A D D D D A
VERSE:
A D A D
Well there's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
A D A D
In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere
A D A
But your house could burn down
D A
Or your babies could drown
D G D A
Wouldn't none of them Frenchmen care
VERSE:
D A D A
Everybody gather 'round
D A
Loosen up your suspenders
D A
Hunker down on the ground
D A
I'm a cracker
D A
You are too
D G D A
But don't I take good care of you
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?
D G
Who put up your hospital and built your schools?
D G
Who is it looks after shit-kickers like you?
D Bdim A D A
You know the Kingfish do
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel?
D G
Invited the whole north half of the state down for free
D G
Everybody in the city had their eyes bugging out
D Bdim A D
'Cause everybody looked like me
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Everybody sing
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Make every man a king
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass
D G
Just like he promised he'd do?
D G
But it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state
D Bdim A D
It's gonna be run by folks like me and you
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Friend of the working man
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Kingfish gonna save this land
INSTRUMENTAL:
D G D G D G D G D D Bdim A D
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Friend of the working man
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Kingfish gonna save this land
INSTRUMENTAL:
D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D
D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D FADE OUT
ARTIST: LEVON HELM
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: [email protected]
KINGFISH
LEVON HELM
INTRO:
D D Bm A D D D D A
VERSE:
A D A D
Well there's a hundred-thousand Frenchmen in New Orleans
A D A D
In New Orleans there are Frenchmen everywhere
A D A
But your house could burn down
D A
Or your babies could drown
D G D A
Wouldn't none of them Frenchmen care
VERSE:
D A D A
Everybody gather 'round
D A
Loosen up your suspenders
D A
Hunker down on the ground
D A
I'm a cracker
D A
You are too
D G D A
But don't I take good care of you
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who built the highway to Baton Rouge?
D G
Who put up your hospital and built your schools?
D G
Who is it looks after shit-kickers like you?
D Bdim A D A
You know the Kingfish do
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who gave a big party down at the Roosevelt Hotel?
D G
Invited the whole north half of the state down for free
D G
Everybody in the city had their eyes bugging out
D Bdim A D
'Cause everybody looked like me
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, yeah the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Everybody sing
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Make every man a king
PRE-CHORUS:
D G
Who took on the Standard Oil men and whipped their ass
D G
Just like he promised he'd do?
D G
But it ain't no Standard Oil men gonna run this state
D Bdim A D
It's gonna be run by folks like me and you
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Friend of the working man
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Kingfish gonna save this land
INSTRUMENTAL:
D G D G D G D G D D Bdim A D
CHORUS:
D Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F#
Friend of the working man
Bm F# Bm F#
Here comes the Kingfish, oh the Kingfish
Bm Em D F# A
Kingfish gonna save this land
INSTRUMENTAL:
D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D
D G D G D Em G D Bdim A D FADE OUT
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