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The King Has Lost His Crown

ABBA

PopMedium for beginners8 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

D××
G
C×
E
Am×
Em
Dsus4Diagram coming soon
Cmaj7Diagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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              Intro chords  Am9(x02413 or657555)      D9(xxx021 or xx5455) 
 
D     G    C  G  E+(x02110)    Am   Em    D 
 
(VERSE 1) (D)I believe(G) your Cmaj7new girl turned you down(G) 
Cmaj7  D   And they say(G) she's (Cmaj7)pushin' you around(G) 
How does it (D)feel, I guess it hurts(D9) your pride(G) 
Tell me my (D)friend how many nights(C) you've cried(B7sus4) 
 
(Chorus) (E7)Disaster and disgrace(Am) 
The king has lost his crown 
(Dsus4)Sud(D)denly(G) 
He's (C)clumsy (Cm)like a clown(G)Ahhhh(E+) haaaa(E)(Am) 
The world is upside down 
The king has lost his crown  (Em) 
 
(VERSE 2) Was it hard to step down from your throne 
And to know tonight you're all alone 
Oh what a shame, you really want that girl 
She doesn't care, still you just dream of her 
 
(Chorus) x2 
 
Cmaj7  x032000 
Dsus4  xx0233 
B7sus4 x242522  
 
 
 
 
 
          
 

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Chord set

D · G · C · E · Am · Em · Dsus4 · Cmaj7

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.