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[Intro]
A (riff)
[Verse 1]
Bb
I dreamed I had a good job and I got well paid
E
Blew it all at the penny arcade
Bb
A hundred dollars on a kewpie doll
E Bb
I guess no white chick is gonna make me crawl (that's right)
[Chorus]
[ch ]G G F# F E
On a TWA, to the promised land
E
Every woman, child and man
G A
Gets a cadillac and a diamond ring
E A D
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
[Verse 2]
Bb
Hes on a mission of mercy to the new frontier
E
Hes gonna check us all on out of here
Bb
Up to that mansion on a hill
E Bb
Where you can get your prescription filled (any kind of pill)
[Chorus]
G G F# F E
On a TWA to the promised land
E
Everybody come on and clap your hands
G A
Dont you just love the way he sings
Bb E A
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
[Break]
Bb E A
We're ridin' with the King
Bb E A
Don't you know we're ridin' with the King
[Verse 3]
D Bb
A red cape and shiny colt 45
D Bb
I never saw his face but I saw the light
G A
Tonight everybody's getting their angel wings
Bb E A
Dont you know we're riding with the king?
[Verse 4]-spoken
Bb
Well I stepped out of a mirror at ten years old
E A
With a suit sharp as a razor and a heart of gold
Bb
I had a guitar hanging just about waist high
E A
I'm gonna play that thing until the day I die
[Chorus-Outro]
Bb E A
Bb
We're ridin' with the King
Bb E A
Bb
Don't you know we're ridin' with the king
Bb E A
