King For A Day
Green Day
nimrod. (1997)
Lyrics: Billie Joe Armstrong
Music: Green Day
Tuning: Normal
Notes: A light, fun punk/ska tune.  At the end, there's a second
clean guitar hitting seemingly random notes on an E (x79997)
chord but I couldn't make it all out.

h = hammer-on
p = pull-off
b = bend
/ = slide up
\ = slide down
5 = power chord

Verse (x4, palm mute)
  E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6----------------------------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6-------------------------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4-------------------------------------|

Pre-Chorus (x4)
   A5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-7----9-------------------------------------------------------|
A|-7----9-------------------------------------------------------|
E|-5----7-------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus 1
  E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 (x3) A5   B5
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6----------------------------------------|
D|-xx9xx9xx9xx9xx6xx6xx6xx6--------7----9-----------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6--------7----9-----------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4--------5----7-----------------------|

Chorus 2
  E5 B5 E5 B5 C#5 G#5 C#5 G#5 (x7) A5   B5 (x3)
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-xx9---xx9---xx6---xx6----------------------------------------|
D|-xx9xx9xx9xx9xx6xx6xx6xx6--------7----9-----------------------|
A|-xx7xx9xx7xx9xx4xx6xx4xx6--------7----9-----------------------|
E|----xx7---xx7---xx4---xx4--------5----7-----------------------|

End (fade out)
e|-7-5-4-2------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------5-4--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 1
e|-/12--12p11-9p7-4---7/12--12-11-9-7-4-4p2h4p2h4---------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------4/9------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 2 (works better with a slide) | Horns 3 (x8)
e|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-4/9--11----4/9--11---------------|---------------------------|
A|-----------------------2/7--------|-4/7---7---2/4---4---------|
E|----------------------------------|-----7---7-----4---4-------|

Horns 4
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9---9/11---9---9/11---9-9-9-9--9/11-6-5-6--------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 |								|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-9/14p13-11p9-11-11--13-11-9-6----9-9-9-9--9/11-6-5-6---------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 |								|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-14p13h14p13-11-9-11-11--13-11-9\4/7--------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 5
 |         (x5)           |
e|------7-----------------|------7------------------------------|
B|-9p8h9-9p8h9--9-8h9-9---|-9p8h9-9p8h9----4/14-----------------|
G|----------------------9-|-------------------------------------|
D|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|------------------------|-------------------------------------|

Horns 6
e|-12p11h12p11h12p11-9-7-9-9--11-9-7-4--12p11h12p11h12p11-9-7-9-9
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 7           | Horns 8
e|----------------|-/12----9---/12----9----4p2h4p2h4p2h4--------|
B|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
G|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
D|-14p13h14p13h14-|---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------------------------------|

Horns 9 (x2)
e|-12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11-9-9--11-9----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 10
 |           (x3)           |
e|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
B|-5p4h5p4h5p4h5p4-2-2--4-2-|-4h5p4--4h5--2----2-2/5-------5-5/2|
G|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
A|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
E|--------------------------|-----------------------------------|
 |								|
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-2-4-2-/5-/5-\2-----------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 11
e|-15-12-10h12-12--10h12-12-14-15-14-12--15-12-10h12-12--10h12-12
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|
 |								|
e|-14-15----18p17--12-15-15-12-12-10----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 12
e|-12p11h12p11h12p11h12p11-9-9--11-9----------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------------------------|

Horns 13
e|--------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-2------------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------2--------2--------------------------------|

Horns 14          | Horns 15
e|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
B|-0-/9-b--9-11-5-|-8h10-10--8-8h10-10---8h10-10----------------|
G|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
D|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
A|----------------|---------------------------------------------|
E|----------------|---------------------------------------------|


Order

Verse chords x4 (w/ Horns 1, 2)
Verse 1
Pre-Chorus
Chorus 1
Verse chords x2 (w/ Horns 1, 2)
Verse 2
Pre-Chorus
Chorus 1
Verse chords x8 (w/ Horns 3, 4, 5, 6)
Pre-Chorus
Chorus 2
Verse chords x8 (w/ Horns 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
End (w/ Horns 14, 15)


Lyrics

Started at the age of 4
My mother went to the grocery store		(Verse 1)
Went sneaking through her bedroom door
To find something in a size 4

Sugar and spice and everything nice
Wasn't made for only girls			(Pre-Chorus)
G.I. Joe in pantyhose is making room
For the one and only

King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day, in a leather thong
King for a day, princess by dawn		(Chorus 1)
Just wait 'till all the guys get a load of me

My daddy threw me in therapy
He thinks I'm not a real man			(Verse 1)
Who put the drag in the drag queen?
Don't knock it until you've tried it

(Pre-Chorus)
(Chorus 1)
(Bridge)
(Pre-Chorus)

King for a day, princess by dawn
King for a day, in a leather thong
(x3)
King for a day, princess by dawn		(Chorus 2)
Just wait 'till all the guys 
Just wait 'till all the guys
Just wait 'till all the guys get a load of me