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King of the World - Steely Dan
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Tabbed by: Kent
I don't know where they get their guitarists, but whoever they got for this album, made this song:
Intro: quiet wah type thing
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-/7-7------/7-7---7-----/7-7------/7-7---7---------------------------------|E|------8-10------8------------8-10------8-----------------------------------|
when the bass chords kick in, you pick it up a little:e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|A|-/7-7-----/7-7------/7-7------/7-x-7-x-7-----------------------------------|E|------8-10-----8-10------8-10----------------------------------------------|repeat
main part fades in (with reverb or something). this is played throughout the verses:strum the chordse|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9h11-------------------------------------------------------------|G|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9--trill-around-with-that-hammer-on-maybe------------------------|D|-5--5-7-7-9--9--9h12-------------------------------------------------------------|A|---7---9---11--------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
hit a bunch of high e's on the 12th fret after "old ham radio"
I plagiarized the bridge from some one else's tab:
"
[Bm7]No marigolds in the promised [CMaj7] land,
[C]There's a hole in the [G] ground where they[D]used to grow
[Bm7]Any man left on the[CMaj7] Rio Grande
[Em7]Is the[D]king of the world as far as[A]I know
"
I think I prefer D/F# instead of Bm7 here, not that it really matters much
little fills:e|--------------------------------------------12-16------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------------12-13-------------------------|G|---------7-7/9------10-9-7-9------------------------------some-crazy-----------|D|---9h10p9-------------------10-5/7--------------------------arpeggio-rip-------|A|--7----------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|-8-----------------------------------------------------------------------------| 1:14 1:21 1:29 1:35
bridge again
sick organ riff:E|-------10--14-10--12-------10----12-10--------13--------11/13---|B|--12-10--12-----12----12-10--8-10-----13p12-11--11p10-9---------|G|-9--------------------------------------------------------------|D|----------------------------------------------------------------|A|----------------------------------------------------------------|E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-11/13---------------------------------------------------------|B|---------------------------------------------------------------|G|---------------------------------------------------------------|D|---------------------------------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------|
this is all ripped off from the same tab (almost exactly):
"
[Instrumental break]
[Am7] [Bm7] [E] [E] [Am7] [Bm7] [CMaj7] [CMaj7] [FMaj7] [Em7] [EbMaj7] [Dm7] [DbMaj7] [Cm7] [F]
Keyboard Interlude (tabbed for guitar)--Repeat several times.
E|-2---3---5---5--3---3--5--7--5--3--| B|-3---5---7---7--2---5--7--8--7--5--| G|-0--------------0------------------| D|-----------------------------------| A|-----------------------------------| E|-----------------------------------|
[Am7I'm reading[Em7]last years papers
[Am7]Although[Em7]I don't know why
[Am7]Assassins, cons and[Em7]rapers
[C]Might as[G]well[A]die
"
more fills:e|----12---------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-/12--12h10--10h12p10------------------------10----------------------------|G|-----------11--------11b-9-----------------12--11-12-----------------------|D|----------------------------------9h10p9-12--------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:02 3:06
e|-15p14--12-----------------------------------------------------------------|B|------15--13-15-12-13-12/13------------------------------------------------|G|-------------------------------------------12-12---------------------------|D|---------------------------------x9x9x10x10--------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:09 3:17
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|B|-------------------------------------------13p12p11h12---------------------|G|---------------12/11/12------------12p11h12--------------------------------|D|-x9x9-9/10/9/10--------------/9-9-9----------------------------------------|A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| 3:21 3:24
bridge again, and organ riff
yeah, i'm not gonna touch the outro solo
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
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