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Green Day - King For A Day Chords

Chord reference E, C, C#, A, B
Rhythm tips ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

[E] [C] [E]Started at the [C#]age of 4. [E]My mother went to the [C#]grocery store. [E]Went sneaking through her bedroom [C#]door, [E]To find something in a [C#]size 4.

[A]Sugar and spice and [B]everything nice, [A]Wasn’t made for only [B]girls. [A]GI Joe in [B]panty hose, [A]Is making room for the [B]one and only.

[E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [E]King for a day [C#]in a leather thong. [E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [A]Just wait ’til all the [B]guys get a load of me.

[E]My daddy threw me in [C#]therapy. [E]He thinks I’m not a [C#]real man. [E]Who put the drag in the [C#]drag queen. [E]Don’t knock it until [C#]you tried it

[A]Sugar and spice and [B]everything nice, [A]Wasn’t made for only [B]girls. [A]GI Joe in panty [B]hose, [A]Is making room for the [B]one and only.

[E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [E]King for a day [C#]in a leather thong. [E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [E]King for a day [C#]in a leather thong. [E]King for a day, [C#]princess by dawn. [A]Just wait ’til all the [B]guys. [A]Just wait ’til all the [B]guys. [A]Just wait ’til all the [B]guys. [A]Just wait ’til all the [B]guys. Get a load of me…

[E] [C#]

Artist Green Day
Album Nimrod
Genres Alternative, Indie
Year 1997
Key E

How to Play King For A Day on Guitar?

Green Day - King For A Day can be played in the key of E using the E, C, C#, A, B chords.

  • For E, To play E, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, let low E, B, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For C, To play C, press fret 1 on the B string with finger 2, let low E, G, high E ring open, mute A, D.
  • For C#, To play C# | Db, press fret 1 on the low E string with finger 2, press fret 1 on the G string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the B string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the high E string with finger 2, mute A, D.
  • For A, To play A, press fret 2 on the D string with finger 2, let low E, A, high E ring open, mute G, B.
  • For B, To play B, press fret 2 on the low E string with finger 3, press fret 2 on the A string with finger 3, press fret 1 on the D string with finger 2, press fret 2 on the high E string with finger 3, let B ring open, mute G.

Barre: Use your index finger to press multiple strings on the same fret, keeping your finger flat.

You can play King For A Day with the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ strumming pattern.