King Creole ----------- Standard tuning. Intro and Verse: Bb Bb Repeat X Times e||----------------------|-----------------------------|| B||----------------------|*---------------------------*|| G||----------------------|-----------------------------|| D||----------------------|-----------------------------|| A||----------s-----------|*----s--------s-s-----------*|| E||--6------6\--1--3--1--|--(5)/6----(5)/6\--1--3--1---|| Chorus: Eb7 Bb e||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| B||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G||------------3--5--3-----|------------3--5--3-----|------------------------| D||-------5-------------5--|-------5-------------5--|------------3--5--3-----| A||--6---------------------|--6---------------------|-------5-------------5--| E||------------------------|------------------------|--6---------------------| F7 Eb7 e||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| B||------------------------|------------------------|------------------------| G||------------------------|------------5--7--5-----|------------3--5--3-----| D||------------3--5--3-----|-------7-------------7--|-------5-------------5--| A||-------5-------------5--|--8---------------------|--6---------------------| E||--6---------------------|------------------------|------------------------| Bb e||------------------------|------------------------|| B||------------------------|------------------------|| G||------------------------|------------------------|| D||------------3--5--3-----|------------3--5--3-----|| A||-------5-------------5--|-------5-------------5--|| E||--6---------------------|--6---------------------|| Bb There's a man in New Orleans Bb Who plays rock and roll Bb He's a guitar man Bb With a great big soul Bb He lays down a beat Bb Like a ton of coal Bb (Tacet) Bb7 He goes by the name of King Creole Eb7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Bb Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole F7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Eb7 Bb Like a hip shaking King Creole Bb When the king starts to do it Bb It's as good as done Bb He holds his guitar Bb like a tommy gun Bb He starts to growl Bb From way down his throat Bb (Tacet) He bends a string and "that's all she wrote" Eb7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Bb Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole F7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Eb7 Bb Like a hip shaking King Creole Bb Bb Well, he sings a song about a crowded hole Bb Bb He sings a song about a jelly roll Bb Bb He sings a song about pork and greens Bb (Tacet) He sings some blues about New Orleans Eb7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Bb Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole F7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Eb7 Bb e||--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| B||--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| G||--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| D||--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| A||--------------------------|---------------------------------|---------| E||--------------------------|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|--6\-----| Like a hip shaking King Creole Solo: e||--18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-18-| B||--------------------------------------------------| G||--------------------------------------------------| D||--------------------------------------------------| A||--------------------------------------------------| E||--------------------------------------------------| e||--18\------------------------|--------------------------8b-| B||----------8/-11--11--10--11--|--9--11--8--11--7--11--6-----| G||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| D||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| A||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| E||-----------------------------|-----------------------------| e||------6----------------|--------------------------|------------------------| B||---------9--6-------6--|-----6-----6-----6--------|------------------------| G||---------------9b------|--9-----8-----7-----6--7--|----------6-----6-------| D||-----------------------|--------------------------|--8\-8-------8-----8----| A||-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| E||-----------------------|--------------------------|------------------------| e||------------------------|------------------------|-----6--9b---6-----------| B||------------------------|-------6-------6-----6--|--8-------------9--6-----| G||--6-------6-------6-----|--8b------8-------8-----|----------------------9--| D||-----8---------8-----8--|------------------------|----------------------9--| A||------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| E||------------------------|------------------------|-------------------------| e||-------------------------------|| B||----6--6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|| G||-------9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-|| D||-------------------------------|| A||-------------------------------|| E||-------------------------------|| Bb Well, he plays something evil Bb Then he plays something sweet Bb No matter what he plays Bb You got to get up on your feet Bb When he gets the rockin' fever Bb baby, heaven sakes Bb (Tacet) He don't stop playin' 'till his guitar breaks Eb7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Bb Jumpin' like a catfish on a pole F7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Eb7 Bb Like a hip shaking King Creole F7 You know he's gone, gone, gone Eb7 Bb Like a hip shaking King Creole Ending: Bb e||----------------------|----------------5/-6--|------6------------|| B||----------------------|------5/-6------5/-6--|------6------------|| G||----------------6/-7--|------6/-7------------|------7------------|| D||------7/-8------7/-8--|----------------------|-------------------|| A||------7/-8------------|----------------------|-------------------|| E||----------------------|----------------------|-------------------|| ... Creole!!!!!!! Transcribed by Ferry Falkenburg (ferry@acc.nl)