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When the King of Rock and Roll sang in the desert | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
He didn't seem to age like other men | C / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
To Vegas came the ladies with pink rinses | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
Agog to see the dreamboat sail again | C / / / | C / / / | E / / / | E / / / |
To Vegas came the shipwrecked and the broken | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
Their long regrets, their searing midnight rages | G / / / | C / / / | F / / / | F / / / |
Their disappointment seldom left unspoken | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
In marriages that turned to rows of cages | G / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
He wrote and bound the book of which their early | C / / / | F / / / | G / / / |
aspirations were the pages | E7 / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
When the King of Rock and Roll sang in the desert | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
With a ring of confidence around his smile | C / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
He sparkled like the frosting on a drumkit | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
He was supple as the serpent of the Nile | C / / / | C / / / | E / / / | E / / / |
To Vegas came the ladies with pink rinses | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
With all their ills and all their soured karma | G / / / | C / / / | F / / / | F / / / |
With all their pills and all their tics and winces | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
To feel again the liberating drama | G / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
Of a shining silver buckskin suit against a solid | C / / / | F / / / | G / / / |
purple cyclorama | E7 / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
When the King of Rock and Roll sang in the desert | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
He broke no hearts that hadn't burst before | C / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
The ladies with pink rinses all were veterans | A / / / | A / / / | F#7/ / / | F#7/ / / |
It was they and never he that knew the score | C / / / | C / / / | E / / / | E / / / |
And knowing that they only loved him more | C / / / | C / / / | E7 / / / | E7 / / / |
To Vegas came the debris of an era | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
For the promise that no longer could deceive them | G / / / | C / / / | F / / / | F / / / |
Their eyes grew misty as their sight grew clearer | D / / / | D / / / | G / / / |
With a drum roll the past began to leave them | G / / / | C / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / | A / / / |
And it all drew further from them | C / / / | C / / / | F / / / | F / / / |
As the spotlight caught the King | E7 / / / | E7/ / / |
and brought him nearer | A / / / | A / / / |
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