King And Country

Written by: Barry, Robin & Maurice Gibb
B-Side of single “Wouldn't I Be Someone” (1973)
Re-released on “Tales of the Brothers Gibb” (CD 2)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
The recording features Barry Gibb’s acoustic guitar with an open tuning.
This tab has chords for regular tuning, but I chose some shapes that
reproduce some of the open voicings if possible.

CHORDS
         E-A-D-G_B-E
Esus4    0-2-2-2-0-0
A/E      0-2-2-2-2-0
F#m7     2-x-2-2-2-0
C#m      x-4-6-6-5-0
A/B      x-2-2-2-2-x

INTRO
(freely)
|Esus4 E | E   Esus4| E   Esus4| E  Esus4
VERSE
        E                             A/E
All the love of my mother, I offer to you
A/E                                      E        E7
   And I'll try so very hard, to get you through
CHORUS
     A                 F#m7
If I lay down my life,   for my king and country men
E                             A
  Would it change you for the better
E                  C#m
  It better be all right
F#m7                E
  To be always like children
 A/B          E
Afraid of the night
INTRO
(freely)
|Esus4 E | E   Esus4| E   Esus4| E  Esus4
VERSE
     E                                 A/E
If I gave up the cause, what would you give me
A/E                                           E     E7
   To make up for all the things that I would lose
CHORUS
     A                 F#m7
If I lay down my life,   for my king and country men
E                             A
  Would it change you for the better
E                  C#m
  It better be all right
F#m7                E
  To be always like children
 A/B          E
Afraid of the night
INTRO
(freely)
|Esus4 E | E   Esus4| E   Esus4| E  Esus4
VERSE
          E                                A/E
Well, you better get busy, get it over and done
A/E                                                      E     E7
   I was here when you arrived; I'll be here when you're gone
CHORUS
     A                 F#m7
If I lay down my life,   for my king and country men
E                             A
  Would it change you for the better
E                  C#m
  It better be all right
F#m7               E
  To be never like people
 A/B          E
Afraid of the night
INTRO
| E | E | E | E |
CODA
        E                             F#m7
Doo doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
        F#m7                                              E
Doo doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
        E                             F#m7
Doo doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo
        F#m7                                              E
Doo doo doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo, doo