The Knicker Elastic King

The Rutles

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G   = 355433   D/C# = x40232   Gb7 = 242322   B/A  = x0555x
F   = 133211   D/B  = x20232   B7  = x24242   B/G# = 5x555x
Ab  = 466544   D/A  = x00232   E   = 022100   B/G  = 4x555x
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Verse 1

C              C/B       C/A          C/G
    He used to travel in bath cubes,
          Fm
Until the slump came,
G               F            G                  F
Faced with re - dundancy, he turned his mind to other things,
    G             F         C
And soon became a household name

Verse 2

 G                       F
(Knicker elastic...)  ...everybody used it,
 G                       F
(Knicker elastic...)  ...nobody refused it,
Ab          Bb     C         Ab          Bb     C
Knicker E - lastic King, the Knicker E - lastic King

Verse 3

  G         G/F        G/E         G/Eb
A self-made man with a business to run,
    G            G/F        G/E     G/Eb
And something to sell ...to every - one,
    Ab          Bb     C        Ab    Bb     C
The Knicker E - lastic King!  | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |

Verse 4

D              D/C#               D/B      D/A
    He grew so rich the Gnomes of Zurich,
                Gm
Were green with envy,  (Oo---- oo!)
    A               G
The darling of 'The Stock Exchange'...
   A                    G
...Made 'The New Year's Honours List',
    A                    G               D
And won 'The Queen's A - ward to Indus - try'!

Verse 5

 A                      G
 A                           G
(Knicker elastic...) ...up - holder of society,
    Bb          C      D       Bb    C     D
The Knicker E - lastic King!  (Oo  - la  - la!)

Break

   Bb            Eb7             Ab7           Db7
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   Gb7            B7
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Bridge

E             E/D#               E/C#      E/B
   His rubber business kept ex - panding,
              Am   Am
But then di - sa - ster!  (Ee, by gum!)
              ^      ^
    B                 A        B                 A
The price of raw ma - terials, coupled with in - flation,
B                   A             B             A
Squeezed his global holdings, his liquid assets bottomed out,
    B                              E
And shrunk his retail outlet ope - ration!

Verse 6

E
   And that's the story of...
        C           D      E
(...The Knicker E - lastic King), ...and market forces,
     C           D      E
(The Knicker E - lastic King!)  horses for courses!

Verse 7

  B         B/A        B/G#        B/G
A self-made man with a business to run,
    B            B/A     B/G#     B/G
And something to sell to every  - one,
    C           D      E       C    D    E
The Knicker E - lastic King,  (Oo - la - la!)
    C           D      E
The Knicker E - lastic King--------!
                     | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / | /  /  /  / |
  E
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