The Rutles - The Knicker Elastic King

      Song: The Knicker Elastic King
Artist: The Rutles
Composer: Neil Innes
Album: Archaeology

Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
25th Aug 2014

CAPO: 1st fret (Sounds in the key of C#)

N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might
automatically suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:

Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C   = x32010   Bb   = x13331   Gm  = 355333   E/Eb = xx1100
C/B = x22010   G/F  = xx3033   A   = x02220   E/C# = x46454
C/A = x02010   G/E  = xx2033   Eb7 = xx1323   E/B  = x22100
C/G = 332010   G/Eb = xx1033   Ab7 = 464544   Am   = x02210
Fm  = 133111   D    = xx0232   Db7 = x46464   B    = x2555x
G   = 355433   D/Eb = 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/Eb                 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
(Knicker elastic...) ...essence of propriety,
   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--------!
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