miller ned - "from a jack to a king-tab"

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Subject: m/miller_ned/from_a_jack_to_a_king.tab

FROM A JACK TO A KING (Ned Miller)
performed by NED MILLER (1963)

tune guitar down one-half step (6 = Eb, etc) SEE NOTE BELOW

CHORD CHART
VERSE 1, 3 and 4:
|(E) |E |E |B |B |B |B |E |

VERSE 2:
|(E) |E |E |B |B |B |B |E A |E7 |

BRIDGE:
|A |A |E |E |F# |F# |B |B |

SOLO:
|B |B |E A |E7 |

VERSE 1
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring

I played an ace and I won a queen
E
And walked away with your heart

VERSE 2
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
With no regret I stacked the cards last night

And lady luck played her hand just right
E A E7
To make me king of your heart

BRIDGE
A E
For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game
F# B
Then just in time I saw the twinkle in your eye

VERSE 3
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring

I played an ace and I won a queen
E
You made me king of your heart

SOLO (triple eighths)
____ ______________ ______________
| | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | |
|----12---12---12---|---12---11---11---11---11---------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------14---14---14------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-------------------|----------------------------------------------|

___________ ___ _____ ___ ________
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|----------------------------------|--------------------11-14-|-12-|
|-14--12--12--12--12---------------|----------12-----12-------|----|
|---------------------13--14-13-11-|------13------14----------|----|
|---------------------------/-----|-14-----------------------|----|
|----------------------------P-----|--------------------------|----|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------|----|

BRIDGE
A E
For just a little while I thought that I might lose the game
F# B
Then just in time I saw the twinkle in your eye

VERSE 4
(E) E
>From a jack to a king
B
>From loneliness to a wedding ring

I played an ace and I won a queen
E
You made me king of your heart

* * * * *

NOTE
An alternative to tuning down is to put a capo on the first fret.

No capo capo 1
E D
F# E
A G
B A