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1.6. Village Green ¶
Cm Fm Bb Eb G# Fm G7 Cm Out in the country Far from all the soot and noise of the city There's a village green Cm Fm Bb Eb G# Fm G7 Cm It's been a long time Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple Down by the village green Cm Fm Bb Eb G# Fm G7 Cm Ah la la la la 'Twas there I met a girl call Daisy And kissed her by the old oak tree Cm Fm Bb Eb G# Fm G7 Cm Ah la la la la Although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame And so I left the village green CHORUS: Fm Fm/E Fm/Eb Fm/D I miss the village green, And all the simple people Cm Cm/B Cm/Bb Cm/A I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple D G I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school And now all the houses are rare antiquities American tourists flock to see the village green Ah la la la la They snap their photographs and say "Gol' darn it Isn't it a pretty scene?" Ah la la la la And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy And now he owns a grocery ... CHORUS And I will return there And I'll see Daisy And we'll sit and laugh And talk about the village green Cm Fm Bb Eb G# Fm G7 Cm La la la la la We will laugh and talk about the village green (slow down at end) CHORDS: Fm/E: 1 3 2 1 1 1 Fm/Eb: 1 3 1 1 1 1 Fm/D: 1 3 0 1 1 1 Cm/B: 3 2 5 5 4 3 Cm/Bb: 3 1 5 5 4 3 Cm/A: 3 0 5 5 4 3 NOTE: The one change here is the second line of the chorus. It is a bit harder to play this way, but concentrate on getting the 5th string changes correct and you don't necessarily have to finger or play the two top strings as you are reaching.
1.7. Sunny Afternoon ¶
From: rogers@sasuga.hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
Subject: Re: Req:Sunny Afternnon/Kinks
intro: Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
Dm C
The taxman's taken all my dough
F C
And left me in my stately home
A A/G A/F A/E Dm
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
And I can't sail my yacht
He's taken everything I've got
All I've got's this sunny afternoon
D7 G7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
C7 F A7
I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
Dm G7
And I love to live so pleasantly
D7 G7 C7
Live this life of luxury
F A7 Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
A A/G A/F A/E
In the summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sittin' here
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
All I've got's this sunny afternoon
Help me, help me, help me sail away
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In the summertime
From: Harlan L Thompson
SUNNY AFTERNOON- The Kinks
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
Dm C7
The taxman's taken all my dough
F C7
And left me in my stately home
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
C7
And I can't sail my yacht
F C7
He's taken everything I've got
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb Dm
All I've got's this sunny afternoon
CHORUS #1:
D D7 G G7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze
C7 F A7
I got a big fat mama tryin' to break me
Dm G
And I love to live so pleasantly
D7 G7
Live this life of luxury
F A Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
In a summertime
A A/G A/F A/E
In a summertime
My girlfriend's run off with my car
And gone back to her ma and pa
Tellin' tales of drunkenness and cruelty
Now I'm sittin' here
Sippin' at my ice-cooled beer
Lazin
CHORUS #2:
Help me, help me, help me sail away
Or give me two good reasons why I oughta stay
'Cause I love to live so pleasantly
Live this life of luxury
Lazin' on a sunny afternoon
In a summertime, in a summertime
In a summertime
REPEAT CHORUS #1
Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb A A/G A/F A/E
E --1------1-----1------------------------
B --3------3-----3----2----2----2----2----
G --2------2-----2----2----2----2----2----
D --0------0-----0----2----2----2----2----
A --3------2-----1----0-------------------
E -------------------------3----1----0----
(one could alternately keep on the Dm and add the bass notes
all the way down to E)
(from Face to Face, 1966, also on Greatest Hits)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 1995 10:56:27 +0200 (MET DST)
From: "Dipl.-Ing. Wolfgang Kruell"
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Kinks : Sunny afternoon
[Intro:]
a G7 C G7
The taxman's taken all my dough, and left me in my stately home,
E7 a
lazing on a sunny afternoon.
a G7 C G7
And I can't sail my yacht, he's taken ev'rything I've got.
E7 a
All I've got 's this sunny afternoon.
A7 D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
G C E7
I've got a big fat mamma tryin' to break me.
a D a D7
And I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
C E7 a E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
a E7 a E7 a E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.
a G7 C G7
My girlfriend's gone off with my car, and gone back to her ma and pa
E7 a
telling tales of drunkeness and cruelty.
a G7 C G7
Now I'm sitting here, sipping at my ice-cold beer,
E7 a
lazing on a sunny afternoon.
A7 D7
Help me, help me, help me sail away,
G7 C
you give me two good reasons why I ought to stay.
E7 D a D7
'Cos I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
C E7 a E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
a E7 a E7 a E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.
A7 D7
Save me, save me, save me from this squeeze,
G C E7
I've got a big fat mamma tryin' to break me.
a D a D7
And I love to live so pleasantly, live this life of luxury
C E7 a E7
lazing on a sunny afternoon,
a E7 a E7 a E7
in summertime, in summertime, in summertime.
1.8. The Village Green Preservation Society ¶
From: Harlan L Thompson The Village Green Preservation Society - The Kinks C G F G riff 1 C G F C riff 1 C G F G riff 1 We are the the Village Green Preservation Society C G F C riff 1 God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety C G F G riff 1 We are the Desperate Dan Appreciation Society C G F C riff 1 God save strawberry jam and all the different varieties CHORUS: C G F C riff 1 Preserving the old ways from being abused C G F G Protecting the new ways for me and for you F C What more can we do? C G F G riff 1 We are the Draught Beer Preservation society C G F C riff 1 God save Mrs. Mopp and good old Mother Riley C G F G riff 1 We are the Custard Pie Appreciation Consortium C G F C God save the George Cross and all those who were awarded them C G F G riff 1 C G F G Oo-wo-oo oo-wo-oo D A G A riff 2 We are the Sherlock Holmes English Speaking Vernacular D A G D riff 2 Help save Fu Manchu, Moriarty and Dracula D A G A riff 2 We are the Office Block Persecution Affinity D A G D riff 2 God save little shops, china cups and virginity D A G A riff 2 We are the Skyscraper Condemnation Affilliate D A G D riff 2 God save Tudor houses, antique tables and billiards CHORUS: D A G D riff 2 Preserving the old ways from being abused D A G A Protecting the new ways for me and for you G D What more can we do? REPEAT VERSE ONE (in the new key) D A G D riff 2 We are the Village Green Preservation Society D A G D riff 2 God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety D A G D riff 2 We are the Village Green Preservation Society D A G D riff 2 God save Donald Duck, vaudeville and variety D A G D D A G D God save the Village Green RIFF 1: RIFF 2: D ------------- -------0---0- A -----0h3-0h3- -0-0h2---2--- E -3-3--------- ------------- NOTE: Try to play the riffs without breaking your stride in strumming the chords. (from The Village Green Preservation Society, 1968) (sent by Harlan) Date: August 4, 2000 2:16 PM From: Mike Pratt On Village Green Preservation Society, I believe that I can make a correction: CHORUS: C G F C riff 1 Preserving the old ways from being abused C G F *E* Protecting the new ways for me and for you F C What more can we do? CHORUS: D A G D riff 2 Preserving the old ways from being abused D A G *F#* Protecting the new ways for me and for you G D What more can we do? The chords may not appear in the correct part of the line in my email, but the order is right. Basically I think it's an 'E' on 'you', or F# following the key change??
1.9. Father Christmas ¶
FATHER CHRISTMAS Ray Davies
(The *G thru *D sequences could probably be played as something more
like: G Bm7 Em D G Bm7 Em D - but it's all in the bass)
C G C G C G C G
G C D G C D G C D G C D
*G
When I was small I believed in Santa Claus
*D
'Though I knew it was my dad
G
And I would hang up my stocking at Christmas
D
Open my presents and I'd be glad
Em Bm
But the last time I played Father Christmas
Em B7
I stood outside a department store
G
A gang of kids came over and mugged me
D
They knocked my reindeer to the floor
C G C G
And said Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don't mess around with those silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys -
G C D G C D
to the little rich boys
G
Don't give my brother a Steve Austin outfit
D
Don't give my sister a cuddly toy
G
We don't want a jigsaw or monopoly money
D
We only want the real Macoy
C G C G
Father Christmas give us the money
C G C D
We'll beat you up if you make us annoyed
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Don't mess around with those silly toys
Em Bm
But give my daddy a job 'cos he needs one
Em B7
He's got lots of mouths to feed
G
And if you've got one I'll have a machine gun
D
So I can scare all the kids on the street
C G C G
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
We've got no time for your silly toys
C G C G
We'll beat you up if you don't hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D
Give all the toys -
G C D
to the little rich boys
G C D G C D
G
Have yourself a merry merry Christmas
D
Have yourself a good time
G
But remember the kids who got nothing
D
While you're drinking down your wine
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
We've got no time for your silly toys
C G C D
father Christmas please hand it over
C G C D
We'll beat you up so don't make us annoyed
C G C G
Father Christmas give us some money
C G C D
Dont mess around with those silly toys
C G C D
We'll beat you up if you dont hand it over
C G C D
We want your bread so don't make us annoyed
C D G C D
Give all the toys - to the little rich boys
G C D C G D ... fade out
1.10. Apeman ¶
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eEep67akIn4&feature=BF&list=MLGxdCwVVULXfneVR2VAkNbXmyYF0Eizjr&index=5
Date: August 30, 1997 4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson
APEMAN- The Kinks
D D D D D A A D E A
A E Esus4 E
I think I'm sophisticated cos I'm living my life like a good Homosapien
A
But all around me everybody's multiplying
E Esus4 E
Till they're walkin' round like flies man
D A Asus4 A
So I'm no better than the animals sitting in their cages in the zoo man
E A
Cos compared to the flowers and the birds and the trees I am an ape man
I think I'm so educated and I'm so civilized cos I'm a strict vegetarian
But with the over-population and inflation and starvation and the crazy politicians
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war RIFF 1
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
CHORUS #1:
A E
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man
A E
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an ape man
D
Cos compared to the sun that sits in the sky
A
Compared to the clouds as they roll by
E A
Compared to the bugs and the spiders and flies I am an ape man
D D D D D A A D E A RIFF 1
La la la la la, la la
BRIDGE:
A E
In man's evolution he has created the cities and the motor traffic rumble
A E
But give me half a chance and I'd be taking off my clothes and living in the jungle
D A
Cos the only time that I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree
E A RIFF 1
Oh what a life of luxury to be like an ape man
CHORUS #2:
I'm an ape, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voodoo man, oh I'm an ape man
I look out my window, but I can't see the sky
The air pollution is a-foggin' up my eyes
I want to get out of this city alive and make like an ape man
D D D D D A A D E A
La la la la la, la la
E (RIFF 2) A (RIFF 3)
Ah come and love me, be my ape man girl
E (RIFF 2) A RIFF 4 RIFF 1
And we will be so happy in my ape man world
CHORUS #3:
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, oh I'm an ape man
I'll be your Tarzan, you'll be my Jane
I'll keep you warm and you'll keep me sane
We'll sit in the trees and eat bananas all day
Just like an ape man RIFF 1
CHORUS #4:
I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man, oh I'm an ape man
I'm a King Kong man, I'm a voo-doo man, oh I'm an ape man
I don't feel safe in this world no more
I don't want to die in a nuclear war
I want to sail away to a distant shore and make like an ape man
D D D D D A A D E A
La la la la la, la la
RIFF 1: RIFF 2: RIFF 3:
E ------------------- -------------------- ------------------
B ------------------- -------------------- ------------------
G ------------------- -------------------- ------------------
D ------------------- -------------------- --------2-4-2-----
A ---------------0--- --------2-4-2------- -0--0s4-------0---
E -0-1-2-1-2-3-4----- -0--0s4-------0----- ------------------
RIFF 4:
E -----------------------
B -----------------------
G ------5------3------0--
D ----6------4------0----
A -s7-----s5-----s2------
E -----------------------
1.11. Do it again ¶
From: Jim Smart
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 07:01:49 -1000
Do It Again
Written by Ray Davies
Opening chord: G7sus??? or D7sus???? (see Hard day's night, possibly)
Note: the intro is played by strumming a D chord, then hammering on your
pinky to suspend the chord, then releasing the top string to add a high E
note. Repeat this freely.
D
Standing in the middle of nowhere,
Wondering how to begin.
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday,
C G
Between now and then.
D
And now we're back where we started,
Here we go round again.
Day after day I get up and I say
C (hold)
I better do it again.
A A-D G-G-G-A
A A-D G-G-G-A
A A-D G-G-G-A
Where are all the people going?
A A-D G-G-G-A
Round and round till we reach the end.
A A-D G-G-G-A
One day leading to another,
A A-D G-G-G-A
Get up, go out, do it again.
D C G
Then it's back where you started,
D C G
Here we go round again.
D C G
Back where you started,
C G
Come on do it again.
Note: Dave's lead is played over the chorus...D C G G, etc. ending with
D D/C D/B Bb
riff: repeat this phrase, which basically alternates between the chords of
A and D.
A CA D C A A C A D C (repeat)
A A-D G-G-G-A
And you think today is going to be better,
A A-D G-G-G-A
Change the world and do it again.
A A-D G-G-G-A
Give it all up and start all over,
A A-D G-G-G-A
You say you will but you don't know when.
D C G
Then it's back where you started,
D C G
Here we go round again.
D C G
Day after day I get up and I say
C G
Come on do it again.
Dave's lead, then the riff
Note: play the part below just like above, except when you get to the line
"But it's superficial..." Then you should pick the triad of the 4 chords A
D G A over and over. This means for A to play A, C#, E...etc.
The days go by and you wish you were a different guy,
Different friends and a new set of clothes.
You make alterations and affect a new pose,
A new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep,
Because the voices in your head keep shouting in your sleep.
Get back, get back.
D (strum it like at the beginning, adding pinky and releasing)
Back where you started, here we go round again,
D C G
Back where you started, come on do it again.
D C G D C G
Back where you started, here we go round again,
D C G C G
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again.
Bb D D/C D/B Bb
Do it again.
D C (hold)
Day after day I get up and I say, come on do it again.
Jim Smart
Honolulu
Date: October 2, 2008
From: Scott Stetzer
It's Dmaj Pent, but with some weird slidey-type thing going on. The
second part of the figure, the fast part is just hammers /pull offs
on the B and E at the 10th and 12th frets.
1.12. Scattered ¶
Scattered/R. Davies
G C
G C
1. Like a seed that is sewn
G C
All the children are scattered
G C
By a breeze that is blown
G C
Now the crops are all scattered
G D
We are torn, we are shattered
G C
Now some of us are barmy and battered
G D
And the fields where we gathered
G C
Are overgrown in weeds and in tatters
G D
Through it all we were scattered
G C
2. To the fields we are scattered
G C
From the day we are born
G C
To grow wild and sleep rough
G C
Till from the earth we are torn
G D
And a soul that is free
G C
Can live on eternally
G D
And the spirit can live on
G C
Though it's scattered in the world beyond
G
And I've been out of my mind
D
Ever since she's been gone
Eb Bb F
I look around that empty room
D Eb
No sight nor sound, she left so soon,
Bb F
She's out of view, but then I found
D
Those scattered clues she left behind
Eb
A photograph with a smiling face
Bb
A cigarette stubbed out on the fireplace
F
A coffee cup with her lipstick stains
D
I guess I'll never see her again
G C
3. Now my life is all scattered
G C
Ever since she's been gone
G C
I feel older, I feel fatter
G C
I feel the blues coming on
G
We get bruised
D
We get battered
G C
But we'll pick up the pieces that scattered
G
And with emotional glue
D
We're gonna stick together, body and mind
Eb
Ever since she went away
Bb
I've been alone to contemplate
F
Time and space and why world's move
D
While sitting in my solitude
Eb
I've watched the stars and wondered why
Bb
They're scattered up there in the sky
F
And is she up there out of view
D
On some higher platitude
Eb Bb
I wish I knew
F
Wish I could prove
The reason why this life on earth
D
Is scattered like the universe
Eb
Do-do, do-do, do-do, do-do-do
Bb
Do-do, do-do, do-do
F
I'm scattered here and scattered there
D
Bits of me scattered everywhere
G C
To the fields we are scattered
G C
Then from the dust we are born
G C
We survive somewhat battered
G C
To a new life, a new dawn
G D
In the end what will it matter
G C
There'll only be my ashes to scatter
G
And all the logical answers
D
To a worrying mind
G C
Will be scattered in time
G C
Beaten and battered
G D
To the earth you are scattered
G C
You're going home so what does it matter
G
To an atomic mind
D Eb
Scattered here while you travel time
G
Ah, ah, ah, ah
(from the album Phobia by The Kinks)
(Submitted by Johnny Vargas)
1.13. Days ¶
Date: August 30, 1997 4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson
DAYS- The Kinks
D A
Thank you for the days
G D G D A D
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
D A
I'm thinkin' of the days
G D G D A D
I won't forget a single day believe me
G D
I blessed the light
G D G D A D
I blessed the light that shines on you believe me
G D
And though you're gone
G D G D A D
You're with me every single day believe me
CHORUS:
Bb F C
Days I'll remember all my life
Bb F C
Days when you can't see wrong from right
Bb F
You took my life
Bb F Bb F C F
But then I knew that very soon you'd leave me
Bb F
But it's alright
Bb F Bb F C F
Now I'm not frightened of this world believe me
BRIDGE:
A A7 Dm
I wish today would be tomorrow
A A7 Dm C Bb A
The night is dark, it just brings sorrow- let it wait
Thank you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
I'm thinkin' of the days A
I won't forget a single day believe me ...CHORUS ...days
Thanks you for the days
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
I'm thinkin' of the days
I won't forget a single day believe me
I blessed the light
I blessed the light that shines on you believe me
And though you're gone
I won't forget a single day believe me
D Eb F F# G G# A A# D(IX)
Days
CHORDS:
Eb->A#: move the D (x x 0 2 3 2) shape up one fret for each chord)
D(IX): 0 11 10 9 9
NOTE: The only difference here with the last version is the bit at the
very end. This song also works well in the key of E to get an extra riff
in I didn't include here.
1.14. Shangri-La ¶
SHANGRI-LA - The Kinks
(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 twice)
Am G E7 Am
Now that you've found your paradise
Am C G E7
This is your kingdom to command
Am C G E7
You can go outside and polish your car
Am C E7 Am (opening riff)
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La
Am G E7 Am
Here is your reward for working so hard
Am C G E7
Gone are the lavatories in the backyard
Am C G E7
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
Am C E7 Am A
You just want to sit in your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7 G G/F# Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C C/B Am Am/G
You're in your place and you know where you are
F F/E Dm Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7 G G/F# Em
You need not worry you need not care
C C/B Am
You can't go anywhere
F A F A Bb F C A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh
D Dmaj7
The little man who gets the train
D7 G G/F# Em
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
C C/B Am Am/G
But he's too scared to complain
F F/E Dm Dm/C
Cos he's conditioned that way
D Dmaj7
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
D7 G G/F# Em
Got a T.V. set and a radio
C C/B Am
For seven shillings a week
F A F A Bb F C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A F A Bb F C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
Bb F C Bb F C Bb F Dm
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
And all the houses in the street have got a name
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
A D Dm
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go
A D Dm
They tell your business in another Shangri-La
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
A D
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La
G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb... G C F A
Shangri-La la la la la la la...
D Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7 G G/F# Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C C/B Am
You're in your place and you know where you are
F F/E Dm Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7 G G/F# Em
You need not worry you need not care
C C/B Am
You can't go anywhere
F A F A Bb F C A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A F A Bb F C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
Note: For verses that begin with Am, pick in B 4 3 2 style, once for each
chord. For verses that begin with D, pick in B 3 1&2 3 style. All
other parts, including "Shangri-La" lines, strum.
(from that greatest of Kinks albums, Arthur, 1969)
(sent by Harlan at harlant@hawaii.edu)
1.15. God's Children ¶
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSciUplVZrA
Date: August 30, 1997 4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson
GOD'S CHILDREN- The Kinks
F Am Dm Bb Am Gm
Man made the buildings that reach for the sky
F Am Dm Bb Am Gm
And man made the motorcar and learned how to fly
Dm C Bb F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
But he didn't make the flowers and he didn't make the trees
Dm C Bb F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
And he didn't make you and he didn't make me
Bb Am Bb Am Gm F Csus4 C Csus2 C
And he's got no right to turn us into machines
CHORUS #1:
F Bb C
No, he's got no right at all
F Bb C
Cos we are all God's children
F Bb C
And they got no right to change us
Bb Am Bb Am Gm F C F Fsus4 F Fsus4 F
Oh we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us all
BRIDGE:
Bb Am
I don't want this world to change me
Gm F
I wanna go back the way the good Lord made me
Bb Am
Same lungs that he gave me to breathe with
Gm C
Same eyes he gave me to see with
Oh the rich man, poor man, saint and the sinner
The wise man, simpleton, loser and the winner
We are all the same to him
Stripped of our clothes and all the things we own
CHORUS #2:
Ah, the day that we are born
We are all God's children
And they got no right to change us [stay on C]
Oh we gotta go back the way the good Lord made ...
Oh the good Lord made us all
And we are all his children
And they got no right to change us
Oh we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us all
Bb Am Bb Am Gm F C F
Yeah, we gotta go back the way the good Lord made us all
F/D F(2) F Fsus4 F/D F(2) F Fsus4 (repeat and fade)
CHORDS: Fsus4: 1 3 3 3 1 1 Csus4: x 3 2 0 1 1 Csus2: x 3 2 0 3 0
F/D: x x 3 2 3 1 F(2): x x 3 2 1 1 (otherwise, 1 3 3 2 1 1)
1.24. Waterloo Sunset ¶
From: Franz Lemmermeyer
Subject: CRD: Waterloo Sunset (Kinks)
Waterloo Sunset (Ray Davies)
D A G
1. Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night
D A G
People so busy make me feel dizzy, taxi lights shine so bright
Em B Em7 A
But i don't need no friends
D A G G B E
As long as i gaze on Waterloo Sunset, i am in paradise
E7 A G B E
Every day i look at the world from my window
E7 A7
The chilly-chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.
2. Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night
But i am so lazy, don't want to wander, i stay at home at night
But i don't feel afraid
As long as i gaze on Waterloo Sunset, i am in paradise
Every day i look at the world from my window
The chilly chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.
3. Millions of people swarming like flies round Waterloo underground
Terry and Julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound
And they don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset, they are in paradise
Every day i look at the world from my window
The chilly chilliest evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.
'&' ********************************************************
# Franz Lemmermeyer ** - These people have *
# Erwin-Rohde-Str. 19 ** been your enemies *
_#_ 69120 Heidelberg ** for 20,000 years! *
( # ) ** - I'm not that old, *
/ O \ xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx.de ** said Hagbard. *
( === ) ***** Illuminatus *****
'---' ********************************************************
From: PSHAW
Date: Thu, 01 Feb 1996 13:16:00 -0500 (EST)
[...]
Also, Waterloo Sunset is off, but I don't know the names of the chords
that are right. It is one of those songs that is really so nicely put
together, that I wish I knew what the chord names were so I could tell them.
Still, what is on the page is very nice too, although the song is in E, not D.
D is easier to play though, and that makes it fine for me. My God--in so many
ways is Waterloo Sunset fine.
From: Jim Smart
Date: Fri, 3 May 1996 07:05:31 -1000
Subject: chord changes for Waterloo Sunset
I have been strumming away at this song, which IS in the key of E, not D.
Still, this is the easiest key, so you should put a capo on the 2nd fret,
and play it like this.
Thanks for the chords. I have made a few changes...The following lines
should emphasize the descending notes from E, Eb, D, and C#, while the bass
should also climb from E to A, like this: E, F#, G, A..........
Em B7 Em7 A
But i don't need no friends
The "Sha La La" part must be changed: do NOT play a B chord, please!
D A G G D(F# bass) E
As long as i gaze on Waterloo Sunset, i am in paradise
Here, there is a missing D chord, played twice hard, before the second "Sha
La La"
E7(descending bass line: E,D,C#,B) A D G D(F# bass) E
Every day i look at the world from my window
E7 (descending bass again) A7 (descending bass line: A, G, F#, E...)
chilly-chilly is the evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.
That last part is also the intro....Hope this helps!!!
Jim Smart
Date: July 8, 1998 12:12 AM
From: David M. Toole
the song is in E, with NO capo.
the intro is a steadily strummed B7 fretted low to high like this: X
2 1 2 0 2 with
the lead going over it.
the verse chords are E, B7(X 2 4 2 4 2), and A.
the "and i don't need..." part has a screwy chord sequence like
this:
F#m(2 4 4 2 2 2), F#m something (2 4 3 2 2 4), F#m7 (2 4 2 2 2 2),
and the above
B7. then back to verse chords.
the "sha la la" is A(X 0 2 2 2 0), then the bass line with your
pinky on the fourth fret
of the low E, F# (major this time, strummed all the way through to
"my"), and on "window" go back to the B7 (X 2 4 2 4 2). then two quick
strums on E and repeat from the "sha la la", winding back up at the
intro of the song, which is also the ending.
thanks for taking the time to read this, and i hope my layout isn't
too confusing.
Date: February 26, 1999 6:18 PM
From: jmaxwell
I've been struggling with Waterloo Sunset for several years now. I
feel most comfortable with the version which Franz Lemmermeyer has
presented. I believe that the "And I don't need no friends" bit should
be corrected to the following:
and I don't(Emajor)-(Bmajor)...need no friends(Gmajor)-(Amajor) as
long as I gaze etc.
Part of the problem with trying to figure this song out is that the
record is not "pitched" to a proper tuning. Its impossible to play along
with it unless your guitar is somewhat sharp or flat.
I believe that Ray Davies played the song with the capo on the second
fret when he did the live program for the television.
Hope this helps,
John Maxwell
Date: July 26, 1999 5:28 PM
From: Jonathan Longstaff
First of all, I have to give my guitar teacher, Troy, credit for this as he
taught it to me and figured out the leads.
Throughout the song, Ray has a capo on the second fret and is playing the
following chord pattern:
Chords are relative to capo
Intro: 4 bars of A
Verses: ||: D . . . | A/C# . . . | G/B . . . | % :|| Em . . . | Em+7 .
. . | Em7 . . . |
Chorus: | A . . . | D . . . | A/C# . . . | G/B . . . | G/B . G G/F# | Em . .
. | % | A . . . | D . G G/F# | Em . . . | % | repeat four bars of
A from intro
For the fuzzy electric guitar (plus bass), play this (no capo, slightly
muted):
Intro: | B . B/A . | B/G# . B/F# . | B/E . B/D# . | B/C# . B . |
Verses: ||: E . . . | B/D# . . . | A/C# . . . | % :|| F#m . . . |
F#m+7 . . . | F#m7 . . . |
Chorus: | B . . . | E . . . | B/D# . . . | A/C# . . . | A/C# . A A/G# | F#m
. F#m/E . | F#m/D# . F#m/C# . | B . B/F# . | E . A A/G# | F#m . F#m/E . |
F#m/D# . F#m/C# . | repeat intro chords
I know that's awfully convoluted, but I don't know how to do it any better
than that.
Here are the leads:
This one comes at the beginning and at the end. Basically, it's just the
melody.
e|----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------5-----------------------------------------------------|
G|----4s6s4---s6-4--------4---------------------------------------|
D|-----------------4-s6s4---4s6-4--------s6-4-2-------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-s4s2--------4-----------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------|
When Dave plays this at the end, though, some of the slides become
hammer-ons.
Now, here's the very subversive, hard-to-hear lead throughout the song. It
is played in several variations, but here's how it appears the first time:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------5----------------------------------------------------------5-----------|
G|----2-4s6---6s4-2----------4---------------4-------------------2-4s6---6s4-2-----|
D|---------------------2-4s6---6s4-2-2-2-4s6---6s4-1-1-1-2-4-2---------------------|
A|------------------s5-----------------------------------------4-------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Date: Nov. 12, 1999 4:07 PM
From: Scott A. Smith
I play the song in E without a capo, similar to how David Poole describes it,
but when I reach the screwy chord sequence, I play it.
F#m Faug A B E
But I don't need no friends/ As long as I gaze on. . . .
Try it out.
Scott Smith
Date: January 2, 2000 6:30 PM
From: jeff cooper
Waterloo Sunset
E B7
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
A
Rolling into the night
E B7
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
A
Taxi lights shine so bright
C#m C#m(maj7) Cm7 F#7
But I don't, need no friends
E B7
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
A [E E/D#]
I am in paradise...
C#m F# E B
Every day I look at the world from my window
C#m F#
Chilly, chilly is evening time
F# F#/E F#/D# F#
Waterloo sunset's fine...Waterloo sunset's fine...
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station
Every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on Waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunset's fine
Millions of people swarming like flies 'round Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And the don't need no friends
As long as they gaze on Waterloo sunset
They are in paradise
Waterloo sunset's fine
Date: January 20, 2001 4:01 PM
From: kim.d
Waterloo sunset.
I've just been looking at the chords for the above on the Kinks
chords & tabs site. The above is my own version obtained by
listening to the single and trying to match on my Fender! Maybe
some of the B chords could be B7's other wise it seems ok. Let
me know what you think. I hope you enjoy it.
Guitar run down. B 3 _ bars E B F#m
E B F#m
Dirty old river must you keep rolling, rolling into the night.
E B F#m
People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi light shines so bright.
F#m7 C#m A B E
But I don't, need no friend, as long as I gaze on,
B F#m
Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise.
Chorus.
E F#m B E
Sha la la. Every day I look at the world from my window.
F#m E F#m B
Sha la la. Chilly chilly it's evening time, Waterloo sunset's fine.
///////////
E B F#m
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo station, every Friday night.
E B F#m
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night.
F#m7 C#m A B E
But I don't, feel afraid, as long as I gaze on,
B F#m
Waterloo sunset, I am in paradise.
Repeat chorus.
E B F#m
Millions of people, swarming like flies round, Waterloo under ground.
E B F#m
But Terry and Julie cross over the river, where they feel safe and sound.
F#m7 C#m A B E
And they don't, need no friends, as long as they gaze on,
B F#m
Waterloo sunset, they are in paradise.
Guitar run down. E B F#m End on B.
Date: March 16, 2001 4:40 PM
From: Navin Johnson
WATERLOO SUNSET
E B A
dirty old river,wont you keep rolling,rolling into the night.ect...
F#m Db7 A B
but i dont,need no friends.
A E F#m B E,E
sha,la,la-every day i look at the world through my window
A E F#m B
sha,la,la-chilly,chilly is evening time.waterloo sunsets fine...
JUST THOUGHT ID ADD TO THE FIVE PAGES OF WATERLOO SUNSET MADDNESS YOUVE GOT
GOING. I DO AGREE WITH THOSE WHO SAY IT SHOULD BE PLAYED WITH CAPO ON
TWO,BUT THIS IS AN EASY WAY TO PLAY IT WITH NO CAPO.AND IT SOUNDS GOOD.ITS
NOT PERFECT BUT OH,WELL.
JEFF HASSETT
Date: April 15, 2002 2:51 AM
From: jgleeson
Theres about ten different "Waterloo Sunse"t tablatures and there all wrong.
Heres the correct version enjoy.........
waterloo sunset
chords
B E B7 A F#m C#/E# A/C# F# B E5/B A G#m E/B B5 A5
# 0 2 0 2 1 # 2 7 # # 4 7 # #
4 0 0 2 2 2 2 2 7 # # 4 9 # #
4 1 2 2 2 1 2 3 8 9 6 4 9 # #
4 2 1 2 4 3 2 4 9 9 7 6 9 9 7
2 2 2 0 4 # 4 4 9 7 7 6 7 9 7
# 0 # # 2 # # 2 7 7 5 4 7 7 5
intro
(bass)
B B/A B/G# B/F# B/E B/D# B/C# B
B
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-----------------------------
-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-
-----------------------------
E B7 A
---------------------------------------------------
-------5-------------------------------------------
-s6--4---s6-4-----------4--------------------------
----------------4-s6--4---s6--4----------6-4---2---
-----------------------------------2-4-2---------4-
---------------------------------------------------
riff 1
--------------
------5-------
-2-s6---6s4-2-
--------------
--------------
--------------
verses
E B7 A(w/riff 1)
(1)dirty old river must you keep rolling rolling into the night
(2)terry meets julie waterloo station every friday night
(3)millions of people swarming like flies round waterloo underground
people so busy make me feel dizzy taxi lights shine so bright
but i am so lazy dont want to wander i stay at home at night
terry and julie cross over the river where they feel safe and sound
F#m C#/E# A/C# B7
but i dont need no friends
but i dont feel afraid
and they dont need no friends
E B7 A (bass/A G#)
as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset i am in paradise
as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset i am in paradise
as long as i gaze on waterloo sunset they are in paradise
F# B E5/B (bass/A G#)
(Sha la la)
every day i look at the world from my window
F# B
(Sha la la)
but chilly chilly is evening time waterloo sunsets fine
Outro
B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 A5 B5 E
From: Mike Freemont
Date: May 1, 2007
The last one you have posted is nearly perfect,
but i think the C#/E# chord maybe off
so i looked up some live performances from youtube to see as many of the actual finger postions as i could make out
and this is the best i can come up with, hope you enjoy
Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks
Chords:
E - 022100
B7 - x21202
B - x24442
A - 002220
Asus2 - 002200
F#m - x44222
F#m+7- x43222
F#m7 - x42222
F# - x44322
AII - x77655
G#m - x66444
BII - x99877
intro: B chord (descending notes B A G# F# E D# C#)
opening riff
e ------------------------------------------------
b ------------------------------------------------
g ------9-----------------------------------------
D -9-11---9/11-9--------9------------6------------
A ---------------9-11-9---9/11---------9-7--------
E -----------------------------7-9-7-------9--(7)-
E B7
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling
A (Asus2)*
Flowing into the night
E B7
People so busy, makes me feel dizzy
A
Taxi light shines so bright
F#m F#m+7 F#m7 B
But I don't..... need no friends
E B7
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
A AII G#m**
I am in paradise (sha la)
F# B E A G#m
la Every day I look at the world from my window sha la
F#
la But chilly, chilly is the evening time
B B7
Waterloo sunsets fine (Waterloo sunsets fine)
Terry meets julie, waterloo station
Every friday night
But I am so lazy, dont want to wander
I stay at home at night
But I dont feel afraid
As long as I gaze on waterloo sunset
I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
But chilly, chilly is the evening time
Waterloo sunsets fine
Millions of people swarming like flies round waterloo underground
But terry and julie cross over the river
Where they feel safe and sound
And the dont need no friends
As long as they gaze on waterloo sunset
They are in paradise
BII
Waterloo sunsets fine..repeat until fadeout
*Ocassionally he switches to asus2
**he Could possibly be just playing a plain G# major, but its not all that noticable
since its played so quickly
