Arthur

The Kinks

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Long ago life was clean

Sex was bad and obscene

And the rich were so mean

Stately homes for the Lords

Croquet lawns, village greens

Victoria was my queen

Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

I was born, lucky me

In a land that I love

Though I am poor, I am free

When I grow I shall fight

For this land I shall die

Let her sun never set ...CHORUS TWICE

Land of hope and gloria

Land of my Victoria

Land of hope and gloria

Land of my Victoria

Victoria, toria

OVER VERSE CHORDS)

hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)

Victoria, Victoria, Victoria---------

Yes Sir, No Sir

Yes Sir, no Sir

Where do I go Sir

What do I do Sir

What do I say

Yes Sir, no Sir

Where do I go Sir

What do I do Sir

How do I behave

Yes Sir, no Sir

Permission to speak Sir

Permission to breathe Sir

What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

So you think that you've got ambition

Stop your dreaming and your idle wishing

You're outside and there ain't no admission

To our play

Pack up your ambition in your old kit bag

Soon you'll be happy with a packet of fags

Chest out stomach in

Do what I say, do what I say

Yes right away

Yes Sir, no Sir

Where do I go Sir

What do I do Sir

What do I say

Yes Sir, no Sir

Permission to speak Sir

Permission to breathe Sir

What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

Doesn't matter who you are

You're there and there you are

Everything Is in its place

Authority must be maintained

And then we know exactly where we are

Let them feel that they're important to the cause

But let them know that they are fighting for their homes

Just be sure that they're contributing their all

Give the scum a gun and make the bugger fight

And be sure to have deserters shot on sight

If he dies we'll send a medal to his wife

Yes Sir, no Sir

Please let me die Sir

I think this life is affecting my brain

Yes Sir, no Sir

Three bags full Sir

What do I do Sir, what do I say

What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say

Some Mothers Son

4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F Bb

Some mother's son lies in a field

Someone has killed some mother's son today

Head blown up by some soldier's gun

While all the mothers stand and wait

Some mother's son ain't coming home today

Some mothers son ain't got no grave

Two soldiers fighting in a trench

One soldier glances up to see the sun

And dreams of games he played when he was young

And then his friend calls out his name

It stops his dream and as he turns his head

A second later he is dead (2 bars of D)

Some mother's son lies in a field

Back home they put his picture in a frame

But all dead soldiers look the same

While all the parents stand and wait

To meet their children coming home from school

Some mother's son is lying dead

Somewhere someone is crying

Someone is trying to be so brave

But still the world keeps turning

Though all the children have gone away

Some mother's son lies in a field

But in his mother's eyes he looks the same

As on the day he went away

They put his picture on the wall

They put flowers in the picture frame

Some mothers memory remains

Drivin' Written by Ray Davies

Doo doo doo doo. Dididi doo doo doo doo

Doo doo doo doo doo. Did did doo doo

Dididi doo doo doo

It seems like all the world is fighting

They're even talking of a war (ooo ooo ooo)

Let all the Russians and the Chinese

And the Spanish do their fighting

The sun is shining

We're going drivin', drivin'

Drop all your work

Leave it behind

Forget all your problems

And get in my car

And take a drive with me

The sandwiches are packed

The tea is in the flask

We've plenty of beer

And gooseberry tarts

So take a drive with me

We'll take your mother if you want to

We'll have a picnic on the grass (ooo ooo ooo)

Forget your nephews and your cousins

And your brothers and your sisters

They'll never miss us

'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin'. drivin'. drivin'

Thousands of trees

Hundreds of fields

Millions of birds

So why don't you come

And take a drive with me

We'll talk to the cows

And laugh at the sheep

We'll lie in a field

And we'll have a sleep

So take a drive with me

And all the troubled world around us

Seems an eternity away (ooo ooo ooo)

And all the debt collectors, rent collectors

All will be behind us

But they'll never find us

'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'

(Solo- )

Drive with me...Drive with me...

Passed Barnet Church

Up to Potters Bar

We won't be home late

It's not very far

(Break)

So take a drive with me, take a drive with me

Drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin' ....repeat into the sunset

Note: On the 'Drivin'.. parts, the bass does nice walk.

kind of thing. And remember, don't go too fast and don't drink while playing

this song.

Brainwashed By Ray Davies

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You look like a real human being

But you don't have a mind of your own.

Yea, you can talk, you can breathe,

you can work, you can stitch, you can sew.

But you're brainwashed.

"Chorus:"

Yes you are, yes you are Get down on your knees.

"Chorus"

Australia

AUSTRALIA- The Kinks

Opportunities are available in all walks of life in Australia

So if you're young and if you're healthy

C (RIFF several times)

Why not get a boat and come to Australia?

Australia, the chance of a lifetime

Australia, you get what you work for

Nobody has to be any better than what they want to be

Australia, no class distinction

Australia, no drug addiction

Nobody's got a chip on their shoulder

We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.

We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday

On sunny Christmas Day

Australia, Australia----------

No one hesitates at life or beats around the bush in Australia

So if you're young and if you're healthy

Why not get a boat and come to Australia?

Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)

Everyone walks around with a perpetual smile across their face

Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)

Everyone gets around and nobody can ever get you down

We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.

We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday

On sunny Christmas Day

Australia, Australia----------

on )

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A ---0---3-3--

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Shangri-la

(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 twice)

Now that you've found your paradise

This is your kingdom to command

You can go outside and polish your car

Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La

Here is your reward for working so hard

Gone are the lavatories in the backyard

Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car

You just want to sit in your Shangri-La

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire

You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher

You're in your place and you know where you are

In your Shangri-La

Sit back in your old rockin' chair

You need not worry you need not care

You can't go anywhere

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh

The little man who gets the train

Got a mortgage hanging over his head

But he's too scared to complain

Cos he's conditioned that way

Time goes by and he pays off his debts

Got a T.V. set and a radio

For seven shillings a week

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh

And all the houses in the street have got a name

Cos all the houses in the street they look the same

Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes

The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know

They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go

They tell your business in another Shangri-La

The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car

Too scared to think about how insecure you are

Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La

Shangri-La la la la la la la...

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire

You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher

You're in your place and you know where you are

In your Shangri-La

Sit back in your old rockin' chair

You need not worry you need not care

You can't go anywhere

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.

Well Mr. Churchill says, Mr. Churchill says

We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end

Mr. Beaverbrook says we gotta save our tin

And all the garden gates

And empty cans are gonna make us win

We shall defend our island

On the land and on the sea

We shall fight them on the beaches

On the hills and in the fields

We shall fight them in the streets

Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so few

'Cos they have made our British Empire

A better place for me and you

And this was their finest hour

Well Mr. Montgomery says

And Mr. Mountbatten says

We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end

As Vera Lynn would say

We'll meet again someday

But all the sacrifices we must make before the end

Did you hear that plane flying overhead

There's a house an fire and there's someone lying dead

We gotta clean up the streets

And get me back on my feet

Because we wanna be free

Do your worst and we'll do our best

We're gonna win the way that Mr. Churchill says

proto-rap: G Bb C is an adequate progression under the rap and

solo, but the chords aren't right

Oh! oh! oh! oh! oh! oh! Well Mr. Churchill says

We gotta hold up our chins

We gotta show some courage and some discipline

We gotta black up the windows and nail up the doors

And keep right on till the end of the war

She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina

Written by Ray Davies

Intro Harpsichord Arpeggios on C

She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's

To wear at all her social affairs

She wears it when she's cleaning the windows

She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs

But you will never see her at Ascot

She can't afford the time or the fare

But she's bought a hat like Princess Mari____na's

So she don't care Bass walk-up G A B C

He's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's

Because it makes him feel like a Lord

But he can't afford a Rolls or a Bentley

He has to buy a secondhand Ford

He tries to feed his wife and his family

And buy them clothes and shoes they can wear

But he's bought a hat like Anthony E_____den's

So he don't care Drums up the tempo into...

( stomp, with swazzle)

Buddy can you spare me a dime

My wife is getting hungry

And the kids are crying

This poverty is hurting my pride

Buddy can you spare me, buddy can you spare me a dime

Guitar Solo and stomp on A7 D7 G C x2 (hold C last time)

Drum break and key change into a looney tune rendition

She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's

And her neighbors think it suits her a treat

But she hasn't any food in the larder

Nor has anybody else in the street

But to look at her you'd think she was wealthy

'Cos she smiles just like a real millionaire

'Cos she's bought a hat like Princess Ma__rina's

So she don't care,

she don't care,

(Drum break)

she don't care,

she don't care___________

YOUNG AND INNOCENT DAYS

RIFF 1

I look back at the way I used to look at life

RIFF 2 /B

Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside

/ RIFF 3

It was great, so great

Young and innocent days

I wish my eyes could only see

RIFF 2 /B

Every-thing, exactly as it used to be

It's too late, so late

Young and innocent days

I see the lines across your face

Time has gone and nothing ever can replace

Those great, so great

Young and innocent days

(OUTRO PLAY ALL CHORDS OF VERSE)

RIFF 2: RIFF 3:

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NOTE: There are two guitars playing different things in the song (most

notably in the outro) so there are alot of things simplified and left out.

Nothing To Say

Written by: Ray Davies

fill: D ----2--3--5--3--3--3-

A --3------------------ (fuzz guitar)

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Remember walking with you by my side

You were my Papa and I was your pride

Now I've got children and I'm going grey

No time for talking, I got nothin' to say

Those Sunday dinners that we had at home

Now I've got a house and I've got friends of my own

We can't do tomorrow what we did yesterday

It's best that we're going our separate ways, OK

How is your rheumatism (nothing to say)

How are your chillblains (nothing to say)

How's Aunty Mabel (nothing to say)

So far Papa, I got nothin' to say, OK

Those happy days we spent together

We thought our world would never change

How________ the days go by

And things will never be the same

You keep pretending that everything's fine

So you make small talk to help pass the time

But all the words that you spit from your face

Add up to nothin', you got nothin' to say

How are those noisy neighbors next door

I'll have to go soon 'cos I'm getting bored

I gotta be home early to see a good play

So far Papa, I got nothin' to say

Now the verse chords are played over "La la la la-la, la-la la la,"

How is your life insurance (nothing to say)

How is your trade union (nothing to say)

How is your Independence (nothing to say)

So for Papa, I got nothin' to say

Arthur

Arthur was born just a plain simple man

in a plain simple working class position

Though the world was hard and its ways were set

he was young and he had so much ambition

All the week he was overtaken

by people who make the big decisions

But he tried and he tried for a better life

and a way to improve his own condition

If only life were easy it would be such fu-u-un

Things would be more equal and be plenty for everyone

Arthur the world's gone and passed you by

Don't you know it, don't you know it

You can cry, cry all night but it won't make it right

Don't you know it, don't you know it

Arthur we know and we sympathize

Don't you know it, don't you know it

Arthur we like you and want to help you

Somebody loves you, don't you know it

It shifts keys back to the A-E section for the guitar solo and the "How's

your wife" verse, then goes back to D-A after repeating the middle eight

("If only life were easy"). At the end there's this part:

Don't you know it, don't you know it

Somebody loves you, don't you know it

Don't you know it, don't you know it

And then it's back to "Arthur, the world's gone..." with its D-A chords,

which are continued for the long fade-out.

On those late verses where there's no singing on the "don't you know it"

parts, you can play an A7 instead of an A.

lead guitar Parts

During the A & E chords ("verses"), the following is played:

G --2--2--0--2--0--0--2--2--0--2--0--0--1----1----1----1--1--0--2--

The prechorus I just play the chords noted. Over the D & A chords

("chorus"), I play:

B --3--3--1--3--1--1--3--3--1--3--1--1--5----5----5----5--5--1--3--

and during the solo, this line is moved up an octave to:

B -10-10--8-10--8--8-10-10--8-10--8--8-12---12---12---12-12--8-10----

with liberal bends on the E's at the 12th fret.

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Readable chord sheet for Arthur by The Kinks

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Long a[D]go life was cl[G]ean
Sex was b[C]ad and obs[G]cene
And the r[D]ich were so m[G]ean
Stately h[D]omes for the L[G]ords
Croquet la[C]wns, village gr[G]eens
Victor[D]ia was my qu[G]een

Vi[G]ctori[D]a, V[Em]ictor[Bm]ia, Victor[D]ia, 't[G]oria

I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set ...CHORUS TWICE

[Em]Land of hope and glo[D]ria
La[D]nd of my Vict[C]oria
[Em]Land of hope and gl[D]oria
La[D]nd of my Vict[C]oria
Victo[D]ria, to[G]ria

OVER VERSE CHORDS)

hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)

  [G]    [D]   [Em]  [Bm]     [D]             [G]
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria---------

Yes Sir, No Sir

[G]Yes Sir, [D]no Sir
[Bb]Where do I [F]go Sir
[Eb]What do I [Bb]do Sir
[Ab]What do [A]I [Bb]say

[Bb]Yes Sir, [F]no Sir
[Eb]Where do I [Bb]go Sir
[Eb]What do I [Bb]do Sir
How [Ab]do I [A]be[Bb]have

[Bb]Yes Sir, [F]no Sir
[Eb]Permission to [Bb]speak Sir
[Eb]Permission to [Bb]breathe Sir
[Ab]What do [A]I [Bb]say, how [Ab]do I [A]be[Bb]have, [Ab]what [A]do I [Bb]say

[Bb]So you [Bb]thi[A]nk that you've [Bb/G]got am[Bb/F]bition
[Eb]  Stop your [Eb]dre[D]aming and your [Eb]idl[C]e [Eb]wishing

[C#]You're out[C#]sid[C]e and there [C#]ain[Bb]'t no ad[C#]mis[Ab]sion
[Ab]To [A]our [Bb]play

[Bb]Pack up your [Bb]amb[A]ition in [Bb/G]your old kit [Bb/F]bag
[Eb]  Soon you'll be [Eb]hap[D]py with a [Eb]pac[C]ket of [Eb]fags
[D]Chest [C#]out[C] s[C#]tom[Bb]ach [C#]in [Ab]

[Ab]Do w[A]hat I [Bb]say, [Ab]do what [A]I [Bb]say
[Ab]Yes ri[A]ght [Bb]away

[G]Yes Sir, [D]no Sir
[Bb]Where do I [F]go Sir
[Eb]What do I [Bb]do Sir
[Ab]What do [A]I [Bb]say

[Bb]Yes Sir, [F]no Sir
[Eb]Permission to [Bb]speak Sir
[Eb]Permission to [Bb]breathe Sir
[Ab]What do [A]I [Bb]say, how [Ab]do I [A]be[Bb]have, [Ab]what [A]do I [Bb]say

[Cm]Doesn't matter who you are
You're there and there you are [Bb]    [Ab]       [Eb]
[Cm]Everything Is in its place
Authority must be maintained   [Bb]      [Ab]         [Eb]

And [G7]then we know exactly where we [C]are
Let them [C]feel that they're important to the cause
But let them know that they are fighting for their [Bb]homes
Just be sure that they're contributing their [C]all
Give the [C]scum a gun and make the bugger fight
And be sure to have deserters shot on [Bb]sight
If he dies we'll send a medal to his [C]wife

[G]Yes Sir, [D]no Sir
[Eb]Please let me [F]die Sir
[Eb]I think this [Bb]life is [Ab]affecting [A]my [Bb]brain
[Bb]Yes Sir, [F]no Sir
[Eb]Three bags [Bb]full Sir
[Eb]What do I [Bb]do Sir, [Ab]what do [A]I [Bb]say
[Ab]What do [A]I [Bb]say, how [Ab]do I [A]be[Bb]have, [Ab]what do [A]I [Bb]say  [Ab]          [A]            [Bb]

Some Mothers Son

4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F  Bb

Some [Bb]mother's [F]son lies in a [Bb]field
[D7]Someone has killed some mother's [Gm]son [F]tod[Eb]ay  [Eb]     [D]
[Cm]Head blown up by [F]some soldier's [Bb]gun
[D]While all the [A]mothers stand and [D7]wait
[F#]Some mother's [F#7]son ain't coming [Bm]home [A]to[G]day
[Bb]Some mothers [C]son ain't got no [D]grave

[Bb]Two soldiers [F]fighting in a [Bb]trench
[D7]One soldier glances up to [Gm]see [F]the [Eb]sun [Eb]    [D]
[Cm]And dreams of [F]games he played when [Bb]he [F]was [Eb]young
[D]And then his fr[A]iend calls out his [D7]name
[F#]It stops his d[F#7]ream and as he [Bm]turns [A]his [G]head
A [Bb]second [C]later he is [D]dead           (2 bars of D)

[Bb]Some mother's [F]son lies in a [Bb]field
[D7]Back home they put his picture [Gm]in [F]a [Eb]frame[Eb]   [D]
[Cm]But all dead [F]soldiers look the [Bb]same [F]     [Eb]
[D]While all the [A]parents stand and w[D7]ait
[F#]To meet their [F#7]children coming [Bm]home [A]from [G]school
[Bb]Some mother's [C]son is lying [D]dead

Some[G]where someone is [D]crying
Someone is [A]trying to be so [D]brave
But [Bb]still the world keeps tu[F]rning
Though all the c[C]hildren have gone [F]away  [F7]

[Bb]Some mother's [F]son lies in a [Bb]field
[D7]But in his mother's eyes he loo[Gm]ks [F]th[Eb]e sam[Eb]e  [D]
[Cm]As on the day[F] he went away     [Bb]          [F]              [Eb]
[D]They put his p[A]icture on the wall [D7]
[F#]They put flowe[F#7]rs in the pictur[Bm]e fra[A]me   [G]
[Bb]Some mothers m[C]emory remains[D]

Drivin'    Written by Ray Davies

[F]Doo doo doo [Bb]doo. Dididi [E]doo doo doo [A]doo
[Eb]Doo doo doo [Ab]doo doo.  [D]Did did doo [G]doo
[D]Dididi doo doo [G]doo

[Cm]  It seems like all the world is [Gm]fighting
[Bb] They're even talking of a [F]war (ooo ooo [F7]ooo)
[F]Let all the Russians and the Chinese
And the Spanish do their [Bb]fighting
The sun is [D7]shining
We're going [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin'

[F]Drop all your [Bb]work
[E]Leave it be[A]hind
[D]Forget all your [G]problems
[C#]And get in my [F#]car
And take a [C#]drive with [F#]me

The [F]sandwiches are [Bb]packed
The [E]tea is in the [A]flask
We've [Eb]plenty of [Ab]beer
And [D]gooseberry [G]tarts
So take a [D]drive with [G]me

[Cm]  We'll take your mother if you [Gm]want to
[Bb]  We'll have a picnic on the [F]grass  (ooo ooo [F7]ooo)

[F7]Forget your nephews and your cousins
And your brothers and your [Bb]sisters
They'll never [D7]miss us
'Cos we'll be [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin'. [G]dri[D]vin'. [G]dri[D]vin'
[F]Thousands of [Bb]trees
[E]Hundreds of [A]fields
[D]Millions of [G]birds
So [C#]why don't you [F#]come
And take a [C#]drive with [F#]me

We'll [F]talk to the [Bb]cows
And [E]laugh at the [A]sheep
We'll [D]lie in a [G]field
And [C#]we'll have a [F#]sleep
So take a [C#]drive with [F#]me

[Cm]  And all the troubled world a[Gm]round us
[Bb]  Seems an eternity a[F]way (ooo ooo [F7]ooo)
[F]And all the debt collectors, rent collectors
All will be [Bb]behind us
But they'll never [D7]find us
'Cos we'll be [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin'

   (Solo- [F]  [Bb]  [E]  [A]  [Eb]  [Ab]  [D]  [G] )
[D]Drive with [G]me...[D]Drive with [G]me...

[F]Passed Barnet [Bb]Church
[E]  Up to Potters [A]Bar
We [Eb]won't be home [Ab]late
It's [D]not very [G]far
          [D]          [G]          [D]          [G]   (Break)
So take a drive with me, take a drive with me
[G]Dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin', [G]dri[D]vin'   ....repeat into the sunset

Note: On the 'Drivin'.. parts, the bass does [A] nice walk. [G] [F#] [F] [E] [D] [E] [F] [F#] [G]
kind of thing. And remember, don't go too fast and don't drink while playing
this song.

Brainwashed      By Ray Davies

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------1--3-3------------------------------------|
D|-5-5--0-0-3--5-5------5-5-------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|
A|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|

    [G]
E|--3-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----6-3-6-3---3-----------------------------------------------------|
G|------------5---5-3-5-3---3-----------------------------------------|
D|------------------------5---5-3-5-3---------------------------------|
A|------------------------------------5--3-5--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

    [C]
E|--8-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----11-8-11-8----8--------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------10---10-8-10-8----8-----------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------10---10-8-10-8-------------------------|
A|--------------------------------------------10--8-10----------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-12--12-12------------------------------|
A|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-12--12-12------------------------------|
D|-5-5-5-5-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-10-12--12-12------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5--8-8--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------|
A|-5-5--8-8--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------|
D|-5-5--8-8--10-10--12-12---------------------------------------------|

E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--10-10--9-9--8-8--7-7----------|
A|-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--10-10--9-9--8-8--7-7----------|
D|-10-10-10-10-9-9-9-9-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7--10-10--9-9--8-8--7-7----------|

You look like a real human being
But you don't have a mind of your own.
Yea, you can talk, you can breathe,
you can work, you can stitch, you can sew.
But you're brainwashed.
"Chorus:"
[C]   Yes you are,  [Bb]  yes yo[F]u are  [Bb]Get down [F]on your [C]knees.
"Chorus"
Australia

AUSTRALIA-  The Kinks

Opport[C]unities are available in all walks of life in Au[G]stralia
So if you're y[F]oung and if you're healthy
                                  C (RIFF several times)
Why not get a boat and come to Australia?
Aust[Dm]ralia, the c[G]hance of a lifetime
Aust[Dm]ralia, you g[G]et what you work for
N[C]obody has to be any better than what they want to be
Aust[Dm]ralia, [G]no class distinction
Aust[Dm]ralia, [G]no drug addiction
N[C]obody's got a chip on their shoulder

We'll s[Ab]urf like they do in the [C]U.S.A.
We'll f[Am]ly down to Syndey f[G]or our holiday
On su[Ab]nny Christmas [Eb]Day
   [Bb]   [Ab]    [Eb]
Australia, Australia----------

No one hesitates at life or beats around the bush in Australia
So if you're young and if you're healthy
Why not get a boat and come to Australia?
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Everyone walks around with a perpetual smile across their face
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Australia (sha-la-la-la, sha-la-la-la)
Everyone gets around and nobody can ever get you down

W[Ab]e'll surf[Abm] like they do in the [C]U.S.A.[C/B]
We'll f[Am]ly down to Syndey f[G]or our holiday
On su[Ab]nny Christmas [Eb]Day
   [Bb]   [Ab]    [Eb]
Australia, Australia----------

on [Eb])

D ------------
A ---0---3-3--
E -3---3------

Shangri-la

(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4  twice)

No[Am]w that you've fou[G]nd your pa[E7]radis[Am]e
Thi[Am]s is your ki[C]ngdom to[G] comma[E7]nd
You can g[Am]o out[C]side and po[G]lish your c[E7]ar
Or s[Am]it by the fi[C]re in your Sh[E7]angri-L[Am]a

H[Am]ere is your rew[G]ard for wor[E7]king so h[Am]ard
Go[Am]ne are the lav[C]atories in [G]the back[E7]yard
Go[Am]ne are the da[C]ys when you dre[G]amed of that [E7]car
You ju[Am]st want to s[C]it in your Sh[E7]angri-L[Am]a    [A]

P[D]ut on your slippers and s[Dmaj7]it by the fire
         [D7]                      [G]         [G/f#]      [Em]
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your pl[C]ace and you k[C/B]now where you a[Am]re  [Am/G]
In your Sh[F]angri-[F/E]La   [Dm]       [Dm/C]
S[D]it back in your ol[Dmaj7]d rockin' chair
     [D7]                  [G]          [G/f#]  [Em]
You need not worry you need not care
You can't go anyw[C]here[C/B]     [Am]
Shangri-L[F]a,[A] Shangri-L[F]a,[A] Shangri-L[Bb]a-a[F]h-ah-a[C]hh  [A]

The lit[D]tle man who g[Dmaj7]ets the train
         [D7]              [G]          [G/f#]  [Em]
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
But he's too sca[C]red to complain[C/B]     [Am]        [Am/G]
Cos he's condi[F]tioned that w[F/E]ay   [Dm]      [Dm/C]
T[D]ime goes by and he p[Dmaj7]ays off his debts
       [D7]              [G]   [G/f#]  [Em]
Got a T.V. set and a radio
For seven shi[C]llings a week [C/B]      [Am]
Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[Bb]La-a[F]h-ah-a[C]hhh
Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[Bb]La-a[F]h-ah-a[C]hhh

[Bb] [F] [C]   [Bb] [F] [C]  [Bb] [F] [Dm]

A[Dm]nd all the hou[Dm/C]ses in the s[Dm/B]treet have got a n[Dm]ame[Bb]
C[Dm]os all the hou[Dm/C]ses in the s[Dm/B]treet they look the s[Dm]ame[Bb]
Sa[A]me chimney pots, same little c[D]ars, same window p[Dm]anes
T[Dm]he neighbors c[Dm/C]all to tell you th[Dm/B]ings that you should [Dm]kno[Bb]w
T[Dm]hey say their l[Dm/C]ines they drink their [Dm/B]tea and then they [Dm]go [Bb]
T[A]hey tell your business in a[D]nother Shangri[Dm]-La
T[Dm]he gas bills and the w[Dm/C]ater rates and pa[Dm/B]yments on the ca[Dm]r  [Bb]
T[Dm]oo scared to th[Dm/C]ink about how ins[Dm/B]ecure you are[Dm]   [Bb]
L[A]ife ain't so happy in your li[D]ttle Shangri-La
Shangri-L[G]a la la l[C]a la la l[F]a..[Bb].   [G]     [C]       [F]         [Bb]            [G]              [C]                [F]                  [Bb]                     [G]                       [C]                         [F]                           [Bb]                                 [G]                                   [C]                                     [F]                                       [A]

P[D]ut on your slippers and s[Dmaj7]it by the fire
           [D7]                     [G]         [G/f#]      [Em]
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
You're in your pl[C]ace and you kn[C/B]ow where you a[Am]re
In your Sh[F]angri-[F/E]La   [Dm]       [Dm/C]
Si[D]t back in your o[Dmaj7]ld rockin' chair
      [D7]                 [G]          [G/f#]  [Em]
You need not worry you need not care
You can't go any[C]where [C/B]      [Am]
Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-L[Bb]a-ah[F]-ah-a[C]hhh  [A]
Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-[F]La[A], Shangri-L[Bb]a-ah[F]-ah-ah[C]hh

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.

[G]Well Mr. Churchill s[D]ays, Mr. Churchill says
We gotta [G]fight the bloody [Em]battle to the [C]very [G]end  [D7]
Mr. [G]Beaverbrook says we gotta [D]save our tin
And all the [G]garden gates
And [Em]empty cans are gonna [C]make us [G]win

[G]We shall defend our [D7]island
On the [C]land and on the [G]sea
We shall [G]fight them on the [D7]beaches
On the [C]hills and in the [G]fields
We shall [C]fight them in the [G]streets

[G]Never in the field of huma[D]n conflict was so[C] much owed to so f[G]ew
'Cos they have [G]made our British Em[D]pire
A better [C]place for me and y[G]ou
And [C]this was their finest [G]hour

Well Mr. Mont[G]gomery says
And Mr. Mount[D]batten says
We gotta [G]fight the bloody [Em]battle to the [C]very [G]end

As Vera [G]Lynn would say
We'll meet a[D]gain someday
But all the [G]sacrifices [Em]we must make be[C]fore the [G]end

[Air Raid Siren: then aggressively-  [G] [Bb] [C]  [G] [Bb] [C]

Did you [G]hear that [Bb]plane flying [C]overhead [G]    [Bb]        [C]
There's a [G]house an fire and there's [Bb]someone [C]lying [D]dead
We gotta clean up the st[C]reets
And get me back on my f[Bb]eet
Because we wanna be f[D7]ree  [G]     [Bb]         [C]             [G]                [Bb]                    [C]
[G]Do your worst and we'll [Bb]do our b[C]est [G]    [Bb]        [C]
We're gonna [G]win the way that Mr. [Bb]Churc[C]hill [D]says

 proto-rap: G  Bb  C is an adequate progression under the rap and
solo, but the chords aren't right

Oh! oh! oh! oh! oh! oh! Well Mr. Churchill says

We gotta hold up our chins

We gotta show some courage and some discipline

We gotta black up the windows and nail up the doors

And keep right on till the end of the war

She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina
Written by Ray Davies

Intro   Harpsichord Arpeggios on C

She's [C]bought a hat like [Cdim]Princess Ma[C]rina's
To [A]wear at all her social af[Dm7]fairs
She [E7]wears it when she's cleaning the [Am]windows
She [Ebdim]wears it when she's scrubbing the [G]stairs [Adim]      [Bbdim]            [G/B]

But [C]you will never [Cdim]see her at [C]Ascot
She [A]can't afford the time or the [Dm7]fare
But she's [F]bought a hat like [F#dim]Princess [C/G]Mari____na[A]'s
So [Dm9]she [G6]don't [C]care     Bass walk-up  G A B  C

He's [C]bought a hat like Anthony [D7]Eden's
Be[G]cause it makes him feel like a [C]Lord   [D]       [Eb]
But he [E7]can't afford a Rolls or a [Am]Bentley
He h[D]as to buy a secondhand [G]Ford   [Adim]         [Bbdim]
He t[C]ries to feed his wife and his [D7]family
And [G]buy them clothes and shoes they can [E]wear
But he's [F]bought a hat like [F#dim]Anthony [C]E___[B]__[A]den's
So [Dm9]he  [G6]don't [C]care   Drums up the tempo into...

([A] stomp, with [A] swazzle)

[A7]Buddy can you spare me a [D7]dime
[G]  My wife is getting hungry
And the [C]kids are crying
This [A7]poverty is hurting my [D7]pride
[G]Buddy can you s[G7]pare me, [C]buddy can you spare me a dime

Guitar Solo and stomp on  A7  D7  G   C x2  (hold C last time)
[Buddy can you spare me, buddy can you spare me a dime...etc]

Drum break and key change into a looney tune rendition

She's [F]bought a hat like Princess Ma[G]rina's
And her [C]neighbors think it suits her a [F]treat
But she [A7]hasn't any food in the [Dm]larder
Nor has [G]anybody else in the s[C]tre[Ddim]et   [Ebdim]         [C7]            [G]
But to [F]look at her you'd think she was [G]wealthy
'Cos she [C]smiles just like a real millio[A7]naire
'Cos she's [Bb]bought a hat like [Bdim]Princess [F]Ma__[E]ri[D]na's
So [Gm9]she [C6]don't [F]care, [E]    [D]
[Gm9]she [C6]don't [F]care, [E]    [D]
[Gm9] [C6]    [F]    (Drum break)
she don't care,

[Gm9]she [C6]don't [F]care___________

YOUNG AND INNOCENT DAYS

[C] [C/B] [Am] [Am/G] [F]  [F/E] [Dm] [F/E] [Dm] [F] [F/E] [Dm] [C]  [N.C.]

[C]  [C/B] [Am]   [Am/G]    [F]   RIFF 1            [Dm]
I look back at the way I used to look at life
[Dm]     [Dm/C]   [Dm/B]       RIFF 2         [C]    [C]  [C]/B  [Am] [Am/G]
Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside
         [C]  [C/B] [Am]  [Am/F]    [G7]   [G7]/[F]  [G7]  RIFF 3
It was great,            so great
[F]Young and [G7]innocent [F]days    [C]

I[C] wi[C/B]sh my e[Am]yes [Am/G]could o[F]nl[F/E]y  s[Dm]ee
[Dm] [Dm/C] [Dm/B]   RIFF 2              [C]    [C]  [C]/B  [Am] [Am/G]
Every-thing, exactly as it used to be
It's too l[C]ate[C/B],   [Am]    [Am/F]    so l[G7]ate  [G7]     [F]        [G7]
[F]Young and [G7]innocent [F]days    [C]
[F]Young and [G7]innocent [F]days    [C]

[D]  [D] [D] [E] [D]  [G]   [C]

[D]  [D] [D] [E] [D]  [G]   [C]  [C/B]  [Am]  [Em]  [F]  [C]

[D]  [D] [D] [E] [D]  [G]   [C]

I see the lines across your face
Time has gone and nothing ever can replace
Those great, so great
Young and innocent days
[C]    [F]Young and [G7]innocent [F]days [F]   [E]     [F/D]          [C]

(OUTRO PLAY ALL CHORDS OF VERSE)

RIFF 2:          RIFF 3:
E --------------------- ---------------- --------------
B --------------------- ---------------- --------------
G ---0-2-0------------- ---------------- --------------
D -4-------4-3-0------- ---------------- --------------
A --------------------- ---0-2-0-----3-- -------0------
E --------------------- -3-------3-1---- -0-1-3--------

NOTE: There are two guitars playing different things in the song (most
notably in the outro) so there are alot of things simplified and left out.

      Nothing To Say
          Written by: Ray Davies

     fill: D ----2--3--5--3--3--3-
           A --3------------------ (fuzz guitar)
           E ---------------------

[C] [G] [F] [C], 2x

[C]Remember [G]walking with [F]you by my [C]side

[C]You were my [G]Papa and [F]I was your [C]pride

[C]Now I've got [G]children and [F]I'm going [C]grey

[C]No time for [G]talking, I got [F]nothin' to [C]say

[C]Those Sunday [G]dinners that [F]we had at [C]home

[C]Now I've got a [G]house and I've got [F]friends of my [C]own

[C]We can't do to[G]morrow what we [F]did yester[C]day

[C]It's best that [G]we're going our [F]separate [C]ways, OK

[C]How is your [G]rheumatism ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]How are your [G]chillblains ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]How's Aunty [G]Mabel ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]So far [G]Papa, I got [F]nothin' to [C]say, OK

[F]Those happy days we [C]spent together

[F]We thought our world would [C]never change

[F]How________ the [C]days go by

[F]And things will never be the [C]same [G]

[C]You keep [G]pretending that [F]everything's [C]fine

[C]So you make [G]small talk to [F]help pass the [C]time

[C]But all the [G]words that you [F]spit from your [C]face

[C]Add up to [G]nothin', you got [F]nothin' to [C]say

[C]How are those [G]noisy [F]neighbors next [C]door

[C]I'll have to [G]go soon 'cos [F]I'm getting [C]bored

[C]I gotta be home [G]early to [F]see a good [C]play

[C]So far [G]Papa, I got [F]nothin' to [C]say

     Now the verse chords are played over "La la la la-la, la-la la la,"

[C]How is your [G]life insurance ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]How is your [G]trade union ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]How is your Inde[G]pendence ([F]nothing to [C]say)

[C]So for [G]Papa, I got [F]nothin' to [C]say

Arthur

[A]Arthur was born just a plain simple man
in a p[E]lain simple working class pos[A]ition

Though the world was hard and its ways were set
he was y[E]oung and he had so much amb[A]ition

All the week he was overtaken
by p[E]eople who make the big dec[A]isions

But he tried and he tried for a better life
and a w[E]ay to improve his own cond[A]ition
If [D]only life were easy it would be such fu-u-[A]un[G]  [D]    [A]
[D]Things would be more equal and be plenty for every[A]on[G]e [D]   [A]
[D]Arthur the world's gone and passed you by
Don't you k[A]now it, don't you k[D]now it

You can cry, cry all night but it won't make it right
Don't you k[A]now it, don't you k[D]now it

Arthur we know and we sympathize
Don't you k[A]now it, don't you k[D]now it

Arthur we like you and want to help you
[A]Somebody loves you, don't you k[D]now it

It shifts keys back to the A-E section for the guitar solo and the "How's
your wife" verse, then goes back to D-A after repeating the middle eight
("If only life were easy"). At the end there's this part:

Don't you k[A]now it, don't you k[D]now it
[A]Somebody loves you, don't you k[D]now it
Don't you k[A]now it, don't you k[D]now it     [A]       [D]

And then it's back to "Arthur, the world's gone..." with its D-A chords,
which are continued for the long fade-out.

On those late verses where there's no singing on the "don't you know it"
parts, you can play an A7 instead of an A.

lead guitar Parts

During the A & E chords ("verses"), the following is played:

G --2--2--0--2--0--0--2--2--0--2--0--0--1----1----1----1--1--0--2--

The prechorus I just play the chords noted. Over the D & A chords
("chorus"), I play:

B --3--3--1--3--1--1--3--3--1--3--1--1--5----5----5----5--5--1--3--

and during the solo, this line is moved up an octave to:

B -10-10--8-10--8--8-10-10--8-10--8--8-12---12---12---12-12--8-10----

with liberal bends on the E's at the 12th fret.

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