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Holiday

The Kinks
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D-DU-UDU
Holiday,
 Oh what a lovely day today,
I'm  oh so glad  they sent  me away,
 To have  a little holiday  today, holiday.
Holiday,
And  I'm just standing  on the end  of a pier,
Hoping  and dreaming you  were here,
To  share my little holiday.
Lookin'  in the sky  for a gap  in the clouds,
Sometimes  I think  that sun ain't never  coming out,
 But I'd rather  be here  than in that dirty  old town,
 I had  to leave the city cos it really brought me down.
 Oh holiday, oh  what a lovely day  today,
I  think I'll get down  on my little ol' knees and pray,  thank you Lord,
 Thank heaven  for this holiday  today, holiday.
 I'm leaving  insecurity behind  me,
 The environmental  pressures got me  down,
I  don't need no sedatives  to pull  me round,
I  don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound.
 Oh holiday,
 Oh what a lovely day today,
 I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray,
 That's what I'll do,
 Thank heaven for this holiday.
 Lying on the beach with my back burned rare,
 The salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair,
 And the sea's an open sewer,
 But I really couldn't care,
 I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air.
 Oh holiday,
 Oh what a lovely day today,
 I'm so glad they sent me away,
 To have a little holiday.

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Readable chord sheet for Holiday by The Kinks

[A] [F#] [Bm] [E]

[A]Holida[F#]y,     [Bm]
Oh what a [E]lovely [A]day [F#]today,
[Bm]I'm oh so [E]glad they [A]sent me [F#]away,
To [Bm]have a little [E]holid[A]ay to[F#]day, [Bm]hol[Eb]ida[E]y.

[A]Holida[F#]y,
[Bm]And I'm just [E]standing on the [A]end of a [F#]pier,
[Bm]Hoping and d[E]reaming [A]you were [F#]here,
[Bm]To share my [E]little [A]holiday.

[A]Lookin' in the [F#]sky for a [Bm]gap in the [E]clouds,
[A]Sometimes I [F#]think that sun ain't n[Bm]ever coming [E]out,
But I'd [A]rather be [A7]here than in that [D]dirty old [Bm]town,
I [E]had to leave the city cos it really brought me down.

Oh [A]holid[F#]ay, [Bm]oh what a [E]lovely [A]day tod[F#]ay,
[Bm]I think I'll get [E]down on my little ol' knees and [A]pray, thank you [F#]Lord,
Thank [Bm]heaven for this [E]holid[A]ay tod[F#]ay, [Bm]holida[E]y.

I'm [D]leaving insecurity [A]behind me,
The [D]environmental pressures got me[A] down,
[A]I don't need no [A7]sedatives to [D]pull me [Bm]round,
[E]I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound.

Oh holiday,
Oh what a lovely day today,
I think I'll get down on my little ol' knees and pray,
That's what I'll do,
Thank heaven for this holiday.

Lying on the beach with my back burned rare,
The salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair,
And the sea's an open sewer,
But I really couldn't care,
I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air.

Oh holiday,
Oh what a lovely day today,
I'm so glad they sent me away,
To have a little holiday.

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