Classics: The Best of The Kinks

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Kinks

Lola vs. Powerman and the Moneygoround, Pt. One + Percy

Come Dancing with the Kinks 

Muswell Hillbillies

Kinda Kinks

The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society 

Everybody's in Show-Biz

E              B                        

Hush little baby don't you cry 

         B7              E                           

Soon the sun is going to shine 

                  E                           B     

We're going to be free like the birds and the bees 

        B7                  E      (Descend with funk)                  

Running wild in the big country 



E                 G

Got to be free to do what I want 

D                A7

Walk if I want, talk if I want 

E                 G

Got to be free to say what I want 

D                    A7                          

Make what I want and play what I want 



   E                 G

As free as the birds up in the sky 

   D                        A7                          

As free as the bugs and the spiders and flies 

E                 G

I don't know how but I'm gonna try 

     D              E           

I've just got to be free 



                B               B7

And it won't be long 'cos we're right 

             E

And they are wrong 

                 E                     B    

We've got to get out of this world somehow 

                B7                         E               

We've got to be free, we've got to be free now 



E                 G

Got to be free to laugh when I want 

D                     A7                          

Think what I want and cry if I like 

E                 G

Got to be free to do what I want 

D                   A7                          

Say what I want and swear if I like 

   E                       G

As free as the sun and the moon in the sky 

   D                   A7                          

As free as a flea or a proud butterfly 

   E                 G

I don't know how but I'm gonna try 

D                   E                       

I've just got to be free 



(Instrumental as opening- (E) B B7 E)   

                 E                     B    

We've got to get out of this world somehow 

                B7                         E               

We've got to be free, we've got to be free now 



E                 G

Got to be free to do what I want 

D                A7

Walk if I want, talk if I want 

E                 G

Got to be free to say what I want 

D                    A7                          

Make what I want and play what I want 



     E                   G

I've got to be proud and stand up straight 

    D                      A7

And let people see I ain't nobody's slave 

     E                G

I've got to be free before it's too late 

D                   B    (Gliss!! etc)

I've just got to be free 

E                 G

Got to be free to do what I want 

D               A7

Walk if I want, talk if I want 



Repeat E G D A7 to fade

Got To Be Free

[D]Here's wishing you the [F#m]bluest sky 
And [G]hoping something [A]better comes to[D]morrow 
Hoping all the [F#m]verses rhyme 
And the [G]very best of [A]choruses to 
[Bm]Follow all the [Bb]doubt and sadness 
[D]I know that better [E]things are on their [A]way [G] 

Here's [D]hoping all the [F#m]days ahead 
[G]Won't be as bitter [A]as the ones be[D]hind you 
[D]Be an opti[F#m]mist instead 
And [G]somehow happi[A]ness will find you 
[Bm]Forget what happened [F#7]yesterday 
[D]I know that better [E]things are on the [A]way [G] 

[G]It's really good to see you [D]rocking out and [G]having [A]fun 
[D]Living like you [G]just be[A]gun 
[D]Accept your life and [G]what it [A]brings 
I [D]hope tomorrow [G]you'll find [A]better [D]things [F#m] 
I [G]know tomorrow [A]you'll find better [D]things [F#m] [G] [A] 

[D]Here's wishing you the [F#m]bluest sky 
And [G]Hoping something [A]better comes to[D]morrow 
Hoping all the [F#m]verses rhyme 
And the [G]very best of [A]choruses to 
[Bm]Follow all the [Bb]doubt and sadness 
[D]I know that better [E]things are on their [A]way [G] 

I know you've got a lot of [D]good things happening [G]up a[A]head 
[D]The past is gone it's [G]all been [A]said 
[D]So here's to what the [G]future [A]brings 
I [D]know tomorrow [G]you'll find [A]better [D]things [F#m] 
[G]I know tomorrow [A]you'll find better [D]things [F#m] 
[G]I know tomorrow [A]you'll find better [D]things [F#m] [G] [A]

Better Things

Chorus: 

[A]Louie Lou[D]ie, [E]oh [D]baby, [A]I gotta go [D] 
[E]Yeah, yeah, yeah, [D]yeah, yeah 
[A]Louie Lou[D]ie, [E]oh [D]baby, [A]I gotta go [D] [E] [D] 

Verse 1: 

A [A]fine little [D]girl, who [E]waited for [D]me 
I [A]catch a [D]ship a[E]cross the [D]sea

Louie Louie

Intro: 

[C] [D] [E] 

Verse 1: 

I [E]met her in a club down in old Soho 
Where you [A]drink champagne and it [D]tastes just like 
Cherry [E]cola, C - O - L - A [A]cola 
She [E]walked up to me and she asked me to dance 
And I [A]asked her her name and in a [D]dark brown voice 
She said [E]"Lola, L - O - L - A [A]Lola [D] 
La la la la [C]Lola" [D] [E] 

Verse 2: 

Well, [E]I'm not the world's most physical guy 
But when she [A]squeezed me tight she nearly [D]broke my spine, 
Oh, my [E]Lola, la la la la [A]Lola 
Well, [E]I'm not dumb, but I can't understand 
Why she [A]walked like a woman and [D]talked like a man, 
Oh, my [E]Lola, la la la la [A]Lola, [D] 
La la la la

Lola

G (let ring)
                   C          B             Am
'Cause he gets up in the morning,
                C         B           Am
And he goes to work at nine,
                 C                B              Am
And he comes back home at five-thirty,
                 C                B       Am
Gets the same train every time.
                     C         B                Am      C
'Cause his world is built 'round punctuality,
       B      Am
It never fails.

                C    B   Am
And he's oh, so good,
                C    B  Am
And he's oh, so fine,
                C   B     Am
And he's oh, so healthy,
             C      B         Am
In his body and his mind.
F                                   Em
He's a well respected man about town,
F                                 D
Doing the best things so conservatively.

And his mother goes to meetings,
While his father pulls the maid,
And she stirs the tea with councilors,
While discussing foreign trade,
And she passes looks, as well as bills
At every suave young man

Chorus 

And he likes his own backyard,
And he likes his fags the best,
'Cause he's better than the rest,
And his own sweat smells the best,
And he hopes to grab his father's loot,
When Pater passes on.

Chorus

And he plays at stocks and shares,
And he goes to the Regatta,
And he adores the girl next door,
'Cause he's dying to get at her,
But his mother knows the best about
The matrimonial stakes.

Chorus

Well Respected Man

C
See all the people
G    F
With hatred in their eyes
C                     G
I can't help thinking that
     F  
It's only a disguise
      C               G
Cause underneath that core
                  F
There's got to be more
                   G
Than what we realize

C
Maybe they're scared
    G      F 
To let the inside out
C
Maybe they're afraid to
G          F
Show what they're all about
        C               G                  F 
So they put on a heavy front and hope that no one else
               G
Can work them out

        Am       F            G
So they put on all the heaviness
        Am       F             G 
But its only an illusion heaviness
          F
Can't you see
         G
They're scared to
C             G        F
Show a little bit of emotion
C             G        F
A little bit of real emotion
   C             G        F
In case a little bit of emotion
             G
Gives them away

C                  G        F
Look at that lady dancing around with no clothes
       C
She'll give you all her body
G          F
That's if you've got the dough
       C
She'll let you see most
G            F
Anything but there's one thing
                  G
That she'll never show
             C             G      F
And that's a little bit of real emotion
   C            G       F
A little bit of true emotion
   C             G        F  
In case a little bit of emotion
           G
Gives her away

           Am          F           G
But it's a shame she's acting that way
              Am        F             G
Somehow she's gotta get through every day
              F       G
And the only way
          C               G        F
Is not to show one little bit of emotion
   C            G      F
A little bit of true emotion
   C             G        F                 G
In case a little bit of emotion gives her away

(Break)
AM
People learn their lines
         G
And they act out their part
          F
Then they talk on cue
	 C
But it's got no heart
     Am
It's all on the surface
         G
And it's all contrived
        F
They're scared to come out
                       G
Somehow they've got to survive

C
Look at that looney
G      F            
With a smile on his face
   C
He knows no shame
G   F
And feels no disgrace
     G      C
He's got a look in his eyes
     G        F                         G
That makes it seem that he's from outer space
C                 G            F
Maybe that looney knows what it's all about
G        C
He's got something to say
G       F                  G
But he can't spit it out
     C              G        F
He's unco-ordinated so we - shut him out

        G  C              G       F
In case he shows a little bit of emotion
   C            G      F
A little bit of real emotion
       C              G       F
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
      G
So we walk away
C             G            F
Show a little bit of real emotion
C              G       F
Show a little bit of emotion
        C              G       F
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
       G       
So we walk away

A Little Bit Of Emotion

 #A WELL RESPECTED MAN- The Kinks

# strum G slowly
         C    C/B     Am             C     C/B      Am
Cos he gets up in the morning and he goes to work at nine
         C         C/B     Am                    C         C/B   Am
And he comes back home at five thirty, gets the same train every time
          C        C/B     Am     C       C/B  Am
Cos his world is built on punctuality it never fails

CHORUS:
         C C/B Am             C C/B Am
Cos he's oh so good, and he's oh so fine
          C C/B Am             C      C/B Am
And he's oh so healthy in his body and his mind
         F            Em          
He's a well respected man about town
  F                    D           G    G/C  G
Doing the best things so conservatively

# REPEAT

A Well Respected Man

# Couldn't find any half decent chordings, and I was struggling to chord it out myself, so the credit for this really goes to Pencom.

G  A      G       C       A          C  A   G C A
I'm not content to be with you in the daytime
A      G       C       A          C   A   G C A
Girl I want to be with you all of the time
C               G                       B7
The only time I feel alright is by your side
E      D       G       E          G   E   D G E
Girl I want to be with you all of the time

E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night

A   G          C       A       C  A   G C A
I believe that you and me last forever
G  A        G       C         A               C  A  G C A
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
C               G                       B7
The only time I feel alright is by your side
E      D       G       E          G   E   D G E
Girl I want to be with you all of the time

E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
Oh, come on...

A   G          C       A       C  A   G C A
I believe that you and me last forever
G  A        G       C         A               C  A  G C A
Oh yea, all day and nighttime yours, leave me never
C               G                       B7
The only time I feel alright is by your side
E      D       G       E          G   E   D G E
Girl I want to be with you all of the time

E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night
E   D       G          E
All day and all of the night

All Day And All Of The Night

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sounds better on electric acoustic is good but electric is better.
Thank you for learning.
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All Day And All Of The Night intro

C                    G            G7
My makeup is dry and it cracks on my chin
    F                      C           G
I'm drowning my sorrows in whiskey and gin
    C                         C        G7
The lion tamer's whip doesn't crack anymore
    F                             C            G
The lions they won't bite and the tigers won't roar


F        Dm        C        G
La la la La la la  La la la La
    Dm                      C          G
So  let's all drink to the  death of a clown
C                        G             G7
Won't someone help me to break up this crown
F                      C          G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
F        Dm        C        G
La la la La la la  La la la La
F                      C          G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown


    C                       G           G7
The old fortune teller lies dead on the floor
  F                   C       G
Nobody needs fortunes told anymore
    C                     G               G7
The trainer of insects is crouched on his knees
    F                       C       G
And frantically looking for runaway fleas


F        Dm        C        G
La la la La la la  La la la La
F                      C          G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
   C                        G             G7                   
So won't someone help me to break up this crown
F                      C          G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown
F        Dm        C        G
La la la La la la  La la la La
F                      C          G
Let's all drink to the death of a clown


C                 G        G7
La la la la la la la la la la
F                 C        G
La la la la la la la la la la
C                 G        G7
La la la la la la la la la la
F                 C        G
La la la la la la la la la la

Death Of A Clown

C X2 Csus4 x2 C x2 Csus4 x2
               G                    C
They seek him here, they seek him there
                G             C    
His clothes are loud but never square
F                                  C     A#7     A7
It will make or break him so he's got to buy the best
       D7        G           C
He's a dedicated follower of fashion

            G               C
And when he does his little rounds
            G                 C
Round the boutiques of London town
F                        C      A#7-5  A7
Eagerly pursuing all the latest fancy trends
           D7        G           C
Cos he's a dedicated follower of fashion

          G                             C
Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is)
     F                            C
He thinks he is a flower to be looked at
      F                              C     A#7      A7
And when he pulls his frilly nylon panties right up tight
              D7     G           C
He feels a dedicated follower of fashion

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is)
There's one thing that he loves and that is flattery
One week he's in polka dots the next week he's in stripes
Cos he's a dedicated follower of fashion

They seek him here, they seek him there
In Regent's Street and Leister Square
Everywhere the Carnbetian army marches on
Each one a dedicated follower of fashion

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is)
His world is built round discotheques and parties
This pleasure seeking individual always looks his best
Cos he's a dedicated follower of fashion

Oh yes he is (oh yes he is), oh yes he is (oh yes he is)
He flits from shop to shop just like a butterfly
In matters of the cloth he is a flickle as can be
           D         G           C        E7 Edim A7
Cos he's a dedicated follower of fashion
           D         G           C        E7 Edim A7
He's a dedicated follower of fashion
           D         G           C        E7 Edim A7
He's a dedicated follower of fashion!

C

Dedicated Follower Of Fashion

Lyrics are from the BBC Session Album,
not the Muswell Hillbillies Album,
so there may be differences.

A F# Bm E

A     F#   Bm
Holiday,
          E      A     F#
Oh what a lovely day today,
Bm     E         A       F# 
I'm so glad they sent me away,
   Bm            E   A     F#   Bm    E   
To have a little holiday today, holiday, 

A    F#
Holiday,
Bm           E               A        F# 
And I'm just standing on the edge of a pier, 
Bm          E       A        F#
Hoping and dreaming you were here,
Bm          E      A 
To share my little holiday, 

A              F#         Bm          E
Lookin' in the sky, for a gap in the clouds, 
A           F#                   Bm           E
Sometimes I think that sun ain't never coming out, 
        A         A7                D         Bm
But I'd rather be here than in that dirty old town,
  E 
I had to leave the city cos it nearly broke me down, 

A     F#   Bm
Holiday,
          E      A     F#
Oh what a lovely day today,
Bm     E         A       F# 
I'm so glad they sent me away,
   Bm            E   A     F#   Bm    E   
To have a little holiday today, holiday, 

    D                  A 
I'm leaving insecurity behind me, 
    D                              A
The environmental pressures got me down,
A               A7           D       Bm 
I don't need no sedatives to slow me down, 
E 
I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound, 

   A   F#
Oh holiday,
Bm        E      A     F# 
Oh what a lovely day today,
  Bm         E              A         F#
I think I'll get down on my knees and pray,
      Bm              E   A
Thank heaven for this holiday, 

D                          A
Lying on the beach with my back burned rare, 
        D                                A
And the salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair,
        A             A7 
And the sea's an open sewer, 
      D               Bm
But I really couldn't care,
    E 
I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air, 

A     F#   Bm
Holiday,
          E      A     F#
Oh what a lovely day today,
Bm     E         A       F# 
I'm so glad they sent me away,
   Bm            E   A     F#   Bm    E   
To have a little holiday today, holiday, 

A  D  A  D  A

Holiday

I noticed that the little riff during the G chord wasn't written down, so I tabbed it. Here ya go.

E--------------------|
B--------------------|
G--------------------|
D--------0H3---------|
A----3H5-----5-3-----|
E--3-------------6-3-|

Just repeat that everytime the G chord is used. Besides that, it's just standard
in the verse and C-D-C-G for the chorus.

Nothing In This World To Stop Me Worrying About That Girl intro

A|----------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------|
C|-0-5-4-5-0-5-4-5--3-2-1-0----------------
G|----------------------------------------|

Starstruck

G
  C                 F        G
Where are you going I don't mind
        C                       F        G
I've killed my world and I've killed my time
     C            F         G
So where do I go what do I see
        C                  F   G
I see many people coming after me
     C                    F        E
So where are you going to I don't mind
       Am       Am/G       F        C
If I live too long I'm afraid I'll die
   F                      C        E
So I will follow you wherever you go
           Am    Am/G          F      C
If your offered hand is still open to me

CHORUS:
 E        E7       Am          F
Strangers on this road we are on
  C         G           C   C/B  F C G
We are not two; we are one

 C                     F        G
So you've been where I've just come
  C                         F    G
>From the land that brings losers on
 C                      F       G
So we will share this road we walk
     C                   F          G
And mind our mouths and beware our talk
       C                      F        E
Till peace we find tell you what I'll do
          Am      Am/G         F        C
All the things I own I will share with you
           F                   C    E
And if I feel tomorrow like I feel today
        Am          Am/G              F     C
We'll take what we want and give the rest away ...CHORUS

 C            F      G
Holy man and holy priest
       C                     F          G
This love of life makes me weak in my knees
      C                 F         G
And when we get there make your play
      C                       F        G
Cos soon I feel you're gonna carry us away
         C              F        E
In a promised lie you made us believe
     Am   Am/G         F        C
For many men there is so much grief
         F                    C         E
And my mind is proud but it aches with rage
          Am       Am/G       F         C
And if I live too long I'm afraid I'll die ...CHORUS

   E       E7       Am         F
Strangers on this road we are on
 C           G          C  C/B  F  C  G    C
We are not two; we are one

Strangers

"Sunny Afternoon" by The Kinks

Verse 1: 

The [Dm]taxman's taken [C]all my dough 
And [F]left me in my [C]stately home 
[A]Lazin' [**]on a [A+5]sunny [A]after[Dm]noon 
And I can't [C]sail my yacht 
He's [F]taken every[C]thing I've got 
[A]All I've [**]got's this [A+5]sunny [A]after[Dm]noon 

Chorus 1: 

[D7]Save me, save me, save me from this [G7]squeeze 
I got a [C7]big fat mama tryin' to break [F]me [A7] 
And I [Dm]love to live so [G7]pleasantly 
[Dm]Live this life of [G7]luxury 
[F]Lazin' on a [A7]sunny after[Dm9]noon [Dm7] [Dm6] [A#M7] 
In [A]summer[**]time [A+5] [A] 
In [Dm9]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [A#M7] 
In [A]summer[**]time [A+5] [A] 

Verse 2: 

My [Dm]girlfriend's run off [C]with my car, 
And [F]gone back to her [C]ma and pa 
[A]Tellin' [**]tales of [A+5]drunken[A]ness and [Dm]cruelty 
Now I'm [C]sittin' here, 
[F]Sippin' at my [C]ice-cold beer, 
[A]Lazin' [**]on a [A+5]sunny [A]after[Dm]noon 

Chorus 2: 

[D7]Help me, help me, help me sail a[G7]way 
Or give me [C7]two good reasons why I oughtta [F]stay [A7] 
'Cause I [Dm]love to live so [G7]pleasantly, 
[Dm]Live this life of [G7]luxury. 
[F]Lazin' on a [A7]sunny after[Dm9]noon [Dm7] [Dm6] [A#M7] 
In [A]summer[**]time [A+5] [A] 
In [Dm9]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [A#M7] 
In [A]summer[**]time [A+5] [A] 

Chorus 1 

Ending: 

In [Dm9]summer[Dm7]time [Dm6] [A#M7] 
In [A]summer[**]time [A+5] [A]

Sunny Afternoon

I transposed this from a guitar tab and it sounds great on uke! There are a lot of variations on the chords but I grabbed the ones that I thought were easiest to play on the uke.

So here's the tab.

Intro:

A|-5-5-3-3-2-2-1-1-|-0-0-------------|
E|-----------------|-----3-3-1-1-0-0-|
C|-----------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|-----------------|

Here are the chords (I found these on Ultimate-Guitar.com, so all credit goes to the original author, original post at: http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/tabs/k/kinks/sunny_afternoon_ver2_crd.htm)



Intro  Am  Am  E7  E7 Am Am E7 E7 

^This can be played over the intro tab with a second uke if you want

   Verse 1
     Am                G  
The tax man's taken all  my dough
     C            G
And left me in my statley home.
E7                         Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon. 
              G    
And i can't sail my yacht,
     C          G       
He's taken everything i've got,
E7                      Am
All i've got this sunny afternoon. 

Chorus 1

A7                                      D7
Save me, Save me, Save me from this squeeze,
         G                            C   E7
I got a big fat mama trying to break me.    
       Am             D7
And i love to live so pleasantly,
Am                    D7  G
Live this life of luxury,  
C            E7             Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                  E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.

Verse 2

    Am                    G
My girlfriends run off with my car
    C                G
And gone back to her ma and pa
E7                                    Am
Telling tales of drunkenness and cruelty.
         G
Now i'm sitting here,
C              G    
Sipping on my ice cold beer,
E7                        Am  
Lazing on a sunny after noon.

Chorus 2


Help me, Help me, Help me sail away,

Well, give me two good reasons why i oughta stay.

'Cause i love to live so pleasantly
Am                    D7  G
Live this life of luxury,  
C            E7             Am
Lazing on a sunny afternoon, 
       E7
In the summertime,
       Am                  E7
In the summertime, In the summertime.


(then its just Chorus 1 again)


Outro

       Am                 E7
In the summertime, In the summertime,


Then just quietly strum Am until fade (or sudden ending depending on which album you got it on)

(-=-This Was Tabbed by Huw Wilson-Thomas England-=-)

Thanks for reading, enjoy!

Date: August 30, 1997  4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson


SUPERSONIC ROCKET SHIP- The Kinks

INTRO (G AND D7 RIFFS BELOW)

G
Let me take you on a little trip, my supersonic ship's at your disposal
                 D7           
If you feel so inclined, well alright 
G
We're gonna travel faster than light, so do up your overcoat tight 
                                     D7         
And you'll go anywhere you want to decide, well alright 
Am       G      Am      G      Am      G       D7 
Too many people side by side, got no place to hide 

G
On my supersonic rocket ship, nobody has to be hip
                          D7           
Nobody needs to be out of sight, out of sight 
G
Nobody's gonna travel second class, there'll be equality 
                            D7          
And no suppression of minorities
      Am        G       Am       G
We'll take this planet, shake it round
     Am      G      D7
And turn it upside down 
      C G  D             G
On my supersonic rocket ship 

INTRO TWICE (SECOND WITH HORNS)

   Am       G      Am        G
It ain't no magic, ain't no lie
        Am       G          D7
You'll laugh so loud you'll cry 
C   G   D     C     G   D
Up and down, round and round
      C  G  D            G     G RIFF, D7 RIFF
On my supersonic rocket ship 

G
Let me take you on a little trip, my supersonic ship's at your disposal
                 D7
If you feel so inclined, well alright 
G
Nobody's gonna travel second class, there'll be equality 
                                D7      
And no suppression of minorities, well alright 

G                                      D7
Let me take you on a little trip     
G                                      D7
On my supersonic rocket ship        


G RIFF:                                                         D7 RIFF:
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C-(0)--------------------------------------------------------- -1p0-1p0-3---1p0-1p0-3-
G-(0)--------------------------------------------------------- -2---2---2---2---2---2-

Supersonic Rocket Ship

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Dm              G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me
      G
And I like it
Dm              G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me
      G 
And I like it

C           B
You make my world seem right,
C           B                   Dm
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
                G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me,
      G           Dm
And I like it
      G           
And I like  it    

Dm             G
And I like the way you kiss me
C               F 
Don`t know if I should
Dm                  G
But this feeling is love, and I know it
C                 A
That`s why I feel good

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G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

Dm              G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me
      G
And I like it
Dm              G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me
      G
And I like it

C           B
You make my world seem right
C           B                   Dm
You make my darkness bright, oh yes
                G                 Dm
You`ve got this strange effect on me
      G            Dm
And I like it 
      G            Dm
And I like it
      G            
And I like It

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This Strange Effect

NOTE: d= strum down and u= strum up. Also, many of the D chords are 
passing chords and don't really need to be played.


G d G d D du D du Em d Em d Em du D du  (repeat)

 G     D     Em  D  G     D       Em D
This time tomorrow where will we be
 G      D         Em    D  C        B       Em   D
On a spaceship somewhere sailing across an empty sea?
 G     D     Em   D   G    D      Em  D
This time tomorrow what will we know
 G    D       Em     D   C      B            Em     D  D7
Will we still be here watching an in-flight movie show?
       Am       G     D         
I'll leave the sun behind me
           Am         G             B    Em    C
And I'll watch the clouds as they sadly pass me by
  Am    G      D            Am       G            B       Em     C
Seven miles below me I can see the world and it ain't so big at all
 G     D      Em  D G     D      Em D
This time tomorrow what will we see
 G      D        Em   D  C       B       Em        D   D7
Fields full of houses, endless rows of crowded streets

 C                            G                D
I don't know where I'm going, I don't want to see
 C                          Em         D
I see the world below me looking up at me

G d G d D du D du Em d Em d D du Dsus4 du  (repeat)

 Am        G     D              Am         G              B    Em      C
Leave the sun behind me, and I watch the clouds as they sadly pass me by
         Am    G        D              
And I'm in perpetual motion
          Am     G            B     Em      C
And the world below doesn't matter much to me
        G    D     Em   D  G    D      Em D
Well, this time tomorrow where will we be
 G   D   Em             D  C       B        Em    D
On a spaceship somewhere sailing across an empty sea
      G     D     Em   D  G     D     Em  D
Well,this time tomorrow where will we be
 G     D      Em  D  G    D      Em  D
This time tomorrow what will we see
 G     D     Em   D
This time tomorrow...

This Time Tomorrow

              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.



*comments: hb3@aixterm6.urz.uni-heidelberg.de

Waterloo Sunset

F G G F G 4x

G
Girl, you really got me goin' 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now

Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 

C

F G G F G 4x

G
See, don't ever set me free 

I always wanna be by your side 

Girl, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
Oh no... 



F G G F G 4x

G
See, don't ever set me free 

I always wanna be by your side 

Girl, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 

D

You Really Got Me

&quot;Lola&quot; is a song written by Ray Davies and performed by The Kinks which details a romantic encounter between a young man (presumably in his late teen years) and a transvestite he meets in a Soho, London club.  One of The Kinks' best-known songs, the single was taken from the album Lola Versus Powerman And The Moneygoround, Part One, which was released in June, 1970, and reached #2 in the UK charts and #9 in the US. It was ranked 422nd on the List of Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time. It is famous for its C-D-E power riff. 

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Intro/Verse
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Chorus
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Solo
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School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

...

Out Of The Darkness

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
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Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

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No deix de recordar-te
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I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


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All Day And All Of The Night	No rating	intermediate	Chords	Full
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Death Of A Clown	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
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Starstruck	No rating	beginner	Tab	Riff
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This Strange Effect	No rating	beginner	Tab	Full
This Time Tomorrow	No rating	beginner	Chords	Full
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