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The Kinks - 20th Century Man
(Ray Davies)
A E
This is the age of machinery, a mechanical nightmare
A
A wonderful world of technology
D
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G
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
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A C#m B Bm
Tea time won't be the same without my Donna
A C#m B Bm
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
C# F#m
I think about that small caf?
C# F#m
That's where we used to meet each day
C# F#m F#
An
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B|------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------5------5------5------|
D|---5--
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D D D D D A E D E A
A A
I think I'm sophisticated 'cause I'm living my life
E E
like a good homo sapiens
A A
But all around me everybody's multiplying and
E E
they're walking round like flies man
D D
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B C# F# B C# F#
Bm E A
From the dew soaked hedge creeps a crawly catapillar
E D E A E A E
When the dawn begins to crack, its all part of my autumn almanac
Bm E A
Breeze blows leaves of a musty colored
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D C G (riff 1) F C G (riff 2)
D C G (riff 1)
Big Sky looked down on all the people looking up at The Big Sky
F C G (riff 2)
Everybody's pushing one another around
D C G (riff 1)
Big Sky feels sad whe
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C G
Everybody got the right to speak their mind
Bb F f g g# (single notes)
so don't shoot me for saying mine.
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
Everybody talking about racial equality
F A7 Dm Dm/C Bb
'cos everybody's
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Intro:
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B|--------------------------------------------------------------------
G|-------------------------------------------------
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D A G D
Everybody's a dreamer and everybody's a star
F#m Bm G A
And everybody's in movies, it doesn't matter who you are
Bm F#m
There are starts in every city
G A
In every house and on every street
D
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intro
D
Fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa, fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa-fa
riff 1(rpt)
muted
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D A
Thank you for the days
G D G D A D
Those endless days, those sacred days you gave me
D A
I'm thinkin' of the days
G D G D A D
I won't forget a single day believe me
G D
I blessed the light
G D G D
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Am C G
There's a crack up in the ceiling
Dm F Am
And the kitchen sink is leaking
Am C G
Out of work and got no money
Dm F Am
A Sunday jam of bread and honey
Am G F E7
What are we living for? Two roome
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Tuning : E A D G Time Signature: 4/4
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D7 G
They seek him here, they seek him there,
D7 G G7
his clothes are loud, but never square.
C G F E7
It will make or break him, so he's got to buy the best,
A7 D7 G
'cos he's a dedicated follower of
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riff 1
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B----------------------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------
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(The G thru D sequences could probably be played as something more
like: G Bm7 Em D G Bm7 Em D - but it's all in the bass)
C G C G C G C G
G C D G C D G C D G C D
G
When I was small I believed in Sa
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Bm
Ah, Tom will show and Tom will smoke
A
Tom is as bold as a knight of old
Bm A
But whenever he gets into a bit of a jam
F# Bm
There's nothing he won't do to get a Harry Rag
CHORUS:
Bm A
Harry Rag!
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The Kinks -
House in the Country
(Ray Davies)
E
He don't need no sedatives
to ease his troubled mind.
At work he is invariably unpleasant and unkind.
A
Why should he care if he is hated in his home,
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INTRO: (bass g-a-b) C F C G7 C F C
G F C F C G7 C F C
Sailing in-between the land, the air and me.
G F D7 G7 /f /e /d
Confusion never dawns, cuz frame of mind tells me that I Am free. I Am
C F C G7
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intro
D7 G D7 G D7
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verses
G
(1)every night i just can go to sleep
(2)every night i feel so lonely
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The Kinks - I Go to Sleep
(Ray Davies)
Em Em Em Em G
C Em Am Am
When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me.
C
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Intro: Am (strum)
Verse:
G D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull off back to D)
I won't take all that they hand me down
Am Em
And make out a smile though I wear a frown
G D (hammer on to Dsus4 then pull
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(Bb) riff riff
I got wings, I'm gonna fly,
riff riff
I'm going home, and I know why,
riff riff
To see my baby, that's enough,
riff riff
I'm going home, it's all right.
C Bb riff
It's all right, y
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D C G
All the stories we've been told of kings and days of old
D F C
But there's no England now (there's no England now)
D
All the wars that were won and lost
C G D F C
Somehow don't seem to matter ve
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INTRO:
C D E
Here's approximately how the picking goes:
C D
E|---0----0----0-0-0-0--2-2----0---0----0----0-----0---------|
B|---1----1----1-1-1-1--3-3----0-----0----0----0--------0----|
G|---0----
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A Bm E Bm D E
A Bm E Bm D E
A E
Waiting for the hurricane
Bm D E
To hit New York City
A E
Somebody said it's hit the bay
Bm D E
This is the nitty gritty
F#m
And all the bag ladies
A
Better put their
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Main Riff/Chorus
e|---5-5-5----------------------------5-5-5---------------------------------|
B|---5-5-5----------------------------5-5-5---------------------------------|
G|---6-6-6----7-7----9-9-9-
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Am C G
I've been travelling a long time
E E7 Am F
To be just a-where you are
Am C G
In dreams I have seen you
E E7 Am F
But you are so very far
CHORUS:
C F C
How long must I travel on
E E7 Am F
To b
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Intro : G C G G C G
G
Have you seen this face?
C G
Does it ring a bell?
G D
Does it strike a chord somewhere in your mind?
G
And there's a big reward,
C C/B C/A C/G D
If you help us solve this crime,