Standard (EADGBE)
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
Chorus
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
Bridge
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Land of hope and gloria
Land of my Victoria
Victoria, toria
Solo
OVER VERSE CHORDS)
Chorus
hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)
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
Intro
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
Intro
Riff one
Riff two
Riff three
Riff four
Riff five
Riff six
Intro
Riff one
Riff two
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.
Riff three
Riff four
Riff one
Riff two
Verse 2
"Chorus"
Riff five
Riff six
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
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
We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.
We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday
Solo
on )
Riff
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
[G/f#]
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
[G/f#]
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
[G/f#]
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
[G/f#]
Got a T.V. set and a radio
For seven shillings a week
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
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
[G/f#]
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
[G/f#]
You need not worry you need not care
You can't go anywhere
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
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
[Air Raid Siren: then aggressively-
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)
[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 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
Young and innocent days
Bridge
I see the lines across your face
Time has gone and nothing ever can replace
Those great, so great
Young and innocent days
Young and innocent days
(OUTRO PLAY ALL CHORDS OF VERSE)
Riff 1
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
Intro
, 2x
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:
The prechorus I just play the chords noted. Over the D & A chords
("chorus"), I play:
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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