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Arthur Chords by Kinks, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com
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Track Listing:
Side 1
"Victoria" – 3:40
"Yes Sir, No Sir" – 3:46
"Some Mother's Son" – 3:25
"Drivin'" – 3:21
"Brainwashed" – 2:34
"Australia" – 6:46
Side 2
"Shangri-La" – 5:20
"Mr. Churchill Says" – 4:42
"She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina" – 3:07
"Young And Innocent Days" – 3:21
"Nothing To Say" – 3:08
"Arthur" – 5:27
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Victoria
D G C G D G
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D G C G D G
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-7-9-----9-7-5---12-14------12-14-12---7-9-----9-7-5-|
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D G
Long ago life was clean
C G
Sex was bad and obscene
D G
And the rich were so mean
D G
Stately homes for the Lords
C G
Croquet lawns, village greens
D G
Victoria was my queen
CHORUS:
G D Em Bm D G
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:
Em D
Land of hope and gloria
D C
Land of my Victoria
Em D
Land of hope and gloria
D C
Land of my Victoria
D G
Victoria, toria
SOLO (OVER VERSE CHORDS)
CHORUS (hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)
G D Em Bm D G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria---------
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Yes Sir, No Sir
G D
Yes Sir, no Sir
Bb F
Where do I go Sir
Eb Bb
What do I do Sir
Ab A Bb
What do I say
Bb F
Yes Sir, no Sir
Eb Bb
Where do I go Sir
Eb Bb
What do I do Sir
Ab A Bb
How do I behave
Bb F
Yes Sir, no Sir
Eb Bb
Permission to speak Sir
Eb Bb
Permission to breathe Sir
Ab A Bb Ab A Bb Ab A Bb
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say
Bb Bb/A Bb/G Bb/F
So you think that you've got ambition
Eb Eb/D Eb/C Eb/Bb
Stop your dreaming and your idle wishing
Db Db/C Db/Bb Db/Ab
You're outside and there ain't no admission
Ab A Bb
To our play
Bb Bb/A Bb/G Bb/F
Pack up your ambition in your old kit bag
Eb Eb/D Eb/C Eb/Bb
Soon you'll be happy with a packet of fags
D Db/C Db/Bb Db/Ab
Chest out stomach in
Ab A Bb Ab A Bb
Do what I say, do what I say
Ab A Bb
Yes right away
G D
Yes Sir, no Sir
Bb F
Where do I go Sir
Eb Bb
What do I do Sir
Ab A Bb
What do I say
Bb F
Yes Sir, no Sir
Eb Bb
Permission to speak Sir
Eb Bb
Permission to breathe Sir
Ab A Bb Ab A Bb Ab A Bb
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say
Cm
Doesn't matter who you are
Bb Ab Eb
You're there and there you are
Cm
Everything Is in its place
Bb Ab Eb
Authority must be maintained
G7 C
And then we know exactly where we are
C
Let them feel that they're important to the cause
Bb
But let them know that they are fighting for their homes
C
Just be sure that they're contributing their all
C
Give the scum a gun and make the bugger fight
Bb
And be sure to have deserters shot on sight
C
If he dies we'll send a medal to his wife
G D
Yes Sir, no Sir
Eb F
Please let me die Sir
Eb Bb Ab A Bb
I think this life is affecting my brain
Bb F
Yes Sir, no Sir
Eb Bb
Three bags full Sir
Eb Bb Ab A Bb
What do I do Sir, what do I say
Ab A Bb Ab A Bb Ab A Bb Ab A Bb
What do I say, how do I behave, what do I say
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Some Mothers Son
Intro: 4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F Bb
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
Someone has killed some mother's son today
Cm F Bb
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
D A D7
While all the mothers stand and wait
F# F#7 Bm A G
Some mother's son ain't coming home today
Bb C D
Some mothers son ain't got no grave
Bb F Bb
Two soldiers fighting in a trench
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
One soldier glances up to see the sun
Cm F Bb F Eb
And dreams of games he played when he was young
D A D7
And then his friend calls out his name
F# F#7 Bm A G
It stops his dream and as he turns his head
Bb C D
A second later he is dead (2 bars of D)
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
Back home they put his picture in a frame
Cm F Bb F Eb
But all dead soldiers look the same
D A D7
While all the parents stand and wait
F# F#7 Bm A G
To meet their children coming home from school
Bb C D
Some mother's son is lying dead
G D
Somewhere someone is crying
A D
Someone is trying to be so brave
Bb F
But still the world keeps turning
C F F7
Though all the children have gone away
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
Cm F Bb F Eb
As on the day he went away
D A D7
They put his picture on the wall
F# F#7 Bm A G
They put flowers in the picture frame
Bb C D
Some mothers memory remains
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Drivin' Written by Ray Davies
F Bb E A
Doo doo doo doo. Dididi doo doo doo doo
Eb Ab D G
Doo doo doo doo doo. Did did doo doo
D G
Dididi doo doo doo
Cm Gm
It seems like all the world is fighting
Bb F F7
They're even talking of a war (ooo ooo ooo)
F
Let all the Russians and the Chinese
Bb
And the Spanish do their fighting
D7
The sun is shining
G D G D
We're going drivin', drivin'
F Bb
Drop all your work
E A
Leave it behind
D G
Forget all your problems
C# F#
And get in my car
C# F#
And take a drive with me
F Bb
The sandwiches are packed
E A
The tea is in the flask
Eb Ab
We've plenty of beer
D G
And gooseberry tarts
D G
So take a drive with me
Cm Gm
We'll take your mother if you want to
Bb F F7
We'll have a picnic on the grass (ooo ooo ooo)
F7
Forget your nephews and your cousins
Bb
And your brothers and your sisters
D7
They'll never miss us
G D G D G D G D
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin'. drivin'. drivin'
F Bb
Thousands of trees
E A
Hundreds of fields
D G
Millions of birds
C# F#
So why don't you come
C# F#
And take a drive with me
F Bb
We'll talk to the cows
E A
And laugh at the sheep
D G
We'll lie in a field
C# F#
And we'll have a sleep
C# F#
So take a drive with me
Cm Gm
And all the troubled world around us
Bb F F7
Seems an eternity away (ooo ooo ooo)
F
And all the debt collectors, rent collectors
Bb
All will be behind us
D7
But they'll never find us
G D G D G D G D
'Cos we'll be drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin'
(Solo- F Bb E A Eb Ab D G )
D G D G
Drive with me...Drive with me...
F Bb
Passed Barnet Church
E A
Up to Potters Bar
Eb Ab
We won't be home late
D G
It's not very far
D G D G (Break)
So take a drive with me, take a drive with me
G D G D G D G D
Drivin', drivin', drivin', drivin' ....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.
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Brainwashed By Ray Davies
Intro:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------------1--3-3------------------------------------|
D|-5-5--0-0-3--5-5------5-5-------------------------------------------|
Riff One:
E|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|
A|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|
D|-12--12--12-10-8-5--------------------------------------------------|
Riff Two:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff Three:
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|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
Riff Four:
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------------------------------|
Riff Five:
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---------------------------------------------|
Riff Six:
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----------|
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:"
C Bb F Bb F C
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
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Australia
AUSTRALIA- The Kinks
C G
Opportunities are available in all walks of life in Australia
F
So if you're young and if you're healthy
C (RIFF several times)
Why not get a boat and come to Australia?
Dm G
Australia, the chance of a lifetime
Dm G
Australia, you get what you work for
C
Nobody has to be any better than what they want to be
Dm G
Australia, no class distinction
Dm G
Australia, no drug addiction
C
Nobody's got a chip on their shoulder
G# C
We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.
Am G
We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday
G# Eb
On sunny Christmas Day
Bb G# 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
G# G#m C C/B
We'll surf like they do in the U.S.A.
Am G
We'll fly down to Syndey for our holiday
G# Eb
On sunny Christmas Day
Bb G# Eb
Australia, Australia----------
SOLO (on Eb)
RIFF:
D ------------
A ---0---3-3--
E -3---3------
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Shangri-la
(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 twice)
Am G E7 Am
Now that you've found your paradise
Am C G E7
This is your kingdom to command
Am C G E7
You can go outside and polish your car
Am C E7 Am (opening riff)
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La
Am G E7 Am
Here is your reward for working so hard
Am C G E7
Gone are the lavatories in the backyard
Am C G E7
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
Am C E7 Am A
You just want to sit in your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7 G G/F# Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C C/B Am Am/G
You're in your place and you know where you are
F F/E Dm Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7 G G/F# Em
You need not worry you need not care
C C/B Am
You can't go anywhere
F A F A Bb F C A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh
D Dmaj7
The little man who gets the train
D7 G G/F# Em
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
C C/B Am Am/G
But he's too scared to complain
F F/E Dm Dm/C
Cos he's conditioned that way
D Dmaj7
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
D7 G G/F# Em
Got a T.V. set and a radio
C C/B Am
For seven shillings a week
F A F A Bb F C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A F A Bb F C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
Bb F C Bb F C Bb F Dm
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
And all the houses in the street have got a name
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
A D Dm
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go
A D Dm
They tell your business in another Shangri-La
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car
Dm Dm/C Dm/B Dm/Bb
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
A D
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La
G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb... G C F A
Shangri-La la la la la la la...
D Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7 G G/F# Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C C/B Am
You're in your place and you know where you are
F F/E Dm Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7 G G/F# Em
You need not worry you need not care
C C/B Am
You can't go anywhere
F A F A Bb F C A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A F A Bb F C
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.
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G D
Well Mr. Churchill says, Mr. Churchill says
G Em C G D7
We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end
G D
Mr. Beaverbrook says we gotta save our tin
G
And all the garden gates
Em C G
And empty cans are gonna make us win
G D7
We shall defend our island
C G
On the land and on the sea
G D7
We shall fight them on the beaches
C G
On the hills and in the fields
C G
We shall fight them in the streets
G D C G
Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed to so few
G D
'Cos they have made our British Empire
C G
A better place for me and you
C G
And this was their finest hour
G
Well Mr. Montgomery says
D
And Mr. Mountbatten says
G Em C G
We gotta fight the bloody battle to the very end
G
As Vera Lynn would say
D
We'll meet again someday
G Em C G
But all the sacrifices we must make before the end
[Air Raid Siren: then aggressively- G Bb C G Bb C
G Bb C G | | |
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Arthur album chords by Kinks, added : November 13th, 2007
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