ACTIVITY
Arthur
---------- Arthur -----------
----------- Kinks ------------
--------- Chris ---------
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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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:
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D|-5-5--0-0-3--5-5------5-5-------------------------------------------|
Riff One:
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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--------------------------|
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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----------------|
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Riff Four:
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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:
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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:
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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 Bb C
Did you hear that plane flying overhead
G Bb C D
There's a house an fire and there's someone lying dead
C
We gotta clean up the streets
Bb
And get me back on my feet
D7 G Bb C G Bb C
Because we wanna be free
G Bb C G Bb C
Do your worst and we'll do our best
G Bb C D
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
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She Bought A Hat Like Princess Marina
Written by Ray Davies
Intro Harpsichord Arpeggios on C
C Cdim C
She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
A Dm7
To wear at all her social affairs
E7 Am
She wears it when she's cleaning the windows
D#dim G Adim Bbdim G/B
She wears it when she's scrubbing the stairs
C Cdim C
But you will never see her at Ascot
A Dm7
She can't afford the time or the fare
F F#dim C/G A
But she's bought a hat like Princess Mari____na's
Dm9 G6 C
So she don't care Bass walk-up G A B (C)
C D7
He's bought a hat like Anthony Eden's
G C /D /Eb
Because it makes him feel like a Lord
E7 Am
But he can't afford a Rolls or a Bentley
D G Adim Bbdim ...
He has to buy a secondhand Ford
C D7
He tries to feed his wife and his family
G E
And buy them clothes and shoes they can wear
F F#dim C /B A
But he's bought a hat like Anthony E_____den's
Dm9 G6 C
So he don't care Drums up the tempo into...
(a stomp, with a swazzle)
A7 D7
Buddy can you spare me a dime
G
My wife is getting hungry
C
And the kids are crying
A7 D7
This poverty is hurting my pride
G G7 C
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
F (doggie style bass) G
She's bought a hat like Princess Marina's
C F
And her neighbors think it suits her a treat
A7 Dm
But she hasn't any food in the larder
G C Ddim Ebdim C7/G
Nor has anybody else in the street
F G
But to look at her you'd think she was wealthy
C A7
'Cos she smiles just like a real millionaire
Bb Bdim F /E D
'Cos she's bought a hat like Princess Ma__rina's
Gm9 C6 F /E D
So she don't care,
Gm9 C6 F /E D
she don't care,
Gm9 C6 F (Drum break)
she don't care,
Gm9 C6 F
she don't care___________
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YOUNG AND INNOCENT DAYS
C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm F/E Dm F F/E Dm C (n.C.)
C C/B Am Am/G F RIFF 1 Dm
I look back at the way I used to look at life
Dm Dm/C Dm/B RIFF 2 C C C/B Am Am/G
Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside
C C/B Am Am/F G7 G7/F G7 RIFF 3
It was great, so great
F G7 F C
Young and innocent days
C C/B Am Am/G F F/E Dm
I wish my eyes could only see
Dm Dm/C Dm/B RIFF 2 C C C/B Am Am/G
Every-thing, exactly as it used to be
C C/B Am Am/F G7 G7/F G7
It's too late, so late
F G7 F C
Young and innocent days
F G7 F C
Young and innocent days
BRIDGE:
D D D/E D G C
D D D/E D G C C/B Am Em F C
D D D/E D G C
I see the lines across your face
Time has gone and nothing ever can replace
Those great, so great
Young and innocent days
C F G7 F F/E F/D C
Young and innocent days
(OUTRO PLAY ALL CHORDS OF VERSE)
RIFF 1: RIFF 2: RIFF 3:
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B --------------------- ---------------- --------------
G ---0-2-0------------- ---------------- --------------
D -4-------4-3-0------- ---------------- --------------
A --------------------- ---0-2-0-----3-- -------0------
E --------------------- -3-------3-1---- -0-1-3--------
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.
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Nothing To Say
Written by: Ray Davies
fill: D ----2--3--5--3--3--3-
A --3------------------ (fuzz guitar)
E ---------------------
Intro: C G F C, 2x
C G F C
Remember walking with you by my side
C G F C
You were my Papa and I was your pride
C G F C
Now I've got children and I'm going grey
C G F C
No time for talking, I got nothin' to say
C G F C
Those Sunday dinners that we had at home
C G F C
Now I've got a house and I've got friends of my own
C G F C
We can't do tomorrow what we did yesterday
C G F C
It's best that we're going our separate ways, OK
C G F C
How is your rheumatism (nothing to say)
C G F C
How are your chillblains (nothing to say)
C G F C
How's Aunty Mabel (nothing to say)
C G F C
So far Papa, I got nothin' to say, OK
F C
Those happy days we spent together
F C
We thought our world would never change
F C
How________ the days go by
F C G
And things will never be the same
C G F C
You keep pretending that everything's fine
C G F C
So you make small talk to help pass the time
C G F C
But all the words that you spit from your face
C G F C
Add up to nothin', you got nothin' to say
C G F C
How are those noisy neighbors next door
C G F C
I'll have to go soon 'cos I'm getting bored
C G F C
I gotta be home early to see a good play
C G F C
So far Papa, I got nothin' to say
Now the verse chords are played over "La la la la-la, la-la la la,"
C G F C
How is your life insurance (nothing to say)
C G F C
How is your trade union (nothing to say)
C G F C
How is your Independence (nothing to say)
C G F C
So for Papa, I got nothin' to say
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Arthur
A
Arthur was born just a plain simple man
E A
in a plain simple working class position
Though the world was hard and its ways were set
E A
he was young and he had so much ambition
All the week he was overtaken
E A
by people who make the big decisions
But he tried and he tried for a better life
E A
and a way to improve his own condition
D A-G-D-A
If only life were easy it would be such fu-u-un
D A-G-D-A
Things would be more equal and be plenty for everyone
D
Arthur the world's gone and passed you by
A D
Don't you know it, don't you know it
You can cry, cry all night but it won't make it right
A D
Don't you know it, don't you know it
Arthur we know and we sympathize
A D
Don't you know it, don't you know it
Arthur we like you and want to help you
A D
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:
A D
Don't you know it, don't you know it
A D
Somebody loves you, don't you know it
A D A-D
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:
G --2--2--0--2--0--0--2--2--0--2--0--0--1----1----1----1--1--0--2--
The prechorus I just play the chords noted. Over the D & A chords
("chorus"), I play:
B --3--3--1--3--1--1--3--3--1--3--1--1--5----5----5----5--5--1--3--
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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