Chords for Ray Davies - Shangri-La

Well, it sounds terrible.
I wrote this song nearly, oh, 30, oh, a long time ago,
and I've never played it live.
Perhaps after tonight, you'll want to know why.
_ It's a song I wrote for a television show that was never been produced,
but if it had been, it would have been the first rock opera.
So I'm thankful for that anyway.
[A] _ _ It's [Ab] a song from an album called Arthur, or The Decline and Fall of the British [N] Empire.
_ _ And bear with us, we're only young.
_ _ It's called Shangri-La. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ [Gb] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ Gone are the [G] lavatories in the [E] backyard
[Am] Gone are the [C] days when [G] you dreamed of [E] that car
[A] You just [C] want to sit in [E] your Shangri [Am]-La
_ [A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ On your slippers and sit by the fire
You've reached your top [G] and you just can't get [Em] any higher
[G]
You're [C] in your place and you [A] know where you are
In [F] your [Em] Shangri-La
[Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] Sit back in your old rocking chair
You need not worry, [G] you need not care
_ You can't [C] go anywhere
[Am] _ _ _ Shangri [F]-La, _ _ [A] _ _ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _ _ [Bb] Shangri _ -La
[F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ [D] The little man [Gbm] who gets the train
[D] Got a mortgage hanging [G] over his head
[Em] But [G] _
[C] he's too scared to [G] complain I [Am] know
Cause [F] he's conditioned [Em] that way
[Dm] _ _ [C] _
_ [D] Time goes by [Gbm] and he pays off his debts
[D] Got a TV set [G] and a radio _
_ [Em] _ _ For [C] seven shillings a week
[A] _ _ _ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _ _ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Shangri [F]-La _
[A] _ _ _ [F] Shangri-La, _ _
[A] _ _ _ [Bb] Shangri-La _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [D] All [C] the houses in the [G] street have got a [Bb] name
Cause [C] all the houses [G] in the street, they look the [Gm] same
[A] Same chimney pots, same little [D] cars, same window frames
The neighbors call and [G] tell you things you didn't know
[D] They [G] say they're lions and you got to let them [Bb]
go
[A] They tell you business [D] in and out of the shop
Shangri-La, you got spools and water leaks
[G] And the neighbors on the call
[D]
Too [C] scared to think about how insecure [Bb] you are
[A]
Life ain't so happy in [D] your little Shangri-La
[D] _
_ Shangri-La, [C] Shangri-La, _ _
[Bb] _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Shangri _ [Bb] _
_ [G]-La
_ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ Undisturbed [Gbm] as the soup by the fire
[D] If you get your top [G] and you just can't get any [Em] higher
_ [G] You're in [C] your place and [Bm] you know where you [A] are
_ In [F] your Shangri-La
[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Sit back in [Gbm] your old rocking chair
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not care
You're [C] not going anywhere
[A] _ _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ -La, _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] Shangri _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ -La
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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