Shangri-La Chords by The Kinks

[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ Now that [G] you've found [E] your paradise, [Am] _ _ _ this is [C] your kingdom [G] to [E] command.
[Am] You can go [C] outside [G] and polish [E] your car, [Am] or sit by [C] the fire in [E] your Shangri [Am]-La.
_ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ [Am] _
Here's your reward for working so hard.
Gone [C] are the lavatories [Em] in the [E] backyard.
_ [Am] Gone [C] are the days [Em] when you dreamed of [E] that car.
[Am] You just [C] want to sit [E] in your [Am] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [D] Put on your slippers and sit by the fire.
You've reached your top [G] and you just can't get [Em] any higher.
You're [C] in your place [Em] and you know where [Am] you are, in [F] your [C] Shangri-La.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Sit back in [A] your old rocking chair.
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not [G] care.
_ [Em] _ You can't [C] go _ [Em] anywhere.
[A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri-La.
_ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[D] The little man who [Dbm] gets the train [D] got a mortgage hanging [G] over [Bm] his head.
[Em] _ _ [Bm] [Ab] But [C] he's too scared to [Em]
complain, [Am] _ _ because [F] he's conditioned [C] that way.
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [Dm] Time goes by [A] and he pays off his debts.
[D] Got a TV set [G] and a radio [D] _ [Em] for _ [Ab] _
[C] seven [G] shillings a [A] week. _ _
[G] [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Shangri [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F] _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [F]
[D]-La.
And all [C] the houses [Bm] in the street have [Bb] got a [D] name.
Because [C] all the houses [Bm] in the street, they look [Bb] the same.
[A]
Same chimney-pop, same little [D] car, same window panes.
And they could [C] call and [Bm] tell you things that you [Bb] should know.
[D] They [C] say they like you, they [B] treat you like tea and then they [Bb] go.
_ [A] They sell your business [D] in an aftershave.
You got [C] bills and the water, [Bm] grateful payments [Bb] on the car.
_ [D] You scared [C] the thing about [B] how insecure [Bb] you [A] are.
Life ain't so happy in [D] your little Shangri-La. _ _
[G] Shangri-La, [C] Shangri-La, Shangri [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [G] _
_ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ -La.
[D] Put on your slippers and [A] sit by the [D] wall.
You reach your top and [G] you just can't [D] get any [Em] higher.
[G] _ _ [C] _ And [G] you know where [A] you are _ [G] [F] in your Shangri [Am]-La.
_ [D] _ _ [C] _ [Dm] _
[D] Sit back in your [A] old rocking chair.
[C] You need [D] not [G] worry, you need [A] not [Bm] care.
_ [Em] _ _ _ [Bm] [E] You [C] can't go [G] anywhere.
_ [A] _ _ _ [Am] Shangri [F]-La, _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
Shangri [F]-La, _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Shangri [F]-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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