Chords for The Kinks - "Million Pound Semi-Detached"

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [C] Haveth we come a long way, from [Am] newlyweds in our beds in the [C] flat.
_ [Em] We skimped and scraped [Am] every penny, for a down payment [Em] on our semi-detached.
_ _ [G] _ New towns for all the [Em] young hopefuls, a [G] garden suburb with mortgage attached.
Oh, [F] look [Am] at us _ now, _ _ sell all the green [Em] now it's time to exchange [A] the contract. _
With the [Dm] people who sold [G] us a million pounds semi, [C] straight out of National [Em] Service. _ _
[Am] Demob sit and shop back inside, [G] we saw the [Em] bomb sites turn [Am] their age shelves.
Where [Em] their families lived all of their lives, _ [G] then the nation built them a [Em] utopia. _
[G] With pebble dash on the outside, oh, [F] look at them now. _ _
They come a long way, they [Em] are affluent and bursting [A] with pride.
_ Soon we'll be sitting inside [G] their million pound semi, [C] detached, _ _
[Em] detached.
_ In our [Bb] million pound semi, [A] detached.
_ [Dm] Looking back at the past [G] of this million pound [C] semi. _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] Two up, two down, a back garden, that [Em] was a dream. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Dm] Two kids, a cat and a dog, that [C] was a scheme. _
_ _ _ [F] And the kids both grew up and got married and moved [Em] out of home. _ _
_ _ Then [Dm] we were strangers again, [G] _ _ [Dm] together [C] alone. _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [F] Look at us now, _ _ _ [A] what [Em] are we like?
_ _ _ [Dm] Sitting alone, _ _ in our million [C] pound semi, [G] detached.
_ _ [F] We're _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ [C] all [Em] taking early retirement, the [A] sum total of all of their [C] lives.
_ [Em] Now the country is fat [Am] with inflation, _ _ [Em] immigration has helped us survive.
_ [G] Once an Englishman's home was [Em] his castle, now [G] it's a freehold investment to buy.
Oh, [F] look at us now.
_ _ Our debts are all paid and [G] the empire [Em] has really [A] struck back. _
[Dm] We're the proud owners of a [G] one million pound semi, [C] detached, sub [Em] detached.
In [Bb] our million pound semi, [A] detached. _
[F] A new [Am] generation [F] is buying and starting [Em] anew. _ _ _ _ _
[Dm] And learning by all their mistakes, the way [C] people live. _ _ _ _ _
[F] Like all the young hopefuls, we're buying the future [Em] from you.
_ _ _ _ We [Dm] hope that one day [F] we'll understand [Dm] what you've [C] both been through.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _
[F] Look at us _ now, _ _
[Em] what are we like? _ _ _
[Dm] Sitting alone, _ _ in [G] our million [C] pound semi, [G] detached.
Oh, [F] look at us now, _ _ _
[Em] what are we like? _ _ _ _
[Dm] Sitting _ alone, _ in our million [Em] pound semi, detached. _ _
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