Shangri-La Chords by The Kinks

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_ _ _ Now that [G] you've found [E] your [Am] paradise, _ _ this [C] is your kingdom [G] to [E] command.
You [Am] can go [C] outside and polish [E] your car, [Am] or sit by [C] the fire [E] in 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 [Em] days when you dreamed of [E] that car.
[Am] You [C] just want to sit [E] in your [Am] Shangri-La.
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_ _ [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 [Bm] 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 [Gbm] care.
_ [Em] _
[Gb] You can't [C] go _ [Em] anywhere.
[A] _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] Shangri _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
-La.
[D] The little man who [A] gets the train, [Dm] got a mortgage hanging [G] over [Bm] his head.
[Em] _ _ [Gb] But [C] he's too scared to [Bm] complain, [A] _ _ [G] cause [F] he's conditioned [C] that way.
[D] _ _ [C] _ _ [A] Time goes by and he pays off his debts.
[D] Got a TV set [G] and a radio, [Gbm] _ _ [Em] _ _
[Gb] for [C] seven [B] shillings a week.
[A] _ _
[G] _ [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] Shangri-La, _ _ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ [A] _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] Shangri-La.
_ [F] _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [D] And all the houses [Bm] in the streets [Bb] have got a [D] name.
Cause [A] all the houses [Bm] in the streets, they [Bb] look the same.
[A] Same chimney pops, same [D] windows, past same window panes.
The neighbors [C] come, [Bm] tell you things that [Bb] you should know.
[D]
They [C] say they like, they [B] drink their tea and then [Bb] they go.
_ [A]
They tell you, this [D] is in another Shangri-La.
The gas [C] fills and the water [Bm] rains, and pain goes [Bb] _ [D] overboard.
Too [C] scared to think [B] about how to secure [Bb] your home.
[A] Life tastes so happy in [D] your little Shangri-La. _ _
_ [G] Shangri-La, [C] Shangri-La, [F] Shangri-La, [Bb] Shangri-La, [G] Shangri-La, Shangri-La.
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ [G] _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [D]
Put on your slippers and [A] sit by the [D] fire.
You reach your top [G] and you just can't [Bm] get [Em] any higher.
[Gb] _ You're in [C] your place [G] and you know where [A] you are, [G] [F] in your [Em] Shangri-La.
_ [D] _ _ _
_ _ Sit back in [A] your old rocking chair.
[C] You [D] need not worry [G] and need not [Gbm] care.
You [E] _ _ [Gb] _
[C] can go [B] anywhere _ [A] _ _
in your [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La, _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] [F] Shangri _ _ _ [A] _
-La, [F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
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