Chords for The Kinks - Yo-Yo (Live 1982)
Tempo:
113.95 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
Dm
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G]
[D] [C]
[A] [Dm]
[C]
Yo, [A] yo.
[D]
Come on, Chaps.
[C]
[A]
[D]
[C] [A]
[D] There are many different people [C] living [A] double lives.
[Dm] [F] One for the office, [C] one that they take home to their [Am] wives.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] He sits in the armchair, watches Channel 4.
[D] But his brain's not expecting [Bb] home for an hour or [F] more.
[Dm] He's still drifting to and fro.
[C] La [A]-fi-ya-ya-ya.
[Am] The [Dm] wife is in the [Am] kitchen, romancing.
[Dm]
[F] And she's thinking to herself, [C] he's not the man that married [Dm] me.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] They used to laugh together.
[C] Now he's never at home.
[Dm] Now she's fighting back tears.
She [Bb] can't even laugh alone.
[Dm] She's sitting by the telephone.
[C]
La-fi-ya [A]-ya.
[F] You needed me [Bb] when you were [F] crying.
Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm the last thing on your mind.
[F] First you love me, [Bb] then you [F] don't.
I'm up and down.
[Bb]
[A] La-fi-ya [Dm]-ya.
[C]
[Am] [A]
[F] You thought you knew me.
[Bb]
Really [F] well.
When you were laughing.
[Bb] You never can tell.
[F] You can only guess.
[Bb] Which way I [F] go.
You got me sus.
[Bb] But you don't know [C] I'm a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
I'm [C] a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
You're a [Bb] charming little yo-yo.
[C] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
[A]
Yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
[Am] [Dm]
[C]
[A] [Dm]
Girl, you have it [C] dangling.
Like a yo [Am]-yo on a string.
[Dm]
I'm [F] not with you with the controls.
[C] I could accomplish [Dm] anything.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] But you were just playing.
[C] I was a little boy.
[Dm] Then I grew into a man.
[Bb] This is the way it's done.
[Dm] La-fi-yo-yo.
[C]
Yo [A]-yo.
[F] You got to stop it.
[Bb] It won't last for [F] long.
So don't give up the day [Bb] job.
I go all out.
[F] Here you [Bb] go.
Watch it [F] go.
Up and down.
[Bb]
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
Yo [A]-yo.
[F] You didn't need [Bb] me.
When you were [F] crying.
Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm a laughing young human.
[F] First you laugh at.
[Bb]
Then you [F] don't.
Up and down.
[Bb]
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
Yo-yo.
[A]
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb]
[F] Yo [Bb]-yo.
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Gm]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] La [Fm]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
La-fi-yo-yo. Yo-yo. Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo.
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] Everybody.
[Bb] You're going to be [F] alone.
[Bb] Before you know it.
[C] You're going to go [F] to your room.
[Bb]
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb] Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[D] [C]
[A] [Dm]
[C]
Yo, [A] yo.
[D]
Come on, Chaps.
[C]
[A]
[D]
[C] [A]
[D] There are many different people [C] living [A] double lives.
[Dm] [F] One for the office, [C] one that they take home to their [Am] wives.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] He sits in the armchair, watches Channel 4.
[D] But his brain's not expecting [Bb] home for an hour or [F] more.
[Dm] He's still drifting to and fro.
[C] La [A]-fi-ya-ya-ya.
[Am] The [Dm] wife is in the [Am] kitchen, romancing.
[Dm]
[F] And she's thinking to herself, [C] he's not the man that married [Dm] me.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] They used to laugh together.
[C] Now he's never at home.
[Dm] Now she's fighting back tears.
She [Bb] can't even laugh alone.
[Dm] She's sitting by the telephone.
[C]
La-fi-ya [A]-ya.
[F] You needed me [Bb] when you were [F] crying.
Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm the last thing on your mind.
[F] First you love me, [Bb] then you [F] don't.
I'm up and down.
[Bb]
[A] La-fi-ya [Dm]-ya.
[C]
[Am] [A]
[F] You thought you knew me.
[Bb]
Really [F] well.
When you were laughing.
[Bb] You never can tell.
[F] You can only guess.
[Bb] Which way I [F] go.
You got me sus.
[Bb] But you don't know [C] I'm a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
I'm [C] a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
You're a [Bb] charming little yo-yo.
[C] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
[A]
Yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
[Am] [Dm]
[C]
[A] [Dm]
Girl, you have it [C] dangling.
Like a yo [Am]-yo on a string.
[Dm]
I'm [F] not with you with the controls.
[C] I could accomplish [Dm] anything.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] But you were just playing.
[C] I was a little boy.
[Dm] Then I grew into a man.
[Bb] This is the way it's done.
[Dm] La-fi-yo-yo.
[C]
Yo [A]-yo.
[F] You got to stop it.
[Bb] It won't last for [F] long.
So don't give up the day [Bb] job.
I go all out.
[F] Here you [Bb] go.
Watch it [F] go.
Up and down.
[Bb]
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
Yo [A]-yo.
[F] You didn't need [Bb] me.
When you were [F] crying.
Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm a laughing young human.
[F] First you laugh at.
[Bb]
Then you [F] don't.
Up and down.
[Bb]
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
[C]
Yo-yo.
[A]
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb]
[F] Yo [Bb]-yo.
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [Gm]
[Bb]
[F]
[Bb] La [Fm]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
La-fi-yo-yo. Yo-yo. Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo.
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] Everybody.
[Bb] You're going to be [F] alone.
[Bb] Before you know it.
[C] You're going to go [F] to your room.
[Bb]
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb] Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
[Bb] [F] [Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F]
[Bb] [F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
F
C
Dm
A
Bb
F
C
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Yo, [A] yo.
_ [D] _
Come on, Chaps.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ There are many different people [C] _ _ living [A] double _ lives.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] One for the office, [C] one that they take home to their [Am] wives.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] He sits in the armchair, watches Channel 4.
[D] But his brain's not expecting [Bb] home for an hour or [F] more.
[Dm] He's still drifting to and fro.
[C] _ La [A]-fi-ya-ya-ya.
_ [Am] _ _ _ The [Dm] wife is in the [Am] kitchen, romancing.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [F] And she's thinking to herself, [C] he's not the man that married [Dm] _ me.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] They used to laugh together.
[C] Now he's never at home.
[Dm] Now she's fighting back tears.
She [Bb] can't even laugh alone.
[Dm] She's sitting by the telephone.
[C] _
La-fi-ya [A]-ya. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ You needed me [Bb] when you were [F] crying.
_ Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm the last thing on your mind.
[F] First you love me, [Bb] then you [F] don't.
I'm up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] La-fi-ya [Dm]-ya.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ You thought you knew me.
[Bb] _
Really [F] well.
When you were laughing.
[Bb] You never can tell.
[F] You can only guess.
[Bb] Which way I [F] go.
You got me sus.
[Bb] But you don't know [C] I'm a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb] _ _
I'm [C] a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
You're a [Bb] charming little yo-yo.
[C] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
_ [A]
Yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ Girl, you have it [C] dangling.
Like a yo [Am]-yo on a string.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
I'm [F] not with you with the controls.
[C] I could accomplish [Dm] anything.
_ Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [F] But you were just playing.
[C] I was a little boy.
[Dm] Then I grew into a man.
[Bb] This is the way it's done.
[Dm] La-fi-yo-yo.
_ [C] _ _
Yo [A]-yo. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] You got to stop it.
[Bb] It won't last for [F] long.
So don't give up the day [Bb] job.
I go all out.
[F] _ Here you [Bb] go.
Watch it [F] go.
Up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Yo [A]-yo. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] You didn't need [Bb] me.
When you were [F] crying.
_ Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm a laughing young human.
[F] _ _ First you laugh at.
[Bb] _
Then you [F] don't.
Up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Yo-yo.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ Yo [Bb]-yo. _ _
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo. _
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ La [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
La-fi-yo-yo. Yo-yo. Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo. _
Yo-yo.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Everybody. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ You're going to be [F] alone.
_ [Bb] Before you know it.
[C] You're going to go [F] to your room.
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ La-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb] Yo-yo.
[F] _ Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo. _
[F] Yo-yo.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ Yo, [A] yo.
_ [D] _
Come on, Chaps.
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[D] _ _ _ There are many different people [C] _ _ living [A] double _ lives.
_ [Dm] _ _ _ [F] One for the office, [C] one that they take home to their [Am] wives.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] He sits in the armchair, watches Channel 4.
[D] But his brain's not expecting [Bb] home for an hour or [F] more.
[Dm] He's still drifting to and fro.
[C] _ La [A]-fi-ya-ya-ya.
_ [Am] _ _ _ The [Dm] wife is in the [Am] kitchen, romancing.
_ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _
_ [F] And she's thinking to herself, [C] he's not the man that married [Dm] _ me.
Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
[F] They used to laugh together.
[C] Now he's never at home.
[Dm] Now she's fighting back tears.
She [Bb] can't even laugh alone.
[Dm] She's sitting by the telephone.
[C] _
La-fi-ya [A]-ya. _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ You needed me [Bb] when you were [F] crying.
_ Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm the last thing on your mind.
[F] First you love me, [Bb] then you [F] don't.
I'm up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] La-fi-ya [Dm]-ya.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ You thought you knew me.
[Bb] _
Really [F] well.
When you were laughing.
[Bb] You never can tell.
[F] You can only guess.
[Bb] Which way I [F] go.
You got me sus.
[Bb] But you don't know [C] I'm a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb] _ _
I'm [C] a yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
You're a [Bb] charming little yo-yo.
[C] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
_ [A]
Yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _
_ _ Girl, you have it [C] dangling.
Like a yo [Am]-yo on a string.
_ _ [Dm] _ _
I'm [F] not with you with the controls.
[C] I could accomplish [Dm] anything.
_ Yeah, [Bb] yeah, yeah, yeah.
_ [F] But you were just playing.
[C] I was a little boy.
[Dm] Then I grew into a man.
[Bb] This is the way it's done.
[Dm] La-fi-yo-yo.
_ [C] _ _
Yo [A]-yo. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] You got to stop it.
[Bb] It won't last for [F] long.
So don't give up the day [Bb] job.
I go all out.
[F] _ Here you [Bb] go.
Watch it [F] go.
Up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Yo [A]-yo. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] You didn't need [Bb] me.
When you were [F] crying.
_ Now you're laughing.
[Bb] I'm a laughing young human.
[F] _ _ First you laugh at.
[Bb] _
Then you [F] don't.
Up and down.
[Bb] _
[A] Like a yo [Dm]-yo.
_ _ _ [C] _ _
Yo-yo.
[A] _ _ _ _ _ _
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
_ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [F] _ Yo [Bb]-yo. _ _
[F] La-fi-yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo. _
La [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb] _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ La [Fm] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F]-fi-yo-yo.
Yo-yo.
[Bb]
La-fi-yo-yo. Yo-yo. Yo-yo.
[F] Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo. _
Yo-yo.
[F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ [F] Everybody. _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ You're going to be [F] alone.
_ [Bb] Before you know it.
[C] You're going to go [F] to your room.
_ [Bb] _ _
[F] _ La-fi-yo-yo.
[Bb] Yo-yo.
[F] _ Yo-yo.
Yo [Bb]-yo.
Yo-yo. _
[F] Yo-yo.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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