Chords for Top 20 Songs by the Kinks

_ _ _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _
[Bm] I'm in a state of [F#] _ confusion. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[Bm] I'm in a state of [F#] confusion. _
_ They [G] seek him here, _ _ they seek [C] him there.
_ His clothes [G] are loud, _ but [C] never squelch. _ _
_ _ [F] It will make or break him, [G] so he's [E] got to buy the best.
Cause [Am] he's a _ [Dm] dedicated follower [C] of [D] fashion. _ _ _
_ _ Won't [G] you tell [F] me, [G] where have all [Dm] the good [G] times gone?
[F] _
_ [G] Where have [F] all the good [G] times gone?
He's [F] _ _ [G] _ _ [Em] _ all so [Am] good, and [C] he's [Em] all so [Am] fine.
And he's [Em] all [Am] so healthy in [C] his [Em] body and [Am] his mind.
[F] A well [Em]-respected man in [F] Belltown, doing the best [G] things of all.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [G] From _ the rich to the poor, _ [D] Victoria _ [G] loves them all. _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ _ [E] Victoria, Victoria, [Bm] _ _ _ [D] Victoria. _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ [G] _ _ Do [Bm] what you like, _ [F] but please don't keep me [A] waiting.
_ [F] _ Please don't keep me [D] waiting, [E] cause I [G] am so [F] tired.
_ [G] Tired of waiting, tired [F] of waiting [G] for you. _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He [Dm] turns the stereo way up.
[F] _ _ He [C] just spends his life [A#] living in a rock and [Dm] roll fantasy.
_ [F] _ _ _ He [C] just spends his life [A#] living on the edge of [Dm] _
reality.
[D] _ _ [F#] Everybody, [Bm] everybody, I got mine.
[D] When midnight [F#] comes around, I start [B] to lose my [G] mind.
[D] When sun [A] puts out the light, I [F#] join the creatures [G] of the night.
[D] Oh [C] yeah, _ _ [A] _ _ [G] _ [D] I'm a [C] sleepwalker.
_ [A] _ _ [G] _
[D] I'm a night [C] _ _ _ [G#] _ _
[F] _ _ prisoner.
Give us your money, don't mess around.
We [A#] don't sell your toys, [F] we will beat you up.
Don't hand it over, we won't depress you.
Don't [G] make us annoyed, [F] give all the [C] toys to the little rich boy.
I _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ [C] _ got mama trying to break me.
_ [A] _
_ _ [Dm] And I love to live [G] so pleasantly.
_ [Dm] Live this life [G] of [C] luxury, _ [F] lazing [A] on a sunny _ [Dm] afternoon.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [E] _ I'm so fed _ [B] _
_ _ _ [G#] _ _ _ [C#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _ [C#] _ up with all my [E] love of the world.
[C#] This is Captain [G#] America [A] calling.
_ [B] I [C#] built you up when you were [E] down underneath.
[C#] So will you catch me now [F#] I'm falling.
[A] Falling, help me, I'm calling.
_ _ _ Catch me now. _
_ _ _ [G#] [D] My sister's married and she lives on an estate.
[G] Her daughters go out, now it's her turn to wait.
[C#] She knows they get [G] away with things she [D#] never could.
But if I [G#] asked her, I wonder [B] if she would [C#] come dancing. _
[A#] Come on sister, [G#m] have yourself a ball.
Don't be afraid to [D#] come dancing.
[C#] It's only [E]
natural.
_ [D] I can feel safe in this world of [A] mine.
I don't want to die in a nuclear war.
I want to sail away to a distant shore.
[E] And make like [A] an ape man.
[B] _ _ [A] I'm an ape man, I'm an ape ape man.
No, [E] I'm an ape man. _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ [D] You squeeze me so tight, [A] so I can't take no more.
[E] There are size 28, [A] but I take 34.
I'm on a low budget.
_ _ _ [E] I'm on a low budget.
[C] _ _ [D] I'm [A] on a low budget.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [D] Wreck your house, [C] destroy your friends, [D] destroy [C] yourself.
Time to fight [D] off self [Em]-destruction.
Black, [F] Indian, start to rock me.
_ _ [E] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ _
[G] Yeah, come [A] dancing.
_ [B] _ I'm on [A] a low budget, _ destroy yourself.
_ [G] _ _
_ [D] _ [C] You can see all the [G] stars as you walk down [D] Hollywood _ _ Boulevard.
_ _ _ [C] Some that you [G] recognize, some that you've hardly [D] even heard of.
_ _ _ [C] People who worked [G] and suffered and struggled [D] for fame. _ _ _
_ _ _ [C] Some who succeeded and [G]
some who suffered in vain.
_ The [A#] only [F] time I feel alright.
[A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [D] Girl, I want to be with you all of the [C] time.
All [D] day and all night.
_ _ [C] All day and [D] all night.
_ _ [C] _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [A#] _ Yeah, you really got me.
You got me so I don't know what I'm doing. _ _
[D#] _ _ You really _ _ _ _ _ got me.
You really got me.
You really got me.
You really got me.
_ [C#] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _
Just a week before [F#] and I never ever kissed a woman [A] before.
But all the smile took me by the hand.
Said, am I gonna make you a [E] man?
Well, I'm not the world's most masculine man.
[A] But I know what I am when [D] I'm playing on the man.
It's [E] so slow. _
La, la, [A] la, la, la.
_ [D] _
La, [C] la, la, la, la, la.
La, _
[E] _ la, _ la, la, la, la.
[A] _