The Kinks – Brainwashed (Guitar Intro)

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--------------------------------------------------------------------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Written by: Ray Davies From: “Arthur (Or the Decline and Fall of the British Empire)” (1969) Tabbed by: maguri Tuning: Standard --------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro]
 [ G ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------5-|
D|5---5-------3-5-|----5-------3-5-|----5-------3-5-|----5-------3---|
A|--------5-5-----|--------5-5-----|--------5-5-----|--------5-5-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

 [ C ]
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----5-------3-5-|----5-------3---|----------------|----------------|
D|--------5-5-----|--------5-5---5-|----5-------3-5-|----5-------3---|
A|----------------|----------------|--------5-5-----|--------5-5-----|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

  D                        C   Bb
  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +  1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +

e|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|
G|7-------7-------|7---7---5---3---|
D|7-------7-------|7---7---5---3---|
A|5-------5-------|5---5---3---1---|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
          E-A-D-G-B-e
Cm        x-3-5-5-4-3
Cm(maj7)  x-3-5-4-4-3
Cm7       x-3-5-3-4-3
Cm6       x-3-5-2-4-3
Cm*       x-3-1-0-1-x
Cm/B      x-2-1-0-1-x
Cm/Bb     x-1-1-0-1-x
Cm/A      x-0-1-0-1-x
C(add11)  x-3-2-0-1-1
--------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] | G | % | % | % | | C | % | G | % |
| D D | D D C Bb |
   (breaks)
[Verse]
G
  Look like a real human being

        G
But you don't have a mind of your own

G
  Yeah, you can talk, you can breathe

        G
You can work, you can stitch, you can sew (But you're brainwashed)

C             Bb       F
  Yes you are, yes you are

Bb       F      | C | % | % | % |
Get down on your knees
[Interlude] | G Bb | C D | G Bb | C D |
| D D | D D C Bb |
   (breaks)
[Verse]
G
  You've got a job and a house

      G
And a wife, and your kids and a car

G
  Yeah, you're conditioned to be

          G                                          | | C | % |
What they want you to be and be happy to be where you are

Bb        F
  Yes you are

Bb       F      | C | % | % | % |
Get down on your knees

Bb       F       C
Get down on your knees
(ritardando) (break) [Middle 8] | G Bb | C D |
    G               Bb
The aristocrats and bureaucrats

    C              D                  | G Bb | C D |
Are dirty rats for making you what you are

G                           Bb
They're up there and you’re down here

       C                         D         | G Bb | C D |
You're on the ground and they're up with the stars

Cm                    Cm(maj7)              Cm7
All your life they've kicked you around and pushed you around

         Cm6            | Cm Cm/B | Cm/Bb Cm/A |
Till you can't take any more

   G                  Bb
To them you're just a speck of dirt

    C                 D              | G Bb | C D |
But you don't want to get up off the floor

D  D   D      D    C   Bb
Mister you're just brainwashed
(breaks) [Verse]
G
  They give you social security

G
Tax saving benefits that grow at maturity

G
  Yeah, you're content just to be what they want you to be

       G
And to do what they want you to

C             Bb       F
  Yes you are, yes you are

Bb       F       C(add11)
Get down on your knees
(ritardando) (break)