The Kinks – Going Solo (Guitar)

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She left her message after the tone,

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I hear it over and over on the answer phone.

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No one can find her, address unknown.

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She just decided to go out and make it alone.

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Solo, solo, my little child is going solo.

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Solo, solo, My little child is going solo.

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I feel like crying, I'm in a rage.

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I can't understand why she just ran away.

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What made it happen, guess we'll never know.

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She just decided to go out and make it solo.

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 Solo    solo    solo    solo    solo

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We work like dogs all of our lives,

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Like millions of other husbands and wives.

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Sent her through college, didn't care what we spent.

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Think of how we feel, she didn't say, she didn't ask, she just went.

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                      Solo, solo, My little child is going solo.

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It's like a pattern, it's like a crime,

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We see it happen time after time.

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You raise your children, you watch them grow,

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Then one day it's good-bye, they've decided they're going solo.

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 Solo    solo    solo    solo    solo

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The toys are forgotten, now it appears,

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You've let them down after all of these years.

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Sacrificed all, now there's nothing to show,

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ungrateful youth, decided you're going solo.

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Solo, solo, my little child you're going solo.

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Solo, solo, ungrateful youth you're going solo.

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The obligations and all of the ties,

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Have got to be broken so you can survive.

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Just because they gave you life, they can't stop you grow,

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They can't hold you back 'cause you're going solo

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Solo                  Solo

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Solo                  Solo

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Now they can't hold you back 'cause you're going solo.