The Kinks – Noise (Guitar Intro)

C                                        G
Dad's stuck in the factory, machines are banging all around,

C                                   G
Momma's in the kitchen she got the radio on all the time.

   C                              G
My little sister's screaming and stamping on the ground,

        Am           B              C               D
And the radio keeps pumping out the same old boring sound.

E             D     Bm    A
All I hear is noise.

E                       D     Bm    A
Can't get away from the noise.

E                          D     Bm    A
Can you hear me above the noise?

C                                   D
Can you, can you, can you, can you, can you, can you hear me?

E                D       Bm    A
Can you hear the noise? (Noise)

E                       D       Bm    A
Can't get away from the noise. (Noise)

E                         D       Bm    A
Can you hear me above the noise? (Noise)

C                                   D
Can you, can you, can you, can you, can you, can you hear me?

C                      G
Banging in my ears, in every direction,

C                   G
Listen to the roar, hear that city poundin', poundin'.

      C                           G
There oughta be a law, hey buddy, turn that radio down,

 Am              B                   C               D
Sometimes I get used to it and I forget that it's around.

E                  D     Bm    A
But all I hear is noise. (Noise)

E                   D     Bm    A
Can't get away from noise. (Noise)

E                          D     Bm    A
Can you hear me above the noise? (Noise)

B                        C          B
All of this confusion is ruining my day,

B                                    C           B
Let the noise be like the sunset and slowly fade away,

C  B    C
* Fading, fade.

C                              G
Girl, I want to build a better world for me and you,

        C                               G
I wanna pull out all the plugs before I finally blow my fuse.

C                              G
I wish all the confusion would slowly fade away,

 Am              B                   C               D
I tell you that I love you, but you don't hear what I say.

E               D     Bm    A
All you hear is noise. (Noise)

E                       D      Bm    A
Can't get away from the noise. (Noise)

E                          D      Bm    A                        C
Can you hear me above the noise? (Noise)

C                                   D
Can you, can you, can you, can you, hear me?  Yeah

C                            G
Noise in the street, they're digging up the pavement,

C                       G
Noise in the air, those traffic jams are everywhere.

C                  G
Noise on noise, to cover up the noise,

 Am                     B                   C        D
The pressure's building up because there's no way to avoid

E        D     Bm    A
All the noise. (Noise)

E                   D     Bm    A
Can't get away from noise. (Noise)

E                          D     Bm    A
Can you hear me above the noise? (Noise)

B                        C          B
All of this confusion is ruining my day,

B                                    C           B
Let the noise be like the sunset and slowly fade away,

C  B    C    B
* Fading, fade.