The Kinks – Now And Then (Guitar)

F            C                             F
   In  the beginning of it all there was a land

     Gm
And the sea and the sky

F                C                           F
   Then into the middle of it all there came man

   Gm
To live  on the land

Dm                           F F/E Dm
   And then a great nation

             C           Bb        C
Put into operation an evolutionary plan

F                  C                                F  Bb      C
   Now mighty corporations and politicians rule the land

F                        Bb
   Wish I could remember when

C               F   F/E     Dm
   We were more innocent

                Gm             Bb     C
Than  all those violent bitter men

F                     Bb
   The world was much younger then

C                   F     F/E   Dm
   But we were much wiser then

               Gm            Bb     C
Before we were full of discontent

Bb                  F/A              Gm          A7
   It's too bad the simple ways came sadly to an end

Bb                    F            C             F    Bb  C   Bb
   I guess that's the difference between now and then

F           C                               F     Bb  C
   In the beginning of it all there was the land

F               Bb
   We were much younger then

C                   F     F/E    Dm
   But we were much wiser then

         Gm                Bb       C
We never questioned why or when

F                     Bb
   One day we will be born again

C                 F       F/E          Dm
   Our lovers and friends will  remain

             Gm                          Bb    C
To live in a world without suffering and pain

Bb           F/A                  Gm          A7
   And I can see a day a day when enemies are friends

Bb                      F          C             F     Bb C Bb
   And there will be no distance between now and then

F           C                             F   
   In the beginning of it all there was a land