The Kinks – Polly (Guitar)

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***Big thanks to martink12au for his input into creating this Tab.*** Tabbed by Robert Da Prato 10th September 2021 ********************************************************************************************************* SONG PLAYING INFORMATION: | * Single Strum | Dsus4 = xx0233 | D5 = xx023x ********************************************************************************************************* [Intro]
      G                        D                        G                        D
 |    /    /    /    /    |    /    /    /    /    |    /    /    /    /    |    /    /    /    /    |

e|------------------------|----2-------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|--0-0-0-1-1/3-3--1-0-1--|----3-------------------|--0-0-0-1-1/3-3--1-0-1--|----3-------------------|
G|------------------------|----2-------------------|------------------------|----2-------------------|
D|------------------------|----0-------------------|------------------------|----0-------------------|
A|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|

     D    D    D    D         D    D    D    D      Dsus4 Dsus4 Dsus4 D         D
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[Verse 1]
G                            D      D* D*  D*
Polly wouldn't listen to her Mama

G                            D      D* D*  D*
Polly wouldn't listen to her Papa

    C                               G
She tried to make the swinging city scene

    G                                  C  D   G     G      G
And now there's not a place that Polly hasn't been

[Chorus]
  G                   D               G                   D               G                   D
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
D|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
A|2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0-|
E|3-3---------------------------------3-3---------------------------------3-3-------------------|
  Polly,                pretty pretty Pollyanna             pretty pretty Pollyanna

               G                   D
e|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-0--------------------|
D|-------------0-0--------------------|
A|-------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0--|
E|-------------3-3--------------------|

               G                         D          G                                     C*   D* G
  Pretty Polly Garter                    Oh....., I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home
[Bridge 1]
       C                              G
Pretty Polly, dressed as jolly as can be

         C                            G
She's so darling, all the fellas do agree

    B                                D
And half a million people can't be wrong

D          G                                     C*   D* G     G
Oh....., I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home
[Verse 2]
G                           D      D* D*  D*
Polly wrote a letter to her Mama

G                             D    D* D*  D*
Polly made confessions to her Papa

C                                     G
Mummy's proud 'cause Polly's still in chains

G                           C    D G     G      G
Happy now her baby's coming home again
[Bridge 2]
       C                                      G
Pretty Polly, she learned that life is just a game

       C                                G
She is sorry, she just had to break the chains

    B                                D
And Mama knows, 'cause Mama was the same

D              G                           C*   D G      G
Oh....., she's happy now her baby's coming home again

[Outro]
  G                   D               G                   D               G                   D
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
D|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
A|2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0-|
E|3-3---------------------------------3-3---------------------------------3-3-------------------|
  Polly,                pretty pretty Polly                 pretty pretty Polly    
      (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)                  (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)                   (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)

               G                   D
e|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-0--------------------|
D|-------------0-0--------------------|
A|-------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0--|
E|-------------3-3--------------------|

               G                         D                   D7
  Pretty Polly Garter                   Oh................., Ohh......Oh...Oh
(LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)
  G                   D               G                   D               G                   D
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
D|0-0---------------------------------0-0---------------------------------0-0-------------------|
A|2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0---------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0-|
E|3-3---------------------------------3-3---------------------------------3-3-------------------|
  Polly,                pretty pretty Polly                 pretty pretty Polly
       (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)                 (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)                  (LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa)

               G                   D
e|------------------------------------|
e|------------------------------------|
G|-------------0-0--------------------|
D|-------------0-0--------------------|
A|-------------2-2-2-3-3/5-5-3-2-3-0--|
E|-------------3-3--------------------|

               G                         D    D7    G*                                  C*     D* G*
  Pretty Polly Garter                    Oh....., I think that pretty Polly should have stayed at home
(LaLaLaLaLaLaLaLa) ************************************ | / Slide up ************************************