The Kinks – Top Of The Pops (Guitar Solo)

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BE SURE TO USE THE CHORD SHAPES SPELLED OUT BELOW. IF YOU USE THE AUTO-GENERATED SHAPES IT WILL NOT SOUND LIKE IT'S SUPPOSED TO. [Chords] [Outro Organ Chords] A x0222x A x0222x Asus4 x0223x A/G# 4x222x G 3x000x F#m 244222 Gsus4 3x001x E 022100 E 0221xx D xx0232 Esus4 0222xx D/F# 2x0232 D xx0232 C x30210 Csus2 x3001x
[Riff for end of verse]
  E
e|------------------------|
B|-------8-------8--------|
G|-9-7-9---9-7-9---9-7-5\-|
D|------------------------|
A|------------------------|
E|------------------------|
N.C. "Yes, it's number one - it's Top of the Pops!"
[Intro]
   A       G      E       G        A       G        E      G
e|--------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|-2-2-2---0-0--|---------0h1-0--|-2-3-2---0h1-0--|---------0h1-0--|
G|-2-2-2---0-0--|-1-1-1---0---0--|-2-2-2---0---0--|-1-2-1---0---0--|
D|-2-2-2---0-0--|-2-2-2---0---0--|-2-2-2---0---0--|-2-2-2---0---0--| The last 2 measures are what is played 
A|-0-0-0--------|-2-2-2----------|-0-0-0----------|-2-2-2----------| for the Verse.
E|---------3-3--|-0-0-0---3---3--|---------3---3--|-0-0-0---3---3--|
   1 + 2 3 + 4    1 + 2 3 +   4    1 + 2 3 +   4    1 + 2 3 +   4
[Verse]
A                 G         E          G
I've just come in at number twenty five

A         G         E               G
I'm oh so happy, so glad to be alive

A             G                  E             G
And everybody says it's going to get to the top

A
Life is so easy when your record's hot.
E (Riff) [Verse]
A              G     E            G
Go tell my mamma and my sister too

A           G            E              G
To press my trousers and polish my shoes

A            G        E                G
I might even end up a rock-and-roll god

A
It might turn into a steady job.
E (Riff) [Chorus]
D                         C             Gsus4        Csus2
And my agent said to me: "Son, I always told you so."
[Verse]
A               G      E                G
Now my record's number eleven on the BBC

A          G            E     G
But number seven on the N.M.E.

A              G     E                   E
Now the Melody Maker want to interview me

E  (Riff)                                   D
And ask about my politics and theories on pollution

[Bridge]
  Dm
e|-----------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------|
G|-5h7---5-7-5-5h7---5-7-5-7/9--9\7-5-7--5-------|
D|-----------------------------------------5-5h7-| Play one time.
A|-----------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------|

  Dm
e|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-5h7-5-5h7---5h7-5-5h7---5h7-5-7/9--9\7-5-7--5-------|
D|-----------------------------------------------5-5h7-| Repeat this section 5 times.
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
[Break] A G E G [Verse]
A          G          E           G
Now my record's up to number three

A                G            E                 G
And a woman recognized me and started to scream

A              G      E           G
This all seems like a crazy dream

E  (Riff)                                      D
I've been invited to a dinner with a prominent queen
[Chorus]
D                C                           Gsus4       Csus2
And now I've got friends that I never knew I had before.
[Solo] A G E G A G E G A G E G E E [Verse]
A                G           E                     G
It's strange how people want you when you record's high

A                    G         E                G
'Cause when it drops down they just pass you by

A            G                E         G
Now my agent called me on the telephone

E
"Son your record's just got to Number One."
[Outro] Organ A A/G# F#m E D D/F# A D
D                   Dm
And do you know what this means?

Dm
This means you can earn some real money!
[End] A A A A