The Kinks – Victoria (Guitar)

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[Intro] | G | % | % | % | | D | G | C | G | | D | G | D | G | [Verse 1]
       D            G
Long ago life was clean

         C          G
Sex was bad and obscene

         D            G
And the rich were so mean

         D             G
Stately homes for the Lords

         C               G
Croquet lawns, village greens

       D          G
Victoria was my queen
[Chorus]
    G  D     Em  Bm        D      G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
[Verse 2]
       D           G
I was born, lucky me

      C           G
In a land that I love

            D           G
Though I'm poor, I am free

         D           G
When I grow I shall fight

          C            G
For this land I shall die

         D         G
Let her sun never set ...
[Chorus]
    G  D     Em  Bm        D      G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

    G  D     Em  Bm        D      G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria
| G | % | % | % | [Bridge]
 E                 D
Land of hope and gloria

Bm/D           C
Land of my Victoria

 E                 D
Land of hope and gloria

Bm/D           C        G
Land of my Victoria-a-a-a

       D      G
Victoria, toria
[Solo] | G | % | % | % | | D | G | C | G | | D | G | D | G | | C | G | D | G | [Chorus] (hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)
    G Em D Bm   D      Em D Bm A Bm         D       G
Victooooooooooria, Victoooooooooria, Victoria, 'toria
[Verse 3]
     D        G
Canada to India

        C         G
Australia to Cornwall

      D            G
Singapore to Hong Kong

          D           G
From the West to the East

          C           G
From the rich to the poor

       D            G
Victoria loved them all ...
[Chorus]
    G  D     Em  Bm        D      G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

    G  D     Em  Bm        D      G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria