The Kinks – Village Green (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

[Intro] | Am Dm | G C | F Dm | E Am | [Verse 1]
 Am          Dm
 Out in the country

G         C                F            Dm
 Far from all the soot and noise of the city

E                 Am
There's a village green, oh

 Am           Dm
 It's been a long time

G       C                    F               Dm
Since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple

E           Am
Down by the village green

Am       Dm
Ah la la la la

G            C                 F   Dm
'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy

      E                 Am
And kissed her by the old oak tree

Am       Dm
Ah la la la la

G           C              F         Dm
Although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame

    E              Am
And so I left the village green
[Chorus]
Dm         Dm/C#        Dm/C          Dm/B
I miss the village green, And all the simple people

Am         Am/G#      Am/G          Am/F#
I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple

  B7                     E
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school
[Verse 2]
    Am          Dm
And now all the houses

G          C
Are rare antiquities

 F       Dm       E                Am
American tourists flock to see the village green

 Am       Dm
 Ah la la la la

G                C               F         Dm
 They snap their photographs and say "Gor' darn it

E          Am
Isn't it a pretty scene?"

Am       Dm
Ah la la la la

G            C               F            Dm
 And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy

E             Am
And now he owns a grocery
[Chorus]
Dm         Dm/C#        Dm/C          Dm/B
I miss the village green, And all the simple people

Am         Am/G#      Am/G          Am/F#
I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple

B7                     E
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school
[Verse 3]
    Am       Dm
And I will return there

G             C
 And I'll see Daisy

          F           Dm
And we'll sip tea and laugh

    E              Am
And talk about the village green

Am       Dm     G  C
 La la la la la (oooh)
[Outro]
F        Dm        E               Am
We will laugh and talk about the village green