The Monkees – Kicking Stones (Guitar)

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As recorded by The Monkkes (From the 1967 Album MORE OF THE MONKEES - 2006 DELUXE CD REISSUE) [Intro] C N.C. C F C N.C. C N.C. C F C [Verse 1]
C
Kicking stones on an old dirt road feelin’

F
Dear-dejected and all alone

     C            G                 A
When I looked up ahead I thought my mind I’d blown

     D                      G N.C.
On a giant toad-stool sat a Teeny-tiny gnome
[Interlude] C N.C. C F C N.C. C N.C. C F C [Verse 2]
C
He was all involved in a game of solitaire but

      F
Said “Hello” with a smile, just like I wasn’t there

  C                    G                  G#                    A
I kicked the dirt some more and he said, “Please don’t start a fight”

        D                               G N.C.
Found a church-key in his pocket and he opened up his pipe
[Interlude] C N.C. C N.C. C N.C. C N.C. C F C N.C. [Bridge]
   D
He blew some silver circles

D
Wound his fingers in his beard

D
And from that pipe came magic music

G N.C.
Like I’d never heard
[Keyboard Solo] C F C F C F C F C F C F C F C F [Interlude] C N.C. C F C N.C. D N.C. D G D N.C. [Verse 3]
       D
As the notes came floating in, I picked up both my ears

  G
I walked into a drive-in, hadn’t felt so starved in years

         D              F#        B
A rabbit waiter took my order and quickly disappeared

   E                                    A N.C.    A N.C.   D
He said, “The parties over, please come back in a thousand years”
[Outro] D