| Em | Em/D# | Em/D | Em/Db | Em/C | |
| She was s | ick and t | ired of c | ountry l | ife |
| Em | |
| A little country h | ome, a little country home |
| B | Bsus4 | B | Bsus4 | B | |
| Made her blood run co | ld |
| Am | |
| Now her mo | ther pines her heart away |
| G | D | Em | |
| Looking for her ch | ild in the b | ig black s | moke |
| G | D | Em | Em/D# | Em/D | Em/Db | |
| I | n the bi | g black s | moke |
| Frailest, purest girl the world has seen |
| According to her ma, according to her pa |
| And everybody said |
| That she knew no sin and did no wrong |
| Till she walked the streets of the big black smoke |
| Of the big black smoke |
| BRIDGE: |
| B | |
| Well she sl | ept in cafes and coffee bars and bowling alleys |
| Em | G | D | |
| And every penny she h | ad |
| G | B | |
| Was sp | ent on purple hearts and cigar | ettes |
| Ah, she took all her pretty coloured clothes |
| Ran away from home, the boy next door |
| For a boy named Joe |
| And he took the money for the rent |
| Tried to drag her down in the big black smoke |
| In the big black smoke |
| G | D | Em | |
| (I | n the b | ig black sm | oke) In the big black smoke |
| G | D | Em | D | C | D | |
| (In the b | ig black sm | oke) In the big black sm | oo | oo | oke |
| D | C | D | D | C | D | D | C | D | D | C | D | D | C | D | |
| S | moo | ooo | ke, sm | ooo | ook | e, sm | ooo | ook | e, o | h | oh | , o | h | oh |
| Em/D#: 0 2 2 0 4 0 Em/D (Em7): 0 2 2 0 3 0 |
| Em/Db (Em6): 0 2 2 0 2 0 Em/C: 0 2 2 0 1 0 |
| Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2 |
| (from The Kinks Kronikles) |
| (sent by Harlant@hawaii.edu) |