Victoria The Kinks
Chords* used: G D Dsus2 Dsus4 C Em Bm Bmsus2 O
EADGBe
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*Here i have only listed the simplest chord positions,
guitar 2 would probably be more likely to use bar chords.
INTRO:
Guitar 1 (rhythm guitar) (acoustic steel 6 string)
Rhythm Fig. 1
|G O G O | G O G | repeat 4 times
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +:|
|v v ^ v v ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
Guitar 2 (lead guitar) (clean electric 6 string, set on the neck pick-up)
-Comes in on the 3rd beat of the second bar-
| | E-0-2-3 | G | E-0-2-3 |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| | | ^ v ^ v v ^ | v ^ r r |
|G | Melody |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|^ v ^ v v ^ | v ^ r r |
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig 2.
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |same rhythm for verse.
|v ^ v r v ^ v r |
|D|G|C|G|D|G|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Melody -Comes in on 3rd beat of 6th bar-
(two guitars arranged for one)
e-------'-------'-----3-'-------'-------'-------' B-----3-'-------'-3-5---'-3-5-3-'-----3-'-------' Once for Intro. G-2-4---'-4-2-0-'-----0-'-------'-2-4---'-4-2-0-' Twice for Verse. D-----0-'-------'-0-2---'-0-2-0-'-----0-'-------' A-0-2---'-2-0---'-------'-------'-0-2---'-2-0---' E-------'-----3-'-------'-------'-------'-----3-'
VERSE:
Guitar 1 - Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2 - plays melody in tandem with words
Long ag[D]o, life was clea[G]n,
Sex was ba[C]d, and obscen[G]e,
And the ric[D]h, were so mea[G]n,
Stately home[D]s, for the Lord[G]s,
Croquet lawn[C]s, village green[G]s,
Victori[D]a, was my Quee[G]n.
CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 3
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v v v v v v|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
[D] [Dsus2] [D] [Bm] [Bmsus2] [Bm] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
e---------' '-2-----0-2-' '---------' '-----------' '-2-----2h3p2-------' B---------' '---3-------' '---------' '-3-----2-3-' '---3---------3-----' G---------' '-----2-----' '---------' '---4-------' '-----2---------2---' D-------0-' '-----------' '---------' '-----4-----' '-0-----0---------0-' A---0-2---' '-----------' '-----0-2-' '-----------' '-------------------' E-3-------' '-----------' '-0-3-----' '-----------' '-------------------'
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G
Lyrics} Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
POST CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 1
|G O G O | G O G |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|v v ^ v v ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
Guitar 2 (lead)
Rhythm Fig. 4
|G | Vocals |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|r ^ r v ^ ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
VERSE:
Guitar 1 (rhythm) - Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2 (lead) - strum chords to Rhythm Fig. 5
Rhythm Fig. 5
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|v ^ v ^ r r r r |
I was bor[D]n, lucky m[G]e,
In a lan[C]d, that i lov[G]e,
Though I am poo[D]r, I am fre[G]e,
When I gro[D]w, I shall figh[G]t,
For this lan[C]d, I shall di[G]e,
Let her su[D]n, never se[G]t.
DOUBLE CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 3
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v v v v v v|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
[D] [Dsus2] [D] [Bm] [Bmsus2] [Bm] [D] [Dsus4] [D]
e---------' '-2-----0-2-' '---------' '-----------' '-2-----2h3p2-------' B---------' '---3-------' '---------' '-3-----2-3-' '---3---------3-----' G---------' '-----2-----' '---------' '---4-------' '-----2---------2---' D-------0-' '-----------' '---------' '-----4-----' '-0-----0---------0-' A---0-2---' '-----------' '-----0-2-' '-----------' '-------------------' E-3-------' '-----------' '-0-3-----' '-----------' '-------------------'
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G x 2
Lyrics} Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
POST CHORUS 2:
Guitar 1 (rhythm): strum G chord with Rhythm Fig. 6.
Rhythm Fig. 6
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v r v v v r|
Guitar 2 (lead) : strum G chord with Rhythm Fig. 2.
BRIDGE:
(Brass Band Backing)
Guitar 1 (rhythm): strums chords with Rhythm Fig. 7
Rhythm Fig. 7
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v |
Guitar 2 (lead): Fingerpicks chords.
Fill 6
[D] [Dsus4] [D]
e-2h3p2-----' B-------3---' G---------2-' D-----------' A-----------' E-----------'
Guitar 1} Em D D C
Guitar 2} Em D Fill 6 x2
Lyrics } Land of hope and gloria, Land of my Victoria
Guitar 1} D G
Guitar 2} D G
Lyrics } Victoria, 'Toria.
2 and a half bars of rest, while bass does octave climb.
Guitar 2 comes in playing G chord with Rhythm Fig. 2 for two bars, then...
SOLO:
Guitar 1: Verse chords with Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2:
e-----------------'----------'---------------'-----------'---------' B-----------------'----------'---------------'-----------'---------' G---7b-10h11p10-8-'-----10-8-'-10br-10h11p8--'----10-8-7-'-7b-7b-8-' D-----------------'-7h9------'---------------'-7h9-------'-7b-7b---' A-0---------------'----------'---------------'-----------'---------' E-----------------'----------'---------------'-----------'---------' e----------------------'-----------------------'----------'-------------' B----------------------'-----------------------'----------'-------------' G-7b-7b-7b-10b-10h11p8-'-8b-8b-8b-10br-10h11p8-'-7b-7b-7b-'-10b-10h11p8-' D-7b-7b-7b-------------'-7b-7b-7b--------------'-7b-7b-7b-'-------------' A----------------------'-----------------------'----------'-------------' E----------------------'-----------------------'----------'-------------'
CHORUS:
This Chrous is slightly different.
Hold the first 2 "victoria"'s for 2 bars instead of one,
and wallop the D after Fill 7 and then slide up into nothing,
and do the sme with the Bm and the D immediately after it.
Fill 7
E-15-15-15-15s12-12-12-12s|s10-10-10-10s7-7-7-7s|s5-'
Fill 8
E-12-12-12-12s10-10-10-10s|s7-7-7-7s5-5-5-5s|s2'
Guitar 1} G D Em Bm
Guitar 2} Fill 7 D Fill 8 Bm
Lyrics } Victo________ria, Victo________ria
Guitar 1} D G
Guitar 2} D G
Lyrics } Victoria, 'Toria.
POST CHORUS:
Fill 9
e--------' B--------' G--------' D------5-'
A--3h5---'
E--------'
Guitar 2} G (upstrokes on the +'s, for 2 bars) Fill 9
G (rhythm fig. 2 for 2 bars)
VERSE:
Guitar 1: Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2: Rhythm Fig. 8
Rhythm Fig. 8
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v ^ v ^ v |
Canad[D]a, to Ind[G]ia,
Austral[C]ia, to Cornw[G]all,
Singapo[D]re, to Hong K[G]ong,
From the We[D]st, to the Ea[G]st,
From the ri[C]ch, to the po[G]or,
Victori[D]a, loved them a[G]ll.
CHORUS
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G
Lyrics } Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm
Lyrics } Victor____ia, Victor____ia,
CODA
Fill 10
[D] [Dsus4] [D5] [Dsus4] [D] [D7] [D] [Dsus4] [D5]
e-2-----3-----5-----3-----2-----2-----2----3-----5-----5-' B---3-----3-----3-----3-----3-----1-----3----3-----3-----' G-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----2----2-----2-----2---' D-0------------------------------------------------------' A--------------------------------------------------------' E--------------------------------------------------------'
Guitar 1} D G||
Guitar 2} Fill 10 G|| That's it. Fill 10 might be a bit wrong.
Lyrics } Victoria_________ || Play around with it and see what you can do.
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