Village Green The Kinks
"Village Green" (Davies)
From "The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society"(1968)
This haunting tune was recorded in November of 1966,
but not released til two years later. Ray has a capo
on the third fret of his Framus 12 string, allowing the
chorus's chromatic descent A la SUNNY AFTERNOON.
Intro: Am Dm |G C|F Dm|Em Am| X1
[Am]Out in the c[Dm]ountry
F[G]ar from all the s[C]oot and [F]noise of the [Dm]city
T[Em]here's a village g[Am]reen, oh
[Am]It's been a l[Dm]ong time
[G]Since I last set e[C]yes on the c[F]hurch with the s[Dm]teeple
[Em]Down by the [Am]village green
[Am]Ah la la [Dm]la la
'[G]Twas there I [C]met a girl called [F]Dais[Dm]y
And ki[Em]ssed her by the old [Am]oak tree
[Am]Ah la la [Dm]la la
[G]Although I l[C]oved my Daisy, [F]I sought f[Dm]ame
And [Em]so I left the v[Am]illage green
CHORUS:
[Dm]I miss the [Dm/C#]village green[Dm/C], And all the [Dm/B]simple people
[Am]I miss the [Am/G#]village gre[Am/G]en, The church[Am/F#], the clock, the steeple
I [B7]miss the morning dew, f[E]resh air and Sunday school
And now all the houses are rare antiquities
American tourists flock to see the village green
They snap their photographs and say "Gor' darn it
Isn't it a pretty scene?"
And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy
And now he owns a grocery
CHORUS
And I will return there
And I'll see Daisy
And we'll sip tea and laugh
And talk about the village green
[Am]La la la [Dm]la la ([G]ooo[C]h)
[F]We will l[Dm]augh and t[Em]alk about the vi[Am]llage green
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