Chords for Ray Davies (The Kinks) - Shangri La Live performance
Tempo:
111.8 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
A
F
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
It sounds terrible, [E] I wrote this song a long time ago and I've never played it live.
Perhaps after tonight you'll want to know why.
It's a song I wrote for a television show that was never been produced,
but if it had been, it would have been the first rock opera.
So I'm thankful for that anyway.
[Am]
It's a song from an album called Arthur or The [G] Decline and Fall of the British Empire.
[N] And bear with us, we're only young.
It's called Shangri-La.
[A] [Am]
[C] [Bm] [A]
[C] [G] [E] [A]
[C] [G] [E]
[A] [C]
[Am] [C] [E]
[C] [A]
[C] [G] In the backyard.
[E]
[Am] Gone are the days when [G] you dreamed of that [E] crowd.
[A] You just want [C] to sit in [E] your [Am] Shangri-La.
[A] [D]
On your slippers and [D] sit by the fire.
You've reached your top and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
[Gb] [G] You're in your [Bm] place and you know [A] where you are.
In [F] your Shangri [Am]-La.
[Dm] [D] Sit back in your [D] old rocking chair.
You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
You can [C] go anywhere.
[Bm] [Am]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] Shangri-La.
[F]
[C] [A]
The [D] little man who [Gbm] gets the train.
Got [D] a mortgage hanging [G] over his head.
[Em] [G] But [C] he's too scared to [G] complain.
[Am] [C] Cause [F] he's conditioned that [Em] way.
[Dm] [D] Time goes by [Gbm] and he pays off his debts.
[E] Gone are the TV's, set [G] and the radio.
[Em]
[G] For [C] seven shillings a [Am] week.
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] [A]
[Bb] Shangri-La.
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb]
[D] And all the [C] houses in the street [G] have got a name.
[D] Cause all [C] the houses in the street, they look the [Gm] same.
[A] Same chimney pots, same little [D] cars, same window frames.
The [C] neighbors call and tell you things that you [Gm] should know.
[D] They [G] say the lines and through their teeth let them [Bb] go.
[A]
They tell you business in their other Shangri-La.
The guy spills more [C] grease [G] than famous uncle Carl.
[D] Too scared to think [G] about how insecure you are.
[A] Life ain't so happy in your little [D] Shangri-La.
[D]
[G] Shangri-La.
[C] Shangri-La.
[Bb]
[G] All [C] the [F]
[G] [F] [Bb]
[G] [C] [Bb]
[B] [D]
slippers and [Gbm] soap by the fire.
[Gb] You're tall and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
You're in [C] your place and [Bm] you know where [A] you are.
[G] In your [F] Shangri [C]-La.
[Dm] [C] [D] Sit back in [Gbm] your old rocking chair.
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
[Em]
You're [C] not going anywhere.
[Am]
[G] [F] [A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] [A]
Shangri [Bb]-La.
[F]
[C]
[N]
That's everybody's favourite crowd cheering festival, David Temple.
Big round of applause for Miranda.
My angels from North London.
Perhaps after tonight you'll want to know why.
It's a song I wrote for a television show that was never been produced,
but if it had been, it would have been the first rock opera.
So I'm thankful for that anyway.
[Am]
It's a song from an album called Arthur or The [G] Decline and Fall of the British Empire.
[N] And bear with us, we're only young.
It's called Shangri-La.
[A] [Am]
[C] [Bm] [A]
[C] [G] [E] [A]
[C] [G] [E]
[A] [C]
[Am] [C] [E]
[C] [A]
[C] [G] In the backyard.
[E]
[Am] Gone are the days when [G] you dreamed of that [E] crowd.
[A] You just want [C] to sit in [E] your [Am] Shangri-La.
[A] [D]
On your slippers and [D] sit by the fire.
You've reached your top and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
[Gb] [G] You're in your [Bm] place and you know [A] where you are.
In [F] your Shangri [Am]-La.
[Dm] [D] Sit back in your [D] old rocking chair.
You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
You can [C] go anywhere.
[Bm] [Am]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] Shangri-La.
[F]
[C] [A]
The [D] little man who [Gbm] gets the train.
Got [D] a mortgage hanging [G] over his head.
[Em] [G] But [C] he's too scared to [G] complain.
[Am] [C] Cause [F] he's conditioned that [Em] way.
[Dm] [D] Time goes by [Gbm] and he pays off his debts.
[E] Gone are the TV's, set [G] and the radio.
[Em]
[G] For [C] seven shillings a [Am] week.
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] [A]
[Bb] Shangri-La.
[F]
[C] [F]
[C] [F]
[Bb]
[D] And all the [C] houses in the street [G] have got a name.
[D] Cause all [C] the houses in the street, they look the [Gm] same.
[A] Same chimney pots, same little [D] cars, same window frames.
The [C] neighbors call and tell you things that you [Gm] should know.
[D] They [G] say the lines and through their teeth let them [Bb] go.
[A]
They tell you business in their other Shangri-La.
The guy spills more [C] grease [G] than famous uncle Carl.
[D] Too scared to think [G] about how insecure you are.
[A] Life ain't so happy in your little [D] Shangri-La.
[D]
[G] Shangri-La.
[C] Shangri-La.
[Bb]
[G] All [C] the [F]
[G] [F] [Bb]
[G] [C] [Bb]
[B] [D]
slippers and [Gbm] soap by the fire.
[Gb] You're tall and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
You're in [C] your place and [Bm] you know where [A] you are.
[G] In your [F] Shangri [C]-La.
[Dm] [C] [D] Sit back in [Gbm] your old rocking chair.
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
[Em]
You're [C] not going anywhere.
[Am]
[G] [F] [A]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[Bb] [F]
[C]
[F] Shangri-La.
[A]
[F] [A]
Shangri [Bb]-La.
[F]
[C]
[N]
That's everybody's favourite crowd cheering festival, David Temple.
Big round of applause for Miranda.
My angels from North London.
Key:
C
G
A
F
D
C
G
A
It sounds terrible, [E] I wrote this song a _ long time ago and I've never played it live.
Perhaps after tonight you'll want to know why.
_ It's a song I wrote for a television show that was never been produced,
but if it had been, it would have been the first rock opera.
So I'm thankful for that anyway.
_ [Am] _ _
It's a song from an album called Arthur or The [G] Decline and Fall of the British Empire.
_ [N] _ _ And bear with us, we're only young.
_ _ It's called Shangri-La. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] In the backyard.
[E] _
_ [Am] Gone are the days when [G] you dreamed of that [E] crowd.
[A] You just want [C] to sit in [E] your [Am] Shangri-La.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
On your slippers and [D] sit by the fire.
You've reached your top and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
[Gb] _ [G] You're in your [Bm] place and you know [A] where you are.
_ In [F] your Shangri [Am]-La.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Sit back in your [D] old rocking chair.
You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
_ _ You can [C] go anywhere.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ [A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
The [D] little man who [Gbm] gets the train.
Got [D] a mortgage hanging [G] over his head.
[Em] _ _ [G] But [C] he's too scared to [G] complain.
_ [Am] _ _ [C] Cause [F] he's conditioned that [Em] way.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Time goes by [Gbm] and he pays off his debts.
[E] Gone are the TV's, set [G] and the radio.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] For [C] seven shillings a [Am] week. _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] And all the [C] houses in the street [G] have got a name.
[D] Cause all [C] the houses in the street, they look the [Gm] same. _
[A] Same chimney pots, same little [D] cars, same window frames.
The [C] neighbors call and tell you things that you [Gm] should know.
[D] They [G] say the lines and through their teeth let them [Bb] go.
_ [A]
They tell you business in their other Shangri-La.
The guy spills more [C] grease [G] than famous uncle Carl.
[D] _ Too scared to think [G] about how insecure you are.
[A] _ Life ain't so happy in your little [D] Shangri-La.
[D] _ _ _
[G] Shangri-La.
[C] Shangri-La.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
[G] All [C] the _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
slippers and [Gbm] soap by the fire. _ _
[Gb] You're tall and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
You're in [C] your place and [Bm] you know where [A] you are.
[G] In your [F] Shangri [C]-La.
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Sit back in [Gbm] your old rocking chair.
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
[Em] _ _
You're [C] not going anywhere.
[Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Shangri [Bb]-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's everybody's favourite crowd cheering festival, David Temple.
Big round of applause for Miranda. _
_ _ _ My angels from North London.
Perhaps after tonight you'll want to know why.
_ It's a song I wrote for a television show that was never been produced,
but if it had been, it would have been the first rock opera.
So I'm thankful for that anyway.
_ [Am] _ _
It's a song from an album called Arthur or The [G] Decline and Fall of the British Empire.
_ [N] _ _ And bear with us, we're only young.
_ _ It's called Shangri-La. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[C] _ [Bm] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ [A] _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [G] In the backyard.
[E] _
_ [Am] Gone are the days when [G] you dreamed of that [E] crowd.
[A] You just want [C] to sit in [E] your [Am] Shangri-La.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [D] _
On your slippers and [D] sit by the fire.
You've reached your top and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
[Gb] _ [G] You're in your [Bm] place and you know [A] where you are.
_ In [F] your Shangri [Am]-La.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Sit back in your [D] old rocking chair.
You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
_ _ You can [C] go anywhere.
[Bm] _ _ [Am] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ [A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
The [D] little man who [Gbm] gets the train.
Got [D] a mortgage hanging [G] over his head.
[Em] _ _ [G] But [C] he's too scared to [G] complain.
_ [Am] _ _ [C] Cause [F] he's conditioned that [Em] way.
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] Time goes by [Gbm] and he pays off his debts.
[E] Gone are the TV's, set [G] and the radio.
_ _ [Em] _ _ _
[G] For [C] seven shillings a [Am] week. _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La.
_ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Bb] Shangri-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[D] And all the [C] houses in the street [G] have got a name.
[D] Cause all [C] the houses in the street, they look the [Gm] same. _
[A] Same chimney pots, same little [D] cars, same window frames.
The [C] neighbors call and tell you things that you [Gm] should know.
[D] They [G] say the lines and through their teeth let them [Bb] go.
_ [A]
They tell you business in their other Shangri-La.
The guy spills more [C] grease [G] than famous uncle Carl.
[D] _ Too scared to think [G] about how insecure you are.
[A] _ Life ain't so happy in your little [D] Shangri-La.
[D] _ _ _
[G] Shangri-La.
[C] Shangri-La.
_ _ _ [Bb] _
[G] All [C] the _ [F] _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
slippers and [Gbm] soap by the fire. _ _
[Gb] You're tall and you [G] just can't get any [Em] higher.
You're in [C] your place and [Bm] you know where [A] you are.
[G] In your [F] Shangri [C]-La.
_ [Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ [D] Sit back in [Gbm] your old rocking chair.
[D] You need not worry, [G] you need not care.
[Em] _ _
You're [C] not going anywhere.
[Am] _ _ _
[G] _ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Shangri-La.
_ _ [A] _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
Shangri [Bb]-La.
_ _ [F] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ That's everybody's favourite crowd cheering festival, David Temple.
Big round of applause for Miranda. _
_ _ _ My angels from North London.