Big Black Smoke Chords by The Kinks
Tempo:
86.95 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
E
B
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Em]
She was sick and tired of country life.
A little country home, a little country home.
Made her blood [B] run cold.
[A] Now an upper finds a harder way.
Looking for her child in the [E] big black smoke.
[G] In [D#] the big black smoke.
[C#m] [E] Friend is purest girl the world [C] has seen.
[Em] Caught her mind, caught her heart.
And everybody [B] said [A] that she knew no sin and did no wrong.
Tell to [G] walk the [E] streets of the big black smoke.
[G] Of the [E] big black smoke.
Well [B] she slept in cuffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys.
And every penny [E] she had [D]
was [G] spent on purple hearts and [B] cigarettes.
[Em] Ah she took all her pretty colored clothes.
Ran away from home, boy next door.
Poor [B] boy named Joe.
[A] Then he took her money for the rent.
And tried to drag her down [D] in the big [Em] black smoke.
[D] In the big [E] black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
[D] In the big black [G] smoke.
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[G] [N]
She was sick and tired of country life.
A little country home, a little country home.
Made her blood [B] run cold.
[A] Now an upper finds a harder way.
Looking for her child in the [E] big black smoke.
[G] In [D#] the big black smoke.
[C#m] [E] Friend is purest girl the world [C] has seen.
[Em] Caught her mind, caught her heart.
And everybody [B] said [A] that she knew no sin and did no wrong.
Tell to [G] walk the [E] streets of the big black smoke.
[G] Of the [E] big black smoke.
Well [B] she slept in cuffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys.
And every penny [E] she had [D]
was [G] spent on purple hearts and [B] cigarettes.
[Em] Ah she took all her pretty colored clothes.
Ran away from home, boy next door.
Poor [B] boy named Joe.
[A] Then he took her money for the rent.
And tried to drag her down [D] in the big [Em] black smoke.
[D] In the big [E] black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
[D] In the big black [G] smoke.
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[G] [D] [G]
[D] [G] [D]
[G] [N]
Key:
G
D
E
B
Em
G
D
E
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_ _ _ _ _ She was sick and tired of country life.
A little country home, a little country home.
Made her blood [B] run cold.
_ [A] Now an upper finds a harder way.
Looking for her child in the [E] big black smoke.
[G] In [D#] the big black smoke.
_ [C#m] [E] Friend is purest girl the world [C] has seen.
_ [Em] Caught her mind, caught her heart.
And everybody [B] said _ _ [A] that she knew no sin and did no wrong.
Tell to [G] walk the [E] streets of the big black smoke.
[G] Of the [E] big black smoke.
Well [B] she slept in cuffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys.
And every penny [E] she had _ [D] _ _
_ was [G] spent on purple hearts and [B] cigarettes.
_ _ [Em] Ah she took all her pretty colored clothes.
Ran away from home, _ boy next door.
Poor [B] boy named Joe.
_ [A] Then he took her money for the rent.
And tried to drag her down [D] in the big [Em] black smoke.
[D] In the big [E] black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
[D] In the big black _ [G] smoke.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ She was sick and tired of country life.
A little country home, a little country home.
Made her blood [B] run cold.
_ [A] Now an upper finds a harder way.
Looking for her child in the [E] big black smoke.
[G] In [D#] the big black smoke.
_ [C#m] [E] Friend is purest girl the world [C] has seen.
_ [Em] Caught her mind, caught her heart.
And everybody [B] said _ _ [A] that she knew no sin and did no wrong.
Tell to [G] walk the [E] streets of the big black smoke.
[G] Of the [E] big black smoke.
Well [B] she slept in cuffs and coffee bars and bowling alleys.
And every penny [E] she had _ [D] _ _
_ was [G] spent on purple hearts and [B] cigarettes.
_ _ [Em] Ah she took all her pretty colored clothes.
Ran away from home, _ boy next door.
Poor [B] boy named Joe.
_ [A] Then he took her money for the rent.
And tried to drag her down [D] in the big [Em] black smoke.
[D] In the big [E] black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
In the big black smoke.
[D] In the big black _ [G] smoke.
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