Chords for ♪♫ The Kinks - Waterloo Sunset (Tutorial)

_ _ Hello, [E] here's a tutorial for Waterloo Sunset by The Kinks.
I've been asked to do this one
a few times and it is [Fm] a great song. _ _
[G] This one's a nice one to play.
_ It's good to learn this
one in chunks.
[E] There's an intro, _ verse and bridge [Eb] part.
So three sort of chunks that
you kind of need to learn. _
[Eb] _ _ _ Intro, _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Ebm] _ _
[G] _ _ [Ab] _ _ this is how I do it anyway.
[Eb] So the chords are D, [Ab] A
and [Eb] G are the main chords [Eb] in this song, verses [F] and so forth.
So with the intro there, just
sort of fret your D.
You're not going to strum the whole thing, you're kind of just going
to hit the _
[Ebm] _ _ middle sort of string. _
Pinky is there for free [Eb] to come up there onto the third
string, fourth fret relative to the capo, fourth.
So _ _ _ _ just sort of hitting those middle
string. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Just make sure you hit that second string there. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Next _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] just bar across the second
fret [E] for your A.
[Ebm] You're not going to actually hit that [Eb] E down there, but [F] you need that [E] pinky
free [Bb] to then come up onto the fourth string on the [F] fourth fret. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Ab] _
So when you're coming
back into the G, just hit your [Bb] open fifth, _ [C] _
second fret on the [Bb] fifth.
Open again, fourth
string fourth [Gm] fret, _ _ _ [E] _ fourth string second [Fm] fret, _ [Eb] open fourth [Ab] and then come in for a strum
on your G.
That's the start of the verse. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ Okay, I hope you can just work that out from
that.
I won't spend [D] too much time on the intro there.
[G] Now, verse, you're [F] just going between
D, [Ab] A and G.
_ _ _ _ _ _ Dirty [Eb] old river, must you [Bb] keep rolling, rolling [Ab] into the night.
Again.
_ People
[Eb] so busy, make me [Bb] feel dizzy, taxi [Ab] light shines so bright.
It's an E minor, but I [Fm] don't.
_ _ On
the E minor, you're just basically going to run down this fourth string, [E] _ down to the [Eb] first
fret and then releasing [Fm] it.
So E minor to [C] E minor, major [F] seven or whatever it's called.
[Cm] Then just releasing it [Fm] all together.
But I _ _ don't _ need no [Cm] _ friends.
[Bb] A7 _ and _ then back to
your D, A and G.
As long as [Eb] I get some more to [Bb] listen to, I am [Ab] in paradise. _ _ _ _
Now leading
into your bridge, _ the bridge [Fm] is going to start on an [Eb] E.
So you're getting down [F] _ to an
E.
You can [Gb] play a transition chord in between [Ab] the G and the E.
[Eb] You can just, if you want,
_ [G] just hit the F sharp on the bass note going into the E [Ab] or you can just play the F sharp
over D.
So [Eb] _ _ _ _ you pick whatever you [Eb] find easier.
_ [F] _ Down to an E.
And every day I look at the
world.
E into an E7.
[F] _
_ [Bb] From my window.
To the A7 [Ab] and then back to a G.
_ _ [Eb] [F] Then run down into the E
again.
The chilly chilly steaming time.
B7. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] Waterloo sunset's fine.
[Bb] The way I do this part
here is I just play an A7, but I use my third and my fourth fingers for the A7 because I want my
pinky free [G] to _ [F] run down that E [Ab] string from the G to the F [F] sharp and then [Ab] open _ all the while while I'm
[Eb] strumming the A7.
[Bb] _ _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ _ _ _ Waterloo sunset's fine.
[F] _ _ First bass note I'm hitting is just the open fifth [Bb] string.
_ _ Pinky up [Ab] onto the third fret on the E string.
[G] _ I'm using my thumb there on the F sharp [Bb] E string.
Then _ _ _ _ _ into verse two.
Terry [Eb] meets Julie.
_ [Bb] Waterloo station. _
[Ab] Every Friday night.
Same chord as D.
But I am [Eb] so lazy.
Don't want to
[Bb] hate myself.
_ _ G.
Then you run down on your E minor again.
_ [Fm] _ _ _ _
But I _ don't _ _ _ feel _ afraid.
[Bb] A7.
As long [Eb] as I get some deep [Bb] waterloo sunset.
A.
I am in [Ab] paradise. _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ Then you little run [Eb] down from the G to [F] the E again.
_ Play your bridge again. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[Ab] A7.
G.
_ _ [F] E.
Chilly chilly steaming time.
B7.
[Bb] Waterloo _ sunset's fine.
_ _ You might notice I'm not [A] actually
strumming that part there.
I'm just sort of going _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ open fifth, plain four, _ _ and strum.
[Ab] _ _ [D] _ [G] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ [E] You don't have to do it that way.
I just [Eb] like to mix it up every [A] now and again. _ _ _ _
And that's really it.
The outro.
_ Yeah [Bb] you're just basically doing the outro on.
[Gm] _ _ _
_ _ Waterloo sunset's fine. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _
[Db] _ But they're the main parts for Waterloo sunset so that should be enough to feel alone that whole song.
[E] Alright.