Kinks - Shangri La (First Version) Chords and Tabs

Kinks - Shangri La First Version: chords and tabs for the song. Watch chords and tablatures for all songs of the singer (group) Kinks. Other chords and tabs for the "Shangri La" can find at the bottom of the page.

SHANGRI-LA - The Kinks

(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4  twice)

Am               G         E7   Am
Now that you've found your paradise
Am          C       G     E7
This is your kingdom to command
Am   C          G          E7
You can go outside and polish your car
Am          C            E7     Am  (opening riff)
Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La

Am             G          E7       Am
Here is your reward for working so hard
Am            C          G       E7
Gone are the lavatories in the backyard
Am           C              G            E7
Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car
Am          C            E7     Am   A
You just want to sit in your Shangri-La

D                        Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7                      G         G/F#      Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C            C/B            Am  Am/G
You're in your place and you know where you are
F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D                 Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7                  G          G/F#  Em
You need not worry you need not care
C   C/B  Am
You can't go anywhere
F A         F A         Bb F     C   A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh

D            Dmaj7
The little man who gets the train
D7              G          G/F#  Em
Got a mortgage hanging over his head
C              C/B  Am Am/G
But he's too scared to complain
F            F/E  Dm Dm/C
Cos he's conditioned that way
D                   Dmaj7
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
D7              G   G/F#  Em
Got a T.V. set and a radio
C             C/B  Am
For seven shillings a week
F A         F A         Bb  F     C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A         F A         Bb  F     C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh

Bb F C   Bb F C  Bb F Dm

Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B              Dm/Bb
And all the houses in the street have got a name
Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B                 Dm/Bb
Cos all the houses in the street they look the same
A                             D                 Dm
Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes
Dm            Dm/C              Dm/B                 Dm/Bb
The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know
Dm             Dm/C                  Dm/B              Dm/Bb
They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go
A                          D             Dm
They tell your business in another Shangri-La
Dm                    Dm/C             Dm/B            Dm/Bb
The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car
Dm             Dm/C             Dm/B         Dm/Bb
Too scared to think about how insecure you are
A                            D
Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La
G        C        F  Bb  G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb... G C F A
Shangri-La la la la la la la...

D                        Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7                     G         G/F#      Em
You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher
C             C/B           Am
You're in your place and you know where you are
F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C
In your Shangri-La
D               Dmaj7
Sit back in your old rockin' chair
D7                 G          G/F#  Em
You need not worry you need not care
C     C/B  Am
You can't go anywhere
F A         F A          Bb  F    C    A
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh
F A         F A          Bb  F     C
Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh



Note: For verses that begin with Am, pick in B 4 3 2 style, once for each
chord.  For verses that begin with D, pick in  B 3 1&2 3 style.  All
other parts, including "Shangri-La" lines, strum.
(from that greatest of Kinks albums, Arthur, 1969)