#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## From: Harlan L Thompson THE BIG BLACK SMOKE- The Kinks Em Em Em/D# Em/D Em/Db Em/C She was sick and tired of country life Em A little country home, a little country home B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B Made her blood run cold Am Now her mother pines her heart away G D Em Looking for her child in the big black smoke G D Em Em/D# Em/D Em/Db In the big black smoke Frailest, purest girl the world has seen According to her ma, according to her pa And everybody said That she knew no sin and did no wrong Till she walked the streets of the big black smoke Of the big black smoke BRIDGE: B Well she slept in cafes and coffee bars and bowling alleys Em G D And every penny she had G B Was spent on purple hearts and cigarettes Ah, she took all her pretty coloured clothes Ran away from home, the boy next door For a boy named Joe And he took the money for the rent Tried to drag her down in the big black smoke In the big black smoke G D Em (In the big black smoke) In the big black smoke G D Em D C D (In the big black smoke) In the big black smoooooke D C D D C D D C D D C D D C D Smoooooke, smoooooke, smoooooke, oh oh, oh oh Em/D#: 0 2 2 0 4 0 Em/D (Em7): 0 2 2 0 3 0 Em/Db (Em6): 0 2 2 0 2 0 Em/C: 0 2 2 0 1 0 Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2 (from The Kinks Kronikles) (sent by [email protected])
About the artist behind The Big Black Smoke Chords:
The band's early hard-driving singles set a standard in the mid-1960s for rock and roll, while albums such as Face to Face,[2] Something Else, The Kinks Are the Village Green Preservation Society, Arthur and Muswell Hillbillies are highly regarded by fans, critics, and peers, and are considered amongst the most influential recordings of the era.[3]
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