Did You See His Name chords by The Kinks

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

(B5B5)             G+G
e|----------------------------3-|
BB|----------------------------0-|
G+G|----------------------------0-|
D MajorD|4-4-4--4-4-4----------------0-|
A augmentedA|2-2-2--1-1-1--0-0-0---------2-|
E MajorE|--------------5-5-5--4-4-4--3-|
 (B5B5) = Walk Down Riff

Intro:

       E MajorE E E MajorE E       E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E E MajorE E
e|----------|0-0-0-0-|----------|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|
BB|----2---3-|0-0-0-0-|----2---3-|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|
G+G|2-4---4---|1-1-1-1-|2-4---4---|1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|
D MajorD|----------|2-2-2-2-|----------|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|
A augmentedA|----------|2-2-2-2-|----------|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|
E MajorE|----------|0-0-0-0-|----------|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|

Verse 1:
E MajorE    A augmentedA    E MajorE      D MajorD   A augmentedA
Did you see his name in the local paper
    E MajorE   A augmentedA   D MajorD         E MajorE
Stole a tin of beans from a cut-priced grocery store?
  D MajorD          A augmentedA
The judge said, "He must pay"
    D MajorD       A augmentedA       D MajorD       E* E* E*
So, he put him on probation and the paper gave his name

E7* E7* E7*  E/C#* E/C#* E/C#*  E/B* E/B* E/B*

Verse 2:
    A augmentedA    E MajorE      D MajorD    A augmentedA
Did you see his name in the criminal section
    E MajorE   A augmentedA  D MajorD         E MajorE
And the center page gave his name and his address
         D MajorD     A augmentedA
They stopped him doing it again
     D MajorD       A augmentedA     D MajorD       E* E* E*
So, they put him to dishonour and put the man to shame

E7* E7* E7*  E/C#* E/C#* E/C#*  E/B* E/B* E/B*

Chorus:
G+G
 He lost his little job
E MajorE          B minorBm       (B5B5)
 His employer was absolved of blame
G+G             E MajorE
His world just crumbled down

Verse 3:
E MajorE          A augmentedA    E MajorE       D MajorD    A augmentedA
 Incidently, did you see his name in the obiturary column
    E MajorE     A augmentedA
Letters edged in black
D MajorD         E MajorE
Life was much too hard to live
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
So, he brought it to an end
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
In his gas-filled maisonette
      D MajorD          E* E* E*
Because he couldn't stand the strain

E7* E7* E7*  E/C#* E/C#* E/C#*  E/B* E/B* E/B*

Instrumental:
   A augmentedA   E MajorE      D MajorD   A augmentedA       A augmentedA   E MajorE
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Outro:
D MajorD         E MajorE
Life was much too hard to live
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
So, he brought it to an end
    D MajorD        A augmentedA
In his gas-filled maisonette
      D MajorD          E* E* E*
Because he couldn't stand the strain

E7* E7* E7*  E/C#* E/C#* E/C#*  E/B* E/B* E/B*

    A augmentedA    E MajorE
Did you see his name?
    A augmentedA    E MajorE
Did you see his name?
    A augmentedA    E MajorE
Did you see his name?


🏷Legend & Chords:

E/C# = x42100  E/B = x22100  * = Single Strum