Did You See His Name chords by The Kinks

• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Intermediate

(B5)             G
e|----------------------------3-|
B|----------------------------0-|
G|----------------------------0-|
D|4-4-4--4-4-4----------------0-|
A|2-2-2--1-1-1--0-0-0---------2-|
E|--------------5-5-5--4-4-4--3-|
 (B5) = Walk Down Riff

Intro:

       E E E E       E E E E E E E E
e|----------|0-0-0-0-|----------|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|
B|----2---3-|0-0-0-0-|----2---3-|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|
G|2-4---4---|1-1-1-1-|2-4---4---|1-1-1-1-|1-1-1-1-|
D|----------|2-2-2-2-|----------|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|
A|----------|2-2-2-2-|----------|2-2-2-2-|2-2-2-2-|
E|----------|0-0-0-0-|----------|0-0-0-0-|0-0-0-0-|

Verse 1:
E    A    E      D   A
Did you see his name in the local paper
    E   A   D         E
Stole a tin of beans from a cut-priced grocery store?
  D          A
The judge said, "He must pay"
    D       A       D       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    E      D    A
Did you see his name in the criminal section
    E   A  D         E
And the center page gave his name and his address
         D     A
They stopped him doing it again
     D       A     D       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
 He lost his little job
E          Bm       (B5)
 His employer was absolved of blame
G             E
His world just crumbled down

Verse 3:
E          A    E       D    A
 Incidently, did you see his name in the obiturary column
    E     A
Letters edged in black
D         E
Life was much too hard to live
    D        A
So, he brought it to an end
    D        A
In his gas-filled maisonette
      D          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   E      D   A       A   E
La la la la la
La la la la la la
La la la la la
Outro:
D         E
Life was much too hard to live
    D        A
So, he brought it to an end
    D        A
In his gas-filled maisonette
      D          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    E
Did you see his name?
    A    E
Did you see his name?
    A    E
Did you see his name?


🏷Legend & Chords:

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