Maximum Consumption chords by The Kinks

• Tuning: EADGBE

Verse 1:
          G                  D           G
I'll have some clam chowder, followed by beef steak on rye
C            D
Pumpkin pie, whipped cream and coffee,
G                   D
I wanna green salad on the side,
G                       D
Don't forget the french fries,
C          D             G
Pizza pie, garlic and anchovie.
C#     D                                                  E
I keep burning up calories as fast as I keep putting them down,
D         E
Eat food, put it in my mouth,
D           E                  C  D
Chew it up, swallow it down,
          G         D           G
I'll have two eggs, over light, home made apple pie
C         D         G        C#
Cole slaw as a side order.
        G                                           C        D             G
I gotta stay fit, stay alive, eat food to sustain a non-stop high-grade performer.
D                                             E
The pace is continual, sure keeps running me down
D                       E
Don't you know that you gotta eat food,
D                       E                    C#   D
Don't you know that you gotta refuel.
     G          C          G           C
I'm a Maximum Consumption, super-grade performer.
G            C          G
High powered machine,
    C
Go steady on my clutch, go easy on the hills
           G             C              G      C
And you'll get a lot of mileage out of me.
      D                          C
I'm so easy to drive, and I'm an excellent ride,

Solo:
G                        C  D  G            D  C  D    C#

Verse 2:
    D                                  E
Excessive living sure keeps running me down
D                              E
You've got to learn to use the Maximum Juice
D                      E              C  D  E
That's how you get the maximum use.
G                                         C             D          G
Life keeps using me, keeps on abusing me, mentally and physically.
                  D           G         C#      C        D          G
I gotta stay fit, stay alive, need fuel inside, eat food to survive
D                                        E
Maximum Consumption sure keeps running me down
D                       E
Don't you know that you gotta eat food
D                        E                C  D  E
Don't you know that it's good for you.
G                C
I'm a Maximum Consumption,
Non-stop machine
G          C
Total automation perpetual motion.

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