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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