Village Green Acoustic chords by The Kinks

Standard Tuning EADGBe


NO CAPO


Intro: Cm Fm A# D# G# Fm G Cm


Verse 1:

Cm     Fm   A#        D#    G#      Fm G         Cm
Out in the country, far from all the soot and noise of the city, there's a village green, oh
Cm      Fm    A#         D#      G#        Fm  G      Cm
It's been a long time, since I last set eyes on the church with the steeple, down by the village green
Cm    Fm    A#     D#         G#  Fm  G         Cm
Ah la la la la, 'twas there I met a girl called Daisy, and kissed her by the old oak tree
Cm    Fm   A#      D#      G#    Fm    G       Cm
Ah la la la la, although I loved my Daisy, I sought fame, and so I left the village green

Chorus 1:

Fm     Fm/E     Fm/D#     Fm/D
I miss the village green, and all the simple people
Cm     Cm/B     Cm/A#     Cm/A
I miss the village green, the church, the clock, the steeple
D7           G
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school


Verse 2:

  Cm     Fm  A#     D#      G#   Fm    G        Cm
And now all the houses are rare antiquities, American tourists flock to see the village green
Cm    Fm   A#         D#      G#    Fm    G      Cm
Ah la la la la, they snap their photographs and say "god darn it, isn't it a pretty scene?"
Cm    Fm   A#     D#       G#   Fm    G        Cm
Ah la la la la, and Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy, and now he owns a grocery

Chorus 2:

Fm     Fm/E     Fm/D#     Fm/D
I miss the village green, and all the simple people
Cm     Cm/B     Cm/A#     Cm/A
I miss the village green, the church, the clock, the steeple
D7           G
I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school


Verse 3/Outro:

  Cm    Fm     A#      D#        G#     Fm    G       Cm
And I will return there, and I'll see Daisy, and we'll sip tea and laugh and talk about the village green
Cm    Fm   A#    D#      G#   Fm    G       Cm
La la la la la, la la la, la la la la, we will laugh and talk about the village green