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