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