Rush Hour Blues chords by The Kinks

SimplifiedD · Bm · Em · G · F# …

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D
Bm
Em
G
F#
Am
A
C
E
B
Aaug
Bdim
F#m
C#
Abdim
Ab

Intro 1

He gets up early about

Verse 1
D 
seven o'clock,
The alarm goes off and then
the house starts to rock.
In and out of the bathroom
by seven- o- three,
By seven- ten he's downstairs
Em 
drinking his tea.
D 
G 
So put a shine on your shoes,
D 
Put on your pin- striped suit.
Em 
F# 
Can't lose those early- morning-
G 
D 
can't- stop- yawning,
Am 
A 
C 
Push and shoving rush
D 
hour blues.
A 
D 

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Verse 2

[Wife]

Darling are you ready?

Verse 3
You'll be late for the bus!
D 
[Star]
Em 
Don't rush me baby
D 
While I'm using my brush.
[Wife] Get a move on darling

Verse 4

You're

cutting it fine.

[Star] Cool it baby

Verse 5

I've got

plenty of time.

So put a shine

Verse 6
G 
on your shoes
D 
Put on your pin- striped suit.
E 
F# 
Can't lose those early- morning-
G 
can't- stop- yawning
A 
B 
C 
D 
Push and shoving rush hour blues.

Verse 7
D 
Em 
Soon I'll be just one of
B 
the commuters
Waiting for the subway train.
Em 
I'll be rushing up the stairs
D 
And in the elevator.
A 
By the time that I get there
Am 
G 
I'm gonna feel like a mole in the ground
Em 
I'll be caught in the crush
I'll be pushed and be shoved,
B 
And I'll be trying to get the subway train.
Em 
I'll be fighting with my brief case
D 
And my umbrella,
A 
Every morning and every night.
Am 
G 
Em 
B 
F# 
Some people do it
B 
F# 
A 
Aaug 
A 
D 
A 
Am 
G 
every day of their lives.

Interlude 1

Verse 8

[Wife]

Read the paper later

You'll be caught in the queues.

Verse 9

[Star]

Don't rush me baby

While I'm reading the news.

Verse 10

[Wife]

Darling get a move on

You're cutting it fine.

[Star] Cool it baby

Verse 11

I've got

plenty of time.

Verse 12
C 
D 
A 
A quick cup of coffee and a slice of
D 
Toast and the Star (or should we say,
C 
D 
Norman is off to do battle with the
C 
Rush hour queues and traffic jams.
D 
In the

Verse 13

rush hour queues

No one gives a damn.

No one knows where I'm going to

No one knows who I am.

Verse 14
D 
I'm sitting in my office
C 
Bm 
D 
Bm 
In the metropolis
D 
C 
D 
I'm just part of the scenery,
I'm just part of the machinery.
C 
Bm 
D 
Chained to my desk on the 22nd floor,
I can't break out through the
Bm 
D 
automatic door,
I'd jump out the window but
C 
D 
I can't face the drop
I'm sitting in a cage with an
Bm 
D 
eye on the clock.

Verse 15

Bdim

I'm ready to start paying my dues,

F#m

I've got to lose those early- morning-

can't- stop- yawning,

Push and shoving, rush hour blues.

Verse 16
C 
D 
G 
D 
G 
Well I'm ready to start
D 
paying my dues,
Bm 
D 
Bm 
E 
D 
I've got to lose those early- morning
G 
Abdim 
can't- stop- yawning,
Ab 
Push and shoving rush