Shangri-La chords by The Kinks (Official Version)
Intro 1
Am
Am
Verse 1
Am
G
Now that you've found
E7
Am
your paradise
Am
C
G
E7
This is your Kingdom to command
Am
C
G
E7
You can go outside and polish your car
Am
C
Or sit by the fire
E7
Am
in your Shangri- la
C
E7
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Verse 2
Am
G
E7
Am
Here is your reward for working so hard
Am
C
G
E7
Gone are the lavatories in the back yard
Am
C
Gone are the days
G
E7
when you dreamed of that car
Am
C
E7
Am
You just want to sit in your Shangri- la
A
Pre-chorus 1
D
Dmaj7
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7
You've reached your top
G
Bm/F#
Em7
and you just can't get any higher
C
You're in your place
Em/B
Am
and you know where you are
F
Am/E
Dm
F/C
In your Shangri- la
D
F#m/C#
Sit back in your old rocking chair
D7/C
You need not worry,
G
Bm/F#
Em7
you need not care
Bm/F#
C
Em/B
Am
You can't go anywhere
C/G
Shangri-
Chorus 1
F
A7
F
A7
la, Shangri- la
Bb
F
C
A7
Shangri- la
Pre-chorus 2
D
F#m/C#
The little man who gets the train
D7/C
Got a mortgage hanging
G
Bm/F#
Em7
over his head
Bm/F#
C
Em/B
Am
But he's too scared to complain
C/G
F
Am/E
D
F/C
'Cause he's conditioned that way
D
F#m/C#
Time goes by and he pays off his debts
D7/C
G
Bm/F#
Em7
Got a TV set and a radio
Bm/F#
C
Em/B
Am
For seven shillings a week
C/G
Shangri-
Chorus 2
F
A7
F
A7
la, Shangri- la
Bb
F
C
Shangri- la
F
A7
F
A7
Shangri- la, Shangri- la
Bb
F
C
Shangri- la
Bb
F
Interlude 1
C
Bb
F
C
Bb
F
Bridge 1
D
D/C
G/B
And all the houses in the street
Gm/Bb
have got a name
D
D/C
G/B
'Cause all the houses in the street
Gm/Bb
they look the same
A
D
Same chimney pots, same little cars,
same window panes
D
D/C
G/B
The neighbors call to tell you things
Gm/Bb
that you should know
D
D/C
G/B
They say their lines, they drink their tea,
Gm/Bb
and then they go
A
A/C#
They tell your business
D
in another Shangri- la
D
D/C
The gas bills and the water rates,
G/B
Gm/Bb
and payments on the car
D
D/C
Too scared to think about
G/B
Gm/Bb
how insecure you are
A
A/C#
Life ain't so happy
D
in your little Shangri- la
G
C
F
Little Shangri- la, Shangri- la, la- la- la- la
Bb
G
C
la- la- la- la
F
Bb
G
La- la la- la- la- la- la- la- la-
C
F
Bb
G
C
F
la- la- la- la- la- la- la- la...
Bb
A7
Pre-chorus 3
D
F#m/C#
Put on your slippers and sit by the fire
D7/C
You've reached your top
G
Bm/F#
Em7
and you just can't get any higher
C
You're in your place
Em/B
Am
and you know where you are
F
Am/E
Dm
F/C
In your Shangri- la
D
F#m/C#
Sit back in your old rocking chair
D7/C
You need not worry,
G
Bm/F#
Em7
you need not care
Bm/F#
C
Em/B
Am
You can't go anywhere
C/G
Shangri-
Chorus 3
F
A7
F
A7
la, Shangri- la
Bb
F
C
Shangri- la
F
A7
F
A7
Shangri- la, Shangri- la
Bb
F
C
Shangri- la
Shangri-La
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