Yo-Yo chords by The Kinks

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Intro 1

Verse 1
Am 
There are many
G 
different people,
Em 
E 
Am 
Livin' double lives.
G 
C 
One for the office,
G 
And one that they take home
Am 
F 
to their wives.
C 
He sits in the armchair,
G 
watching channel 4,
Am 
With his brains not expected
F 
home for an hour or more.
Am 
He's still drifting to and fro,
G 
Em 
like a yo- yo.

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Verse 2
Em 
Am 
His wife is in the kitchen,
G 
Em 
Am 
fixin' her old man's tea
Em 
C 
She's thinking to herself,
G 
Am 
"He's not the man that married me,
F 
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah."
C 
They used to laugh together,
G 
now he's never at home.
Am 
Now she's fighting back the tears,
F 
she can't even laugh alone.
Am 
She's just sitting by the telephone,
G 
Em 
like a yo- yo.
E 

Verse 3
C 
F 
You needed me when
C 
you were crying,
But now you're laughing I'm
F 
C 
the last thing on your mind.
F 
C 
First you love me, then you don't.
I'm up and down,
F 
E 
Am 
G 
Like a yo- yo.
Yo- yo.
Em 
E 

Verse 4
C 
Ah, you thought you knew
F 
me pretty well,
C 
F 
But with people like me you never can tell.
C 
F 
You can only guess which way I'll go.
C 
F 
You got me sussed, but
you don't know,
G 
I'm a yo- yo.
Em 
F 
Just like a yo- yo on a string.
G 
I'm a yo- yo.
Em 
F 
Little child playing with a yo- yo.
G 
Em 
F 
E 
Yo- yo, yo- yo.

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Am 
Girl you had me dangling,
G 
Em 
E 
Am 
like a yo- yo on  a string,
C 
G 
Am 
But with you at the controls I could accomplish anything,
F 
yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
C 
G 
You were just playing, I was a little boy,
Am 
But when I grew into a man
F 
you just threw away your toy,
Am 
G 
Like a   yo- yo.
Em 
E 
Yo- yo.

Verse 6
C 
You might be popular,
F 
C 
but it won't last for long,
So don't give up the day job,
F 
C 
in case it all goes wrong.
F 
Look at your ego, watch it go,
C 
up and down,
F 
E 
Am 
G 
Like a yo- yo.
Em 
E 
Yo- yo.

Verse 7
C 
F 
You needed me when you were crying,
C 
But now you're laughing I'm
F 
C 
the last thing on your mind.
F 
First you love me, then you don't.
C 
F 
I'm up and down,
E 
Am 
G 
Like a yo- yo.
Em 
E 
Yo- yo.
C 
F 
I'm a yo- yo (yo- yo).
C 
F 
C 
F 
C 
Like a yo-
yo.