SHANGRI-LA - The Kinks



(opening riff: pluck Am 5 4 3 4 2 4 3 4  twice)



  Am               G         E7   Am

Now that you've found 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            E7     Am  (opening riff)

Or sit by the fire in your Shangri-La



 Am             G          E7       Am

Here is your reward for working so hard

  Am            C          G       E7

Gone are the lavatories in the backyard

  Am           C              G            E7

Gone are the days when you dreamed of that car

      Am          C            E7     Am   A

You just want to sit in your Shangri-La



 D                        Dmaj7

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire

         D7                      G         G/F#      Em

You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher

                 C            C/B            Am  Am/G

You're in your place and you know where you are

          F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C

In your Shangri-La

 D                 Dmaj7

Sit back in your old rockin' chair

     D7                  G          G/F#  Em

You need not worry you need not care

                 C   C/B  Am

You can't go anywhere

         F A         F A         Bb F     C   A

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahh



       D            Dmaj7

The little man who gets the train

         D7              G          G/F#  Em

Got a mortgage hanging over his head

                C              C/B  Am Am/G

But he's too scared to complain

              F            F/E  Dm Dm/C

Cos he's conditioned that way

 D                   Dmaj7

Time goes by and he pays off his debts

       D7              G   G/F#  Em

Got a T.V. set and a radio

             C             C/B  Am

For seven shillings a week

        F A         F A         Bb  F     C

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh

        F A         F A         Bb  F     C

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh



Bb F C   Bb F C  Bb F Dm



 Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B              Dm/Bb

And all the houses in the street have got a name

 Dm            Dm/C        Dm/B                 Dm/Bb

Cos all the houses in the street they look the same

  A                             D                 Dm

Same chimney pots, same little cars, same window panes

 Dm            Dm/C              Dm/B                 Dm/Bb

The neighbors call to tell you things that you should know

 Dm             Dm/C                  Dm/B              Dm/Bb

They say their lines they drink their tea and then they go

 A                          D             Dm

They tell your business in another Shangri-La

 Dm                    Dm/C             Dm/B            Dm/Bb

The gas bills and the water rates and payments on the car

 Dm             Dm/C             Dm/B         Dm/Bb

Too scared to think about how insecure you are

 A                            D

Life ain't so happy in your little Shangri-La

         G        C        F  Bb  G C F Bb G C F Bb G C F Bb... G C F A 

Shangri-La la la la la la la...



 D                        Dmaj7

Put on your slippers and sit by the fire

           D7                     G         G/F#      Em

You've reached your top and you just can't get any higher

                 C             C/B           Am

You're in your place and you know where you are

          F     F/E  Dm  Dm/C

In your Shangri-La

  D               Dmaj7

Sit back in your old rockin' chair

      D7                 G          G/F#  Em

You need not worry you need not care

                C     C/B  Am

You can't go anywhere

        F A         F A          Bb  F    C    A

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh

        F A         F A          Bb  F     C

Shangri-La, Shangri-La, Shangri-La-ah-ah-ahhh