"Village Green" (Davies) From "The Kinks are the Village Green Preservation Society"(1968) This haunting tune was recorded in November of 1966, but not released til two years later. Ray has a capo on the third fret of his Framus 12 string, allowing the chorus's chromatic descent A la SUNNY AFTERNOON. Intro: Am Dm |G C|F Dm|Em Am| X1

^AmOut in the c^Dmountry F^Gar from all the s^Coot and ^Fnoise of the ^Dmcity T^Emhere's a village g^Amreen, oh ^AmIt's been a l^Dmong time ^GSince I last set e^Cyes on the c^Fhurch with the s^Dmteeple ^EmDown by the ^Amvillage green ^AmAh la la ^Dmla la

'^GTwas there I ^Cmet a girl called ^FDais^Dmy And ki^Emssed her by the old ^Amoak tree ^AmAh la la ^Dmla la ^GAlthough I l^Coved my Daisy, ^FI sought f^Dmame And ^Emso I left the v^Amillage green

CHORUS: Dm Dm/C# Dm/C Dm/B I miss the village green, And all the simple people

^AmI miss the ^Am/G#village gre^Am/Gen, The church^Am/F#, the clock, the steeple I ^B7miss the morning dew, f^Eresh air and Sunday school

And now all the houses are rare antiquities American tourists flock to see the village green They snap their photographs and say "Gor' darn it Isn't it a pretty scene?" And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy And now he owns a grocery CHORUS And I will return there And I'll see Daisy And we'll sip tea and laugh And talk about the village green

^AmLa la la ^Dmla la (^Gooo^Ch) ^FWe will l^Dmaugh and t^Emalk about the vi^Amllage green

Kinks - Village green