Artist-The Kinks Song-Village Green Album-The Village Green Preservation Society Writer-Ray Davies Tabbed by S. McNally Capo on 1st fret, chords relative to the capo Verse 1 Bm (x24432@1) EmOut (022000@1)in the country, A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) EmFar (022000@1)from all the soot and noise of the city, F# (244322@1) BmThere's (x24432@1)a village green. Verse 2 Bm (x24432@1) EmIt's (022000@1)been a long time A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) EmSince (022000@1)I last set eyes on the church with the steeple F# (244322@1) BmDown (x24432@1)by the village green. Verse 3 Bm (x24432@1) EmFa (022000@1)la la la la A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) 'Twas there I met a girl called Daisy F# (244322@1) BmAnd (x24432@1)kissed her by the old oak tree. Verse 4 Bm (x24432@1) EmFa (022000@1)la la la la A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) GAlthough (320003@1)I loved my Daisy, I saw fame, F# (244322@1) Bm (x24432@1) And so I left the village green. Chorus Em (022000@1) Em/Eb Em/DI (010000@1)miss the village green, Em6And (022020@1)all the simple people. Bm (x24432@1) Bm/Bb Bm/AI (x04440@1)miss the village green, Bm/G# The church, the clock, the steeple. C# (x43121@1) F#I (244322@1)miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school. Verse 5 And now all the houses Are rare antiquities. American tourists flock to see the village green. Verse 6 Fa la la la la They snap their photographs and say "Gawd darn it, Isn't it a pretty scene?" Verse 7 Fa la la la la And Daisy's married Tom the grocer boy, And now he owns a grocery. Chorus I miss the village green, And all the simple people. I miss the village green, The church, the clock, the steeple. I miss the morning dew, fresh air and Sunday school. Verse 8 And I will return there, And I'll and Daisy, And we'll sip tea, laugh, And talk about the village green. Outro G (320003@1) Em (022000@1) F#7 (242352@1) BmWe (x24432@1)will laugh and talk about the village green.