A Little Bit of Emotion
				The Kinks
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See all the people
G    F
With hatred in their eyes
c                     G
I can't help thinking that
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It's only a disguise
      c               G
Cause underneath that core
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There's got to be more
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Than what we realize

c
Maybe they're scared
    G      F 
To let the inside out
c
Maybe they're afraid to
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Show what they're all about
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So they put on a heavy front and hope that no one else
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Can work them out

        Am       F            G
So they put on all the heaviness
        Am       F             G 
But its only an illusion heaviness
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Can't you see
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They're scared to
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Show a little bit of emotion
c             G        F
A little bit of real emotion
   c             G        F
In case a little bit of emotion
             G
Gives them away

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Look at that lady dancing around with no clothes
       c
She'll give you all her body
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That's if you've got the dough
       c
She'll let you see most
G            F
Anything but there's one thing
                  G
That she'll never show
             c             G      F
And that's a little bit of real emotion
   c            G       F
A little bit of true emotion
   c             G        F  
In case a little bit of emotion
           G
Gives her away

           Am          F           G
But it's a shame she's acting that way
              Am        F             G
Somehow she's gotta get through every day
              F       G
And the only way
          c               G        F
Is not to show one little bit of emotion
   c            G      F
A little bit of true emotion
   c             G        F                 G
In case a little bit of emotion gives her away

(Break)
Am
People learn their lines
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And they act out their part
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Then they talk on cue
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But it's got no heart
     Am
It's all on the surface
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And it's all contrived
        F
They're scared to come out
                       G
Somehow they've got to survive

c
Look at that looney
G      F            
With a smile on his face
   c
He knows no shame
G   F
And feels no disgrace
     G      c
He's got a look in his eyes
     G        F                         G
That makes it seem that he's from outer space
c                 G            F
Maybe that looney knows what it's all about
G        c
He's got something to say
G       F                  G
But he can't spit it out
     c              G        F
He's unco-ordinated so we - shut him out

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In case he shows a little bit of emotion
   c            G      F
A little bit of real emotion
       c              G       F
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
      G
So we walk away
c             G            F
Show a little bit of real emotion
c              G       F
Show a little bit of emotion
        c              G       F
We're afraid to see a bit of emotion
       G       
So we walk away