• Song:

    Holiday

  • Artist:

    Kinks

  • Album:

    Everybody's in Show-Biz

Intro: A5 F#5 B5 E5
                                        
A5   F#5
Holiday,
B5          E5     A5     F#5                   
  Oh what a lovely day today,
B5       E5        A5        F#5                
  I'm so glad they sent me away,
   B5            E5  A5     F#5   B5 Eb5 E5          
To have a little holiday today, holiday,


A5   F#5                                     
Holiday,
B5             E5              A5        F#5  
  And I'm just standing on the end of a pier,
B5           E5       A5        F#5
  Hoping and dreaming you were here,
   B5              E5  A5                    
To share my little holiday,


A5              F#5         B5         E5      
Lookin' in the sky, for a gap in the clouds,
A5           F#5                   B5           E5
Sometimes I think that sun ain't never coming out,
        A5         A5              D5      B5
But I'd rather be here than in that dirty old town,
  E5                            E5          
I had to leave the city cos it broke me down,


   A5   F#5   B5          E5     A5      F#5         
Oh holiday,   oh what a lovely day today,
B5             E5                    A5         F#5
  I think I'll get down on my little knees and pray, thank you Lord,
      B5           E5     A5      F#5 B5 E5            
Thank heaven for this holiday, today,
D5                           A5             
I'm leaving insecurity behind me,
    D5                              A5
The environmental pressures got me down,
A5               A5         D5       B5    
I don't need no sedatives to pull me round,
E5                                 E5        
I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound,


   A5   F#5   B5          E5     A5      F#5         
Oh holiday,   oh what a lovely day today,
B5             E5             A5         F#5
  I think I'll get down on my knees and pray, that's what I'll do
      B5              E5  A5              
Thank heaven for this holiday,                                        


A5            F#5            B5          E5     
Lying on the beach with my back burned rare,
        A5               F#5               B5              E5 
And the salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair,
        A5             A5           D5          B5
And the sea's an open sewer, But I really couldn't care,
    E5                                     E5
I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air,
                                        

   A5   F#5   B5          E5     A5     F#5           
Oh holiday,   Oh what a lovely day today,
B5     E5        A5       F#5                    
  I'm so glad they sent me away,
   B5            E5  A5    E5  (slide to A5 )                  
To have a little holiday.
                                        
Note: In the E...E5 part there is a nice descending bass line. Also I think the major/minor qualities of the chords are alright.
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