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.