• Song:

    Waterloo Sunset Acoustic

  • Artist:

    Kinks

Waterloo Sunset (acoustic open tuning) - The Kinks

This is my interpretation of Waterloo Sunset in open d. 

Capo 2
Open D Tuning (DADF#AD)

Intro-

(slow stepdown)

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|---5555---5555---5555---5555------5-5-5---5-5-5----5--|
|---0000---0000---0000---0000------0-0-0---0-0-0----0--|  (let ring)
|--77777--55555--44444--22222--------------------------|
|--0------0------0------0---------5-5-5---4-4-4---2----|
|---------------------------------5-5-5---4-4-4---2----|

      	       D	          A	       	  G

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|--------5-----0------------------0---------------0--|
|--3/5-3---3/5-3-----------3------1---------------1--|
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Verse 1-

               D		  A		 G

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|--------5-----0------------------0--------------0--|
|--3/5-3---3/5-3----------3-------1--------------1--|
|--------------0---2-2/4-2---2/4--2-------2-4----0--|
|--------------0------------------0--0-2-0-----5-2--|
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Dirty old river, must you keep rolling, rolling into the night

People so busy, make me feel dizzy, taxi lights shine so bright

        Em   B           E7      A              Em    Em/D#  Em/D    A

|--------5---1-----------2-------0--|      |----5------5------5------0--|
|--------7---2-----------5-------0--|      |----7------7------7------0--|
|--------5---0-----------2-------1--|  or  |----5------5------5------1--|
|--------5---1-----------2-------2--|      |----5------5------5------2--|
|--------7---2-----------2-------0--|      |----7------6------5------0--|
|------------------------2----------|      |-------------------------0--|

But I don't, need no friends

  	       D	          A		 G             G F#  E

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|--------5-----0------------------0--------------0-------------------2--|
|--3/5-3---3/5-3----------3-------1--------------1-------------------2--|
|--------------0---2-2/4-2---2/4--2-------2-4----0-------------5--4--2--|
|--------------0------------------0--0-2-0-----5-2-------------------2--|
|--------------0------------------0--------------0-------------------2--|

As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise

    		    E7                        A           G F#  E

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|-------------------5-------------------------0-----------------2--|
|-------------------2-------------------------1-----------------2--|
|-------------------2-------------------------2-----------5--4--2--|
|-------------------2-------------------------0-----------------2--|
|-------------------2-------------------------0-----------------2--|

Every day I look at the world from my window

   		    E7                        A

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|-------------------5-------------------------0-----|
|-------------------2-------------------------1-----|
|-------------------2-------------------------2-----|
|-------------------2-------------------------0-----|
|-------------------2-------------------------0-----|

The chilly-chilliest evening time,  Waterloo sunset's fine


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|---5555---5555---5555---5555------5-5-5---5-5-5----5--|
|---0000---0000---0000---0000------0-0-0---0-0-0----0--|	(let ring)
|--77777--55555--44444--22222--------------------------|
|--0------0------0------0---------5-5-5---4-4-4---2----|
|---------------------------------5-5-5---4-4-4---2----|

		Waterloo sunset's fine

Verse 2- (as above)

Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander, I stay at home at night
But I don't feel afraid
As long as I gaze on, Waterloo Sunset, I am in paradise
Every day I look at the world from my window
The chilly-chilliest evening time,  Waterloo sunset's fine

Verse 3- (as above)

Millions of people, swarming like flies round, Waterloo underground
But Terry and Julie, cross over the river, where they feel safe and sound
And they don't need no friends,
As long as they gaze on, Waterloo Sunset, they are in paradise

Outro-

	       D		  A		  G

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|--------5-----0------------------0---------------0--|
|--3/5-3---3/5-3-----------3------1---------------1--|
|--------------0---2-2/4-2---2/4--2--------2-4----0--|
|--------------0------------------0--0-2-0------5-2--|
|--------------0------------------0---------------0--|

   D A  D A

|--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------------0--|
|--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------------0--|
|--0/1--0/1----(etc)------------------------0-1s3s1-0h1p0----0-----------0--|
|--0/2--0/2-----------------------------0h2----------------2---2p0--12~--0--|
|--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------------0--|
|--0-0--0-0--------------------------------------------------------------0--|

	   Waterloo sunset's fine (x3 to fade)
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