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The Big Black Smoke

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The Kinks (1963–1996; 2018-present) is an English pop-rock group that came out of the British R&B scene of the early 1960s. Formed in Muswell Hill, North London, by brothers Ray Davies and Dave Davies in 1964 and categorised in the United States as a "British Invasion" band, the Kinks are recognised as one of the most important and influential rock groups of the era. In 1990, their first year of eligibility, the original four members were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame.

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From: Harlan L Thompson

THE BIG BLACK SMOKE- The Kinks

Em
Em Em/D# Em/D Em/Db Em/C
She was sick and tired of country life
Em
A little country home, a little country home
B Bsus4 B Bsus4 B
Made her blood run cold
Am
Now her mother pines her heart away
G D Em
Looking for her child in the big black smoke
G D Em Em/D# Em/D Em/Db
In the big black smoke

Frailest, purest girl the world has seen
According to her ma, according to her pa
And everybody said
That she knew no sin and did no wrong
Till she walked the streets of the big black smoke
Of the big black smoke

BRIDGE:
B
Well she slept in cafes and coffee bars and bowling alleys
Em G D
And every penny she had
G B
Was spent on purple hearts and cigarettes

Ah, she took all her pretty coloured clothes
Ran away from home, the boy next door
For a boy named Joe
And he took the money for the rent
Tried to drag her down in the big black smoke
In the big black smoke

G D Em
(In the big black smoke) In the big black smoke
G D Em D C D
(In the big black smoke) In the big black smoooooke
D C D D C D D C D D C D D C D
Smoooooke, smoooooke, smoooooke, oh oh, oh oh

Em/D#: 0 2 2 0 4 0 Em/D (Em7): 0 2 2 0 3 0
Em/Db (Em6): 0 2 2 0 2 0 Em/C: 0 2 2 0 1 0
Bsus4: 2 2 4 4 5 2

(from The Kinks Kronikles)
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