Song: Waterloo sunset
Artist: The Kinks
Composer: Ray Davies
Album: Something else by the Kinks
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
7th Oct 2016
Ray Davies played this in E without a capo, but this alternative
allows an opportunity for a one guitar accompaniment to relatively
easily introduce some of the bass and lead riffs too.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in the recorded key of E)
N.B.
Please ignore any pop-up chord boxes the website might suggest
and use the typed shapes shown below.
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
A * = xxx220 or xx7655 or x02220
A7/G = xxx020 or xx5655 or 302020
A6/F# = xx4020 or xx4222 or 202020
A7/E = xx2020 or xx2220 or 002020
A/D = xx0220
A7/C# = x42020
A7/B = x22020
A7 = x02020
A7sus4 = x02030
A = x02220
G = 320033 D/F# = 20023x or xx4232
D = xx0232 E = 022100
Dsus2 = xx0230 E7 = 022130
Em = xx2000 E6 = 022120
EmM7/C# = xx1000 G5 = 355xxx
Em7/D = xx0000 A5 = 577xxx
[Riff]
G *
e |---3---------------------|-----3------------|
B |---3---------------------|-----3------------|
G |---0---------------------|-----0------------|
D |---0-----------0---------|-----0------------|
A |--(2)--0----h2---0-h2-0--|----(2)-----------|
E |---3---------------------|--3---------------|
h = hammer-on
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[Intro]
A * A7/G A6/F# A7/E A/D A7/C# A7/B A7 A7sus4
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D Dsus2 A A7 G
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
D A
Dirty old river, must you keep rolling,
G *
Flowing in - to the night,
G D A
People so busy make me feel dizzy,
G *
Taxi lights shine so bright,
G Em EmM7/D# Em7/D A
But I don't ...need no friends,
D A7
As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset,
G *
I am in paradise!
[Chorus]
G D/F# E E7 E6 E A D
Every day I look at the world from my window,
(Sha -la -la-----!)
G D/F# E E7 E6 E
But chilly, chilly is evening time,
(Sha -la -la-----------!)
A * A7/G A6/F# A7/E A/D A7/C# A7/B
Waterloo sunset's fine--------------------------------!
(Waterloo sunset's fine----------------!)
[Verse 2]
A7 A7sus4 D A G *
Terry meets Julie, Waterloo Station, every Friday night,
G D A
But I am so lazy, don't want to wander,
G *
I stay at home at night,
G Em EmM7/D# Em7/D A
But I don't ...feel a - fraid,
D A7
As long as I gaze on Waterloo Sunset,
G *
I am in paradise!
[Chorus]
G D/F# E E7 E6 E A D
Every day I look at the world from my window,
(Sha -la -la-----!)
G D/F# E E7 E6 E
But chilly, chilly is evening time,
(Sha -la -la-----------!)
A * A7/G A6/F# A7/E A/D A7/C# A7/B
Waterloo sunset's fine--------------------------------!
(Waterloo sunset's fine----------------!)
[Verse 3]
A7 A7sus4 D A
Millions of people swarming like flies...
G *
...'Round Waterloo under-ground,
G D A
But Terry and Julie cross over the river,
G *
Where they feel safe and sound,
G Em EmM7/D# Em7/D A
And they don't ...need no friends,
D A7
As long as they gaze on Waterloo Sunset,
G *
They are in paradise!
[Coda]
D Dsus2 A A7 G G5 A5 G5 A5
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / /__/ | / / / /__/ |
G5 A5 G5 A5
Wa - terloo sunset's fi - ne----------------,
(Wa - terloo sunset's...
G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5 G5 A5
Wa - terloo Sunset's fi - ne-----------------------!
(...fi - ne--------------------------------------------!)