Shangri-La

R. D. Davies/the Kinks: Arthur (1969)

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	Am	G	E7	Am	Am	C	G	E7
	Now that you've	found your	para	dise,	This is your	kingdom	to com	mand.

	Am	C	G	E7	Am	C	E7	Am
You can	go out	side and	polish your	car Or	sit by the	fire in your	Shangri-	La.

	Am	G	E7	Am	Am	C	G	E7
	Here's your re	ward for	working so	hard -	Gone are the	lavatories	in the back	yard;

	Am	C	G	E7	Am	C	E7	Am
	Gone are the	days when you	dreamed of that	car - You	just want to	sit in your	Shangri-	La!

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#	Em
	Put on your slippers and	sit by the fire, You've	reached your top and you	just can't	get any	higher.

	C	C/B	Am	Am/G	F	F/E	Dm	Dm/C
You're in your	place and you	know where you	are.	In your	Shangri-	La.

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#
	Sit back in your	old rockin' chair, You	need not worry you	need not care.

	Em	C	C/B	Am
	You can't go any	where.

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#	Em
The	little man	who gets the train Got a	mortgage hanging	over his head.

	C	C/B	Am	Am/G	F	F/E	Dm	Dm/C
But he's too	scared to com	plain	-	Cause he's con	ditioned that	way;

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#	Em	C	C/B	Am
	Time goes by and he	pays off his debts - Got a	T.V. set and a	radio	-	for seven	shillings a	week.

	Bb	F	C	Bb	F	C	Bb	F
	/	/	/ - /// /// //	/	/	/ - /// /// //	/	/

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
	And all the	houses in the	street have got a	nam,

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
'	Cause all the	houses in the	street they look the	same,

	A	D	Dm
	ame chimney pots, same little	cars, same window	panes.

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
	The neighbors	call to tell you	things that you should	know,

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
	They say their	lines they drink their	tea and then they	go ,

	A	D	Dm
	They tell your business in	another Shangri-	La.

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
	The gas bills and the	water rates and	payments on the	car ,

	Dm	Dm/C	Dm/B	Dm/Bb
	Too scared to	think about how	insecure you	are ,

	A	D
	Life ain't so happy in your	little Shangri-La

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#	Em
	Put on your slippers and	sit by the fire - You've	reached your top and you	just can't	get any	higher,

	C	C/B	Am	Am/G	F	F/E	Dm	Dm/C
You're in your	place and you	know where you	are -	In your	Shangri-	La!

	D	Dmaj7	D7	G	G/F#	Em
	Sit back in your	old rockin' chair you	need not worry you	need not	care

	C	C/B	Am
You can't go	anywhere	-