Complicated Life by The Kinks from "Muswell Hillbillies" Intro: D A A D x2 Verse 1:

^AWell I woke this morning with a pain in my neck, ^GA pain in my heart and a pain in my c^Dhest,

^AI went to the doctor and the good doctor said, ^GYou gotta slow down your life or you're gonna be dead, ^D

^GCut out the struggle and strife, ^D ^AIt only complicates your life. ^D

Verse 2:

^AWell I cut down women, I cut out booze, ^GI stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my s^Dhoes,

^AI stopped going to work, stopped reading the news, ^GI sit and twiddle my thumbs cos I got nothing to do, ^D

^GMinimal exercise, ^D A D (let ring) To help uncomplicate my life,

(D ringing out through this line) Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated, Chorus:

^DLadi dah di dahdah, ladi dah di dah dah, ^A ^AYou gotta get away from the complicated life, son, ^D

^DLife is overrated, life is complic^Aated, ^AMust alleviate this complicated life. ^D

Interlude: A G D x2

^GCut out the struggle and strife, ^D ^AIt's such a complicated life. ^D

Verse 3 (same chords as Verse 2); Like old Mother Hubbard, I got nothin' in the cupboard, Got no dinner and I got no supper, Holes in my shoes, I got holes in my socks, I can't go to work cos I can't get a job, The bills are rising sky high, It's such a complicated life, Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated, Chorus x2 Outro:

^AGotta get away from the complicated life, son, ^D ^AGotta get away from the complicated life. ^D

Kinks - Complicated life