From: Harlan L Thompson <harlant@uhunix.uhcc.Hawaii.Edu> THE BIG BLACK SMOKE- The Kinks Em

^EmShe was s^Em/D#ick and t^Em/Dired of c^Em/Dbountry l^Em/Cife A little country h^Emome, a little country home Made her blood run co^Bld^Bsus4 ^B ^Bsus4 ^B Now her mo^Amther pines her heart away Looking for her ch^Gild in the b^Dig black s^Emmoke I^Gn the bi^Dg black s^Emmoke ^Em/D# ^Em/D ^Em/Db

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:

Well she sl^Bept in cafes and coffee bars and bowling alleys And every penny she h^Emad ^G ^D Was sp^Gent on purple hearts and cigar^Bettes

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

(I^Gn the b^Dig black sm^Emoke) In the big black smoke ^G(In the b^Dig black sm^Emoke) In the big black sm^Doo^Coo^Doke S^Dmoo^Cooo^Dke, sm^Dooo^Cook^De, sm^Dooo^Cook^De, o^Dh ^Coh^D, o^Dh ^Coh^D

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) (sent by Harlant@hawaii.edu)

Kinks - The big black smoke