Holiday

The Kinks

Compositor: The Kinks

Tom: A

Intro: A F# Bm E7
                                        
A   F#
Holiday,
Bm          E7     A     F#                   
  Oh what a lovely day today,
Bm       E7        A        F#                
  I'm so glad they sent me away,
   Bm            E7  A     F#   Bm Eb E7          
To have a little holiday today, holiday,

A   F#                                     
Holiday,
Bm             E7              A        F#  
  And I'm just standing on the end of a pier,
Bm           E7       A        F#
  Hoping and dreaming you were here,
   Bm              E7  A                    
To share my little holiday,


A              F#         Bm         E7      
Lookin' in the sky, for a gap in the clouds,
A           F#                   Bm           E7
Sometimes I think that sun ain't never coming out,
        A         A7/G              D/F#      Bm5-/F
But I'd rather be here than in that dirty old town,
  E                            E7          
I had to leave the city cos it broke me down,

   A   F#   Bm          E7     A      F#         
Oh holiday,   oh what a lovely day today,
Bm             E7                    A         F#
  I think I'll get down on my little knees and pray, thank you Lord,
      Bm           E7     A      F# Bm E7            
Thank heaven for this holiday, today,
D                           A             
I'm leaving insecurity behind me,
    D                              A
The environmental pressures got me down,
A               A7/G         D/F#       Bm5-/F    
I don't need no sedatives to pull me round,
E                                 E7        
I don't need no sleeping pills to help me sleep sound,

   A   F#   Bm          E7     A      F#         
Oh holiday,   oh what a lovely day today,
Bm             E7             A         F#
  I think I'll get down on my knees and pray, that's what I'll do
      Bm              E7  A              
Thank heaven for this holiday,                                        




A            F#            Bm          E7     
Lying on the beach with my back burned rare,
        A               F#               Bm              E7 
And the salt gets in my blisters and the sand gets in my hair,
        A             A7/G           D/F#          Bm5-/F
And the sea's an open sewer, But I really couldn't care,
    E                                     E7
I'm breathing through my mouth so I don't have to sniff the air,
                                        

   A   F#   Bm          E7     A     F#           
Oh holiday,   Oh what a lovely day today,
Bm     E7        A       F#                    
  I'm so glad they sent me away,
   Bm            E7  A    E7  (slide to A)                  
To have a little holiday.
                                        
Note: In the E...E7 part there is a nice descending bass line. Also I think the
major/minor qualities of the chords are alright.