#--------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship or research.# #----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Song title: Alcohol Original Album: Muswell Hillbillies (1971) Other Album: Everybody's in Showbiz (1971) Words and Music by Raymond Douglas Davies Copyright © 1971 Davray Music Limited Published by Davray Music Publishing Limited Transcribed by Gavin Chart (www.gartfrets.net) NOTES: This was a primordial tab that I transcribed from "Everybody's in Show-Biz", one disc of which was live, hence the extended intro over 32 bars. Of course, you may play the intro for as long, or as short, as you wish. Or not at all. Bear in mind that a lot can be different in a live version of a Kinks' song: lyrics, phrasing, arrangement, key. “Sad Memories” sounds like a G chord. INTRO: Notes: On "Muswell Hillbillies", the intro is Am - G; then Am - F. Chords: Am x02210 E 022100 F x33211 [play: Am - E] [x 16] [play: Am - F] [x 16] VERSE1: Notes: The first line of the studio version is the one I have in brackets. Chords: Am x02210 E 022100 | Am | % Here's a sad and woeful story about a middle-class executive (Here's a story about a sinner, he used to be a winner) | E Who enjoyed a life of prominence and pos - ition. But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, | Am And his selfish wife's fanatical am - bition, VERSE2: Notes: Again, there are differences between the live version and the studio album version. For example, I have E* instead of standard E on "Army" because, live, Ray took the vocal higher at that point. On "indecision", it stays on Dm on the studio album version. Chords: A x02220 E7 020130 Dm xx0231 E* xx0454 Am x02210 | A | % It turned him to the booze, and he got mixed up with a floosie | Dm A7 Dm And she led him to a life of inde - cision. | Am | % The floosie made him spend his dole, she left him lying on Skid Row | E7 E* Am | E7 Am A drunken lag at some Sal - vation Army Mission. E7 (arpeggio) It's such a shame. CHORUS1: Chords: A7 x02210 C x32010 Am x02210 A7sus4 xx2233 C/B x22010 Dm xx0231 Dm9 x0323x G 320033 E7 020130 | A7 | A7sus4 Dm | G | C C/B Oh, demon alco - hol, Sad memories I can't recall, | Am | Dm9 Dm | E7 | Am Who thought I would say, Damn it all, blow it all, CHORUS2: Chords: A7 x02210 C x32010 Am x02210 A7sus4 xx2233 C/B x22010 Dm xx0231 Dm9 x0323x G 320033 E7 020130 | A7 | A7sus4 Dm | G | C C/B Oh, demon alco - hol, memories I can't recall, | Am | Dm9 | E7 | Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al - co - hol. [repeat CHORUS2: 1st line w/ chords only; then continue:] | G C C/B Sad memories I can't recall, | Am | Dm9 | E7 | Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al-co-hol. [INSTRUMENTAL] VERSE3: Chords: Am x02210 E 022100 | Am | E Barley wine, pink gin, he'll drink anything, port, Pernod or tequila, | % | Am Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks, as long as all his troubles disa - ppeared. VERSE4: Chords: A x02220 E7 020130 Dm xx0231 E* xx0454 Am x02210 | A | % | % | Dm But he messed up his life when he beat up his wife, and the floosie's gone and found another sucker | Am | % She's gonna turn him on to drink, she's gonna lead him to the brink, | E7 Am And when his money's gone, she'll leave him in the gutter, | E7 It's such a shame... [repeat CHORUS1] [repeat CHORUS2] [repeat CHORUS2: 1st line w/ chords only; then continue:] G C C/B Sad memories I can't recall, Am Dm9 E7 Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al-co-hol. =========================================================== Chords: Am x02210 E 022100 E7 020100 E/B x22100 A x02220 Dm xx0231 E7/B x20100 Dm11 x53553 E7(b9) 023100 020101 Dm9 xx0210 Am11 x02433 INTRO: 4/4| Am E | Am E | Am E | Am E7 VERSE1: | Am | % | % | E/B Here is a story about a sinner, he used to be a winner who en - joyed a life of prominence and po - sition | | Am But the pressures at the office and his socialite engagements, and his selfish wife's fanatical am - bition, | A | % | % | Dm It turned him to the booze, and he got mixed up with a floosie and she led him to a life of inde - cision. | Am | % Am E7 E7/B Am E7 Am The floosie made him spend his dole, she left him lying on Skid Row, a drunken lag in some Salvation Army Mission. E7 (an introductory arpeggio) It's such a shame. CHORUS1: Am Dm11 Dm Oh demon alcohol, Dm E7(b9) E7 Sad memories I can-not re-call, Am Dm9 Dm Who thought I would say, E7 Am11 Am Damn it all, blow it all, CHORUS2: Am Dm11 Dm Dm E7(b9) E7 Oh demon alcohol, memories I can't re-call, | Am | Dm9 | E7 | Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al - co - hol. [repeat CHORUS2 Instrumental on line 1, Vocals on 2 and 3 as below:] Dm E7(b9) E7 Sad memories I can't recall, | Am | Dm9 | E7 | Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al - co - hol. (16 Bars as intro) Am | E/B Barley wine pink gin, he'll drink anything, port, Pernod or te - quila, | Am Rum, scotch, vodka on the rocks, as long as all his troubles disa - ppeared. | A | % | % | Dm But he messed up his life when he beat up his wife, and the floosie's gone and found another sucker | Am | % She's gonna turn him onto drink, she's gonna lead him to the brink | % | E7 E7/B Am And when his money's gone, she'll leave him in the gutter, E7 (ascending roll) It's such a shame... [A Chorus] Am Dm11 Oh demon alcohol, Dm E7(b9) Sad memories I cannot recall, Am Dm9 Who thought I would fall, E7 Am11 Am Damn it all, blow it all. (Instrumental on A Chorus and the 1st line of B chorus Vocals on lines 2 and 3, as below) | Dm | E7(b9) E7 Sad memories I can - not re-call, | Am | Dm9 | E7 | Am E7 Am Who thought I would fall a slave to demon al - co - hol.