Chords for "Going Solo"

Date: June 10, 1997  11:40 AM
From: Ryoji Shirai


Going Solo

Written by: Ray Davies

Published by: Davray Music, Ltd., 1984

Intro: C G F G

F          G       F         G
She left a message after the tone,
F         G        F                  G
I hear it over and over on the answer phone.
F          G         F       G
No one can find her, address unknown.
F                                      C
She just decided to go out and make it alone.

G   C G   C
Solo, solo,
F         C        F     C
My little child is going solo.
G  C  G  C
Solo, solo,
F         C        F     C
My little child is going solo.

C           F       C        F
I feel like crying, I'm in a rage.
C                                   G
I can't understand why she just ran away.
G            C       G                 C
What made it happen, guess we'll never know.
F        C          F          C         G   C
She just decided to go out and make it solo.
  G C    F G   G C  G C   F G
Solo, solo, solo, solo, solo.

F       G         F          G
We work like dogs all of our lives,
F             G        F            G
Like millions of other husbands and wives.
F                G               F            G
Sent her through college, didn't care what we spent.
F
Think of how we feel,
                                        C       
She didn't say, she didn't ask, she just went.

G C G C F C F C

G  C  G  C
Solo, solo,
F        C              F     C
My little child, you're going solo.
C           F        C           F
It's like a pattern, it's like a crime,
C                           G
We see it happen time after time.
G              C         G              C
You raise your children, you watch them grow,
F                 C         F               C               G  C
Then one day it's good-bye, they've decided they're going solo.
  G C   F G   G C   G C   F G
Solo, solo, solo, solo, solo.

F            G          F      G
The toys are forgotten, now it appears,
F               G              F        G
You've let them down after all of these years.
F          G                F          G
Sacrificed all, now there's nothing to show,
F                                      C
Ungrateful youth, decided you're going solo.

G  C  G  C
Solo, solo,
F         C      F            C
My little child, you're going solo.
G  
Solo, solo,
F          C             F     C
Ungrateful youth, you're going solo.

C          F     C          F
The obligations, all of the ties,
C                                G
Have got to be broken so you can survive.
G            C                   G                      C
Just because they gave you life, they can't stop if you grow,
F              C              F                  C                         
Now they can't hold you back 'cause you're going solo.


*The end of romance...and going solo.

Albums this song can be found on:

   * Return To Waterloo (soundtrack)
   * Word Of Mouth