Chords for "Lavender Hill"

Date: 22 Jul 96 23:05:44 EDT
From: IAN GRANT

Lavender Hill 
Written by: R. Davies 

Intro: Descending bassline  Bm  Bm/A  G  D/F#   x2

    G             D                           
  I want to walk eternally,                                           
Em                              B              
  In through the land of make believe. 
Em                     Am                       
  And watch the clouds roll over me, 
C                       G                     
  And let the sun shine down on me. 
Em                    Am                        
  The only place that I wanna be, 
Am                  G                          
  Lavender Hill for me. 


Bm             Bm/A    G         D/F#                
  Wish I could live on sugar and milk, 
Bm             Bm/A    G        D/F#    
  Then I could live on Lavender Hill. 
Bm             Bm/A     G           D/F#    
  Then I could raise my head to the sky, 
Bm            Bm/A    G            D/F#  (Hold, then:         )
  And let the sun saturate me with love. (Bass:E F# G F# E D E)
                                          

G                     D                     
  I wanna walk you up Lavender Hill, 
G                   D           D7            
  Everybody loves Lavender Hill. 
Em                   Am                       
  Even the bird that sits in the tree, 
C                     G                     
  Seems to sing sweet melodies. 
Em                   Am                       
  Even the breeze is whispering, 
Am                  G                        
  Lavender Hill for me. 


[Instrumental chorus of   Bm  Bm/A  G  D/F# x4]
 
G                        D                  
  While people eat their biscuits with tea, 
G                              D           D7 
  They dream of daffodils that sway in the breeze. 
Em                 Am                         
  And every Sunday afternoon, 
C             G                             
  Tidy ladies shine their shoes. 
Em                 Am                          
  And every little lady dreams, 
Am             G                             
  Lavender memories. 



Am                G    G  G  G                       
Lavender Hill for me. 
Am   /B  /C   /C# G/D  (Descend the bass: D C B A G F# E...)

Lavender Hill for me. 

G/D /C    /B       /A D/G  /F# /E   /(D)                     
  I wanna walk you up Lavender Hill. 
G/D /C    /B       /A D/G  /F# /E   /(D)

  I wanna walk you up Lavender Hill. 
                                          
[Repeat the descent ad neseum]

Albums this song can be found on:


              The Great Lost Kinks Album 
              Kollektable Kinks 



From:  Aaron Scholz
Date:  13 Jan. 2004

LAVENDER HILL CORRECTIONS


Verse 1 goes like this:

Em             D
I want to walk eternity,
G                      B7
In through the land of make believe.
Em                        A7
And watch the clouds roll over me,  
C                      G      (bass walkdown G-F#-F-E)
And let the sun shine down on me.
E                     A7
The only place that I wanna be,
D                 G
Lavender Hill for me.

Verse 2 and 3 are the same:

G                   D
I wanna walk you up Lavender Hill,
G               D
Everybody loves Lavender Hill.
B7                 Em
Even the bird that sits in the tree,
C                   G       (bass walkdown G-F#-F-E)
Seems to sing sweet melodies.
E                  A7
Even the breeze is whispering,
D                 G
Lavender Hill for me.