Chords for "Young And Innocent Days"

Date: August 30, 1997  4:24 PM
From: Harlan Leslie Thompson


YOUNG AND INNOCENT DAYS- The Kinks

C C/B Am Am/G F  F/E Dm F/E Dm F F/E Dm C (n.c.)

C  C/B Am   Am/G    F   RIFF 1            Dm
I look back at the way I used to look at life
Dm     Dm/C   Dm/B       RIFF 2         C    C  C/B  Am Am/G
Soft, white dreams with sugar coated outside
         C  C/B Am  Am/F    G7   G7/F  G7  RIFF 3
It was great,            so great
F         G7       F       C
Young and innocent days

 C  C/B    Am  Am/G   F F/E Dm
I wish my eyes could only  see
Dm Dm/C Dm/B   RIFF 2              C    C  C/B  Am Am/G
Every-thing, exactly as it used to be
          C  C/B Am  Am/F    G7   G7/F  G7
It's too late,           so late
F         G7       F       C
Young and innocent days
F         G7       F       C
Young and innocent days

BRIDGE:

D  D D/E D  G   C

D  D D/E D  G   C  C/B  Am  Em  F  C

D  D D/E D  G   C


I see the lines across your face
Time has gone and nothing ever can replace
Those great, so great
Young and innocent days
C   F         G7       F    F/E F/D  C
    Young and innocent days

(OUTRO PLAY ALL CHORDS OF VERSE)



RIFF 1:                 RIFF 2:          RIFF 3:
E --------------------- ---------------- --------------
B --------------------- ---------------- --------------
G ---0-2-0------------- ---------------- --------------
D -4-------4-3-0------- ---------------- --------------
A --------------------- ---0-2-0-----3-- -------0------
E --------------------- -3-------3-1---- -0-1-3--------

CHORDS:
F/E: x x 2 2 1 1   Dm/C: x 3 0 2 3 1  Dm/B: x 2 0 2 3 1
G7/F: 1 2 0 0 0 1  D/E: x x 2 2 3 2  F/D: x x 0 2 1 1


NOTE: There are two guitars playing different things in the song (most
notably in the outro) so there are alot of things simplified and left out.