Chords for "Here Comes Flash"

Date: April 20, 1997  2:44 PM
From: IAN GRANT


Here Comes Flash     Written by Ray Davies 

(Sung by Chorus and Scared Housewives) 

Introduction Hit a Townsend B, followed by a modal riff Consisting of the     
             notes  B C D D# E F# G A B (not necessarily in that order!)       
             Repeat weirdly

      E
You'd better run, you'd better fly.    <= rhythmic drive 
Hide your daughters, hide your wives. 
D
Lock your doors and stay inside 
D     A    E                            
Here comes Flash. 

E
There's no way that you can win, 
You must obey his every whim, 
   D
Or else he's going to do you in. 
D     A    E 
Here comes Flash. 

A
He will smile at you, be a friend to you, 
B                         A    A    B
Then he's gonna screw you just like that. 
E
He is going to use you, his heavies will abuse you, 
    D
And then he's gonna lean on you, 
D    A     E            B        < repeat intro riff
Here comes Flash.     hey hey flash flash

E
He is gonna rough you up, 
Duff you up and touch you up, 
    D                               D    A    E
And then he's gonna screw you up...[dong dong dong]
E
Even though he's mean on you, 
There's nothing else that you can do 
    D                                D    A    E
Just sit back and take his abuse... [dong dong dong] 
A
He will smile at you, be so sweet to you. 
B                                A    A    B
Then he's gonna cheat on you... [dong dong dong]

E
You'd better run, you'd better fly. 
Hide your daughters, hide your wives. 
D
Lock your doors and stay inside. 
D    A     E       A    B     E       A    B    E
Here comes Flash.  Here comes Flash. [dong dong dong]

Em      B                 Em
Once we loved and trusted him,                <= weird bit [?]
Em      D                                 G
Now his thugs and bullies make us live in sin. 
     A            Bm          C           D        B  Repeat Intro
They suppress us, oppress us, molest us, possess us. 

E
You'd better run, you'd better fly. 
Hide your daughters, hide your wives. 
    D                                   D    A    E
And lock your doors and stay inside... [dong dong dong]

Instrumental line   E     D   D A E

A
He will smile at you, be a friend to you, 
B                         A    A    B
Then he's gonna screw you just like that. 

     E
You'd better run, you'd better fly. 
Hide your daughters, hide your wives. 
    D
And lock your doors and stay inside. 
D    A     E
Here comes Flash. 

E
There's no way that you can win, 
You must obey his every whim 
   D
Or else he's going to do you in. 
D    A     E
Here Comes Flash. 
A    B     E        A    B    E      A     B    E   <= Flourish 
Here Comes Flash.  [dong dong dong   dong dong dong]   on the final
                                                       cadence

Albums this song can be found on:  Preservation Act I