Chords for "To The Bone"

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


TO THE BONE- The Kinks

C  RIFF TWO TIMES  Gm  Bb  F  C

Gm      Bb          F     C             Gm         Bb   F   C 
In the back of a record rack there's a old double pack 
       Gm           Bb           F             C
Twelve inches and black with an old crumpled cover 
           Gm       Bb     F   C
But every track is stacked
        Eb                   Bb                     F       C 
And it takes me back to the one who caused this melancholy mood 
          RIFF                          Gm   Bb   F   C
And every single groove cuts me to the bone 
            Gm     Bb      F    C C
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone

I took her back to my bachelor flat while the stereo played for two
She unwrapped her gift and played me a riff
And said, "this old record was just made for you"
Then we danced to songs of passion and the singer's velvet tones
On the gramaphone while the record played
She rocks me to the bone, knocks me to the bone

             Eb            F             Eb                F
Those those rock n' roll romantic songs played all summer long
        Gm      Bb      F    C   Gm        Bb     F    C C    Gm  Bb  F  C
As she rocks me to the bone,    knocks me to the bone
            Gm     Bb      F   C   Gm  Bb  F  C
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone
            Gm     Bb      F   C   
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone

    Gm           Bb     F        C        Gm      Bb     F     C
In dreams she's smiling in slow motion, devouring all of my emotion
 Gm       Bb    F        C            Gm    Bb    F      C
Angels singing rock 'n' roll, while demons take away my soul
 Bb                 Eb              Bb               Eb
Voices sound, her image fades, and every time that record plays
     Gm      Bb     F   C  Gm       Bb      F    C C
She rocks me to the bone, (knocks me to the bone)

In my back room there's an old 45 that we played all summer long
Shakin the beams so loud it covered up the screams
When lover's harmony went oh so wrong
And in every word emotion is torn and blood flows down the drain
Like she opened up a vein and cut me to the bone
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone

 Eb                  F               Eb           F
And now I'm just a prisoner in that stereo Hi-Fi jail
 (n.c.)
The needle pierced just like a nail
         Gm     Bb      F  C  Gm       Bb      F    C
As she rocks me to the bone, knocks me to the bone
 Gm    Bb   F     C        Gm      Bb      F     C C   Gm  Bb  F  C
Do do do do do do do, she rocks me to the bone
           Gm      Bb      F    C    Gm  Bb  F  C
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone
           Gm      Bb      F    C    Gm  Bb  F  C    Gm  Bb  F  C   Gm
Yeah, she rocks me to the bone


RIFF (over barred C):
E -3-3---3-5-6-6-5-3---
B -----6-------------6-
G ---------------------


NOTE: This song also works as well or better if you change the key to one
step down.  So Gm Bb F C becomes F#m A E B.