Chords for "Animal"

From: Jim Smart
Date: Wed, Oct 23, 1996 1:34 AM


Animal

Written by Ray Davies

intro:
 D     A       G   (A)       D     A   G   (A)
D        G    D     A      G   D/F#   Em       A
(after the A, do a run from the low E up to do, hitting most of the half steps

D                    G          A           D
On reflection, it was not all wine on the wall
        G      A          Bm
It was not all cuts and bruises
A
Or the pulling out of hair
A
And the bloodying of nose
A                                 A7
And the tearing off of clothes, although
         D     A   G (A)  D   A   G   (A)
It was really animal,    truly animal
           D          G        D     A      G   D/F#   Em   A
There were times when there was absolute compassion in the air
             D     A   G (A)  D   A   G   (A)
Though it was really animal, truly animal
           D      G        D     A
It could not compare to times we cared
         G     D/F#      Em   A      D
And were in control and less emotional

For the next part, it would be nice if one instrument could go back and
forth between G and A, while another plays the little three note riff:  "D
C#   D"  over and over...

G         A            G        A
While the intellect controls the spiritual
G         A            G        A
The animal respects what's natural
G         A            G        A
Yin and yang control man's actions
Em                             A
And both extremes are a natural reaction

E    B     A     (B)  E    B     A

         D     A   G (A)  D   A   G   (A)
It was really animal,     truly animal,
                 D          G        D     A
Well there were times when there was absolute
G   D/F#   Em       A
compassion in the air

D                    G          A           D
On reflection it was not all crash and bang
        G      A          Bm
Broken bottles and abuse
           G               A          Bm
Sometimes there were sunsets on the sands
        G      A          Bm
Holding onto caring hands
A
But there were vampire fangs
A
As the angels sang
A                     A7
It was yin and yang, oh yeah
         D     A   G (A)            D   A   G   (A)
It was truly natural, though it was really animal
          D    G     D        A    G   D/F#      A
In a sense it fell into a truly natural romance

(jam on A for a while)

A
Oh yeah,
A7         D     A   G (A)            D   A   G   (A)
 It was really animal,            truly animal
           D          G        D     A      G    D/F#      Em   A
There were times when there was absolute compassion in the air
G     D/F#    Em    D      G   D/F#    Em      A
True love,   true love,   true love is really  animal

D  A  G

Chords guessed and by Jim

dedicated to Jay Cole