Chords for "Afternoon Tea"

From: Frank
Date: Mon, Feb 10, 1997 6:21 PM
Subject: Kinks chords

A        C#m                          B /    Bm
Tea time won't be the same without my Donna (Donna)

A        C#m                   B /       Bm
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna (Donna)

C#                 F#m
I think about that small cafe

C#                      F#m
That's where we used to meet each day

C#                  F#m / F#
And then we used to sit a while

    D         G         F#m
And drink our afternoon tea


C#m       B         A
I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)

C#m    B            A
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)

A                       E
You take as long as you like

E        B
'Cause I like you, girl

C#m    B          A
I take sugar with tea (afternoon tea)

C#m      B           A
You take milk if you please (afternoon tea)

A                   E
Like you talking to me

E           B
Because you ease my mind


C#m   B        A
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)

C#m   B        A
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)

A / E / B

C#m   B        A
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)

C#m   B        A
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)

A / E / B

Second verse same as the first


Tea time still ain't the same without my Donna
At night I lie awake and dream of Donna
I went to our cafe one day
They said that Donna walked away
You'd think at least she might have stayed
To drink her afternoon tea

I'll take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
If you take it with me (afternoon tea)
You take as long as you like
'Cause I like you, girl

I take afternoon tea (afternoon tea)
Every day of the week (afternoon tea)
Please come along if you like
Because I like you, girl

Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)
Ba-ba-ba-ba-ba-ba (afternoon tea)



Date: October 6, 1999 2:55 AM
From: Idelracer

    On your page that has the chords for "Afternoon
Tea," I believe that the B and Bm that appear over
the word "Donna" should actually be a D and Dm.
But don't take my word for it...Give it a try!



Bass tab:

Date: June 11, 2000 1:26 PM
From: Jonathan Longstaff


Afternoon Tea
The Kinks

bass tab

   Part I
G||------------------------------||------------------------------------|
D||o-----2------6------7------7-o||------------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-|
A||o-0-3----4-7----5-8----5-8---o||-8/-4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4---------|
E||------------------------------||------------------------------------|

                                         Part II
G|-------------------------------------||-------------------------------|
D|---------4-4-4-4-/7-7-5-5-4444444444-||o------------------------------|
A|-4-4-4-4-----------------------------||o------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------||--9-9-7-7-5-5-5-5-/9-9-7-7-5-5-|

G|------------------------------6-----6---------------------------||
D|------------------------6s9-9---9-7---9-999999-----------------o||
A|----------------7---7-9----------------------------------------o||
E|-5-5--5---5-7-9--------------------------------9-9-7-7-5-5-5-5--||

  Part III: (bit at end of solo before second verse):
G|-------------------------6-----6-------------------------------------|
D|-------------------6s9-9---9-7---9-999999-------2-----6-----7-----7--|
A|-----7-----7---7-9--------------------------0-2---4-7---5-8---5-8----|
E|-5-7---9-7-----------------------------------------------------------|


Those are the basic parts
It goes something like:
Part I
Part II (4x)
Part III
Part I
Part II till fade out



Date:  April 8, 2005
From:  Sam Siegel

The chords over the "Donna" in the verse (where you have B, Bm) 
should be Bm, Dm.  So, opening verse chords are - A, C#m, Bm, Dm.



Date:  10 July 2019
From:  Jean Laborde

It seems that the opening verse chords are - A, C#m, D, Dm
and not A, C#m, Bm, Dm .