Chords for "Victoria"

From: Harlan L Thompson

VICTORIA- The Kinks

G   D G C G D G
      D             G
Long ago life was clean
         C         G
Sex was bad and obscene
         D            G
And the rich were so mean
         D             G
Stately homes for the Lords
          C              G
Croquet lawns, village greens
      D           G
Victoria was my queen

CHORUS:
  G    D   Em   Bm        D     G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria, 'toria

I was born, lucky me
In a land that I love
Though I am poor, I am free
When I grow I shall fight
For this land I shall die
Let her sun never set ...CHORUS TWICE

BRIDGE:
Em                  D
Land of hope and gloria
  D            C
Land of my Victoria
Em                 D
Land of hope and gloria
  D            C
Land of my Victoria
     D      G
Victoria, toria

SOLO (OVER VERSE CHORDS)
CHORUS (hold the first two "Victoria"s longer)

Canada to India
Australia to Cornwall
Singapore to Hong Kong
>From the West to the East
>From the rich to the poor
Victoria loved them all ...CHORUS
  G    D   Em  Bm     D             G
Victoria, Victoria, Victoria---------



(from Arthur, 1969)
(sent by Harlan)


Date: January 31, 2000 1:21 PM
From: Laura Boyd


The follwing is my idea of what the tabs are for Victoria.  Sorry, I just can't 
seem to get the guitar solo...




Victoria - The Kinks

Play twice at the start with a couple of 'G' chords in between:

e|-----------|
b|-----------|
g|-----------|
d|-----------|
a|-----------|
e|--0--2--3--|

This is the melody for the verses.  Both versions are the same, only one is up an octave:

Version 1:

e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
b|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
g|--------------------------0----------------------------------------------
d|--------0-----------0--2-----0--2--0--------0-----------------0----------
a|--0--2-----2--0-----------------------0--2-----2--0-----0--2-----2--0----
e|-----------------3-----------------------------------3-----------------3-

e|--------------------------------------|
b|--------------------------------------|
g|--------0-----------------------------|
d|--0--2-----0--2--0--------0-----------|
a|--------------------0--2-----2--0-----|
e|-----------------------------------3--|

Version 2:

e|--------------------------3----------------------------------------------
b|--------3-----------3--5-----3--5--3--------3-----------------3----------
g|--2--4-----4--2--0--------------------2--4-----4--2--0--2--4-----4--2--0-
d|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
a|-------------------------------------------------------------------------
e|-------------------------------------------------------------------------

e|--------3-----------------------------|
b|--3--5-----3--5--3--------3-----------|
g|--------------------2--4-----4--2--0--|
d|--------------------------------------|
a|--------------------------------------|
e|--------------------------------------|

The chords for the chorus are:  G, D/Dsus, Em, and Bm/Bmsus.

The chords for the little bitty in the middle are:  Em, D, D, C, G, D, G.

Tabbed by Laura Boyd.



Date:  5 December, 2005
From:  Leif Thiborg

I have to make a minor correction on The land of my Victoria bit
It starts With E major, not E minor so it's
E - D - C - E- D -C- G- D-G on the middle eight