Chords for "Do It Again"

From: Jim Smart
Date: Wed, 15 May 1996 07:01:49 -1000


Do It Again

Written by Ray Davies

Opening chord: G7sus??? or D7sus???? (see Hard day's night, possibly)

Note: the intro is played by strumming a D chord, then hammering on your
pinky to suspend the chord, then releasing the top string to add a high E
note. Repeat this freely.

D
Standing in the middle of nowhere,
Wondering how to begin.
Lost between tomorrow and yesterday,
        C             G
Between now and then.
D
And now we're back where we started,
Here we go round again.
Day after day I get up and I say
          C (hold)
I better do it again.
A       A-D     G-G-G-A
A       A-D     G-G-G-A

A       A-D     G-G-G-A
Where are all the people going?
A       A-D     G-G-G-A
Round and round till we reach the end.
A       A-D     G-G-G-A
One day leading to another,
A       A-D     G-G-G-A
Get up, go out, do it again.
         D      C        G
Then it's back where you started,
D          C       G
Here we go round again.
D      C     G
Back where you started,
         C           G
Come on do it again.

Note: Dave's lead is played over the chorus...D C G G, etc. ending with

 D D/C D/B Bb

riff: repeat this phrase, which basically alternates between the chords of
A and D.

 A CA D C A A C A D C (repeat)

          A       A-D     G-G-G-A
And you think today is going to be better,
A            A-D     G-G-G-A
Change the world and do it again.
A          A-D       G-G-G-A
Give it all up and start all over,
A           A-D        G-G-G-A
You say you will but you don't know when.
          D      C     G
Then it's back where you started,
D           C     G
Here we go round again.
D         C          G
Day after day I get up and I say
         C             G
Come on do it again.

Dave's lead, then the riff

Note: play the part below just like above, except when you get to the line
"But it's superficial..." Then you should pick the triad of the 4 chords A
D G A over and over. This means for A to play A, C#, E...etc.


The days go by and you wish you were a different guy,
Different friends and a new set of clothes.
You make alterations and affect a new pose,
A new house, a new car, a new job, a new nose.
But it's superficial and it's only skin deep,
Because the voices in your head keep shouting in your sleep.
Get back, get back.
D (strum it like at the beginning, adding pinky and releasing)
Back where you started, here we go round again,
D                                C          G
Back where you started, come on do it again.
 D     C        G       D           C       G
Back where you started, here we go round again,
D          C       G                    C          G
Day after day I get up and I say, do it again.
Bb               D D/C D/B Bb
Do it again.
D                                          C (hold)
Day after day I get up and I say, come on do it again.


Jim Smart
Honolulu



Date:  October 2, 2008
From:  Scott Stetzer

It's Dmaj Pent, but with some weird slidey-type thing going on. The
second part of the figure, the fast part is just hammers /pull offs
on the B and E at the 10th and 12th frets.