Song: See my friends
Artist: The Kinks
Composer: Ray Davies
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD' at ultimateGuitar.com)
15th Jan 2013
The song was inspired by a trip to India,
and also the death of Ray Davies' sister.
TUNING:
D#-G#-C#-F#-A#-D#
I think on the original single version the guitars are tuned a
half-step down from standard tuning (or maybe it was in concert pitch,
but the backing tracks were slowed down before the vocals were added)
I'm sure this is not the way the Kinks played it, but I think
it works well when you only have one guitar to accompany yourself.
To try and emulate the Indian feel of the droning strings,
slide the shape for the D6sus2/E up two frets for the E7sus2 chords.
The names sound very complicated, but a lot of the shapes I've
selected are relatively similar and simple moveable chords.
N.B.
Please IGNORE ANY POP-UP CHORD BOXES the website might automatically
suggest and use the typed shapes shown below:
The chords are named as if still in standard tuning:
E = 022100 E7sus4 = 077700 Bmadd11 = x24430
Esus4 = 022200 E7sus2/F# = x99700 E7 = 022130
D6sus2/E = 057700 E6sus2/4 = x44200 Aadd2 = 577600
E7sus2 = 079900 Badd4 = 799800
**********************************************************************
[Intro]
E Esus4 E Esus4
e|------0---------0----|-------0---------0----|
B|----0---------0------|-----0---------0------|
G|--1-----1--/2-----2--|--/4-----4--\2-----2--|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
E Esus4 E Esus4
See-- my---...
e|------0---------0----|-------0---------0----|
B|----0---------0------|-----0---------0------|
G|--1-----1--/2-----2--|--/4-----4--\2-----2--|
D|---------------------|----------------------|
A|---------------------|----------------------|
E|---------------------|----------------------|
[Chorus]
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
...fri-------ends,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri-------ends... playing across the ri---------ver,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri---------ends,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri-------ends... playing across the ri---------ver!
[Verse 1]
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
She is go---------ne,
E7sus2/F# E6sus2/4
She is gone, and now there's no one there,
Badd4 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
Except my friends... playing across the ri---------ver!
[Verse 2]
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
She just we--------nt,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
She just we--------nt, went across the ri---------ver,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
Now she's go-----------ne,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
Now she's go---------ne, wish that I'd gone with her!
[Verse 3]
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
She is go---------ne,
E7sus2/F# E6sus2/4 Badd4
She is gone, and now there's no one there, except my friends...
E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
...Playing across the ri---------ver!
[Bridge]
Bmadd11 E7 Aadd2 E6sus2/4
She is gone, and now there's no one else to take her place,
Bmadd11 E7 E6sus2/4
She is gone, and now there's no one else a - round,
Badd4 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
Except my friends... playing across the ri---------ver!
[Chorus]
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri---------ends,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri-------ends... playing across the ri---------ver,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri---------ends,
D6sus2/E E7sus2 E7sus4 D6sus2/E E7sus2
See my fri-------ends... playing across the ri---------ver!
[Coda]
||: D6sus2/E E7sus2 D6sus2/E E7sus2 :|| [Repeat]
