Song: Autumn almanac (Live acoustic version)
Artist: Ray Davies / The Kinks
Composer: Ray Davies
Tabbed by DJ ('DiddyD') for ultimateGuitar.com
29th Sept 2016
N.B.
If you want to play this song in the original
Kinks key of Bm, use a capo at the 2nd fret,
or for my more comprehensive tab see this link:
tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/t/the_kinks/autumn_almanac_ver2_crd.htm
This is a simplified version of my original tab,
without the addition of any bass notes.
Based on one of Ray's later live performances,
where he performs it a whole tone lower than the
original track.
Link to Ray's live video performance:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UFT4fyKFOp0
E = 022100 F# = 244322 Fm = 133111
A = x02220 G#7 = 464544 G7 = 320001
B = x24442 D7 = xx0212 Cm = x35543
Am = x02210 Gm = 355333 E7 = 022130
D = xx0232 Bb = x13331 A7 = x02020
G = 320033 Eb = xx6454 B7 = x21202
C = x32010 F = 133211 Em = 022000
C#m = x46654 F7 = 131211 D#aug = xx1003
Caug = xx6554 Dm = xx0231 Em7 = 020000
C#m7-5 = x42000
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[Intro]
E A B E
e |------------|--0--0--2--2--|--0--0------------|
B |------------|--2--2--4--4--|--0--0------------|
G |------------|--2--2--4--4--|--1--1------------|
D |------2-h4--|--2--2--4--4--|--2--2------2-h4--|
A |--2-h4------|--0--0--2--2--|--2--2--2-h4------|
E |------------|--------------|--0--0------------|
A B E
e |--0--0--2--2--|--0--0---------|
B |--2--2--4--4--|--0--0---------|
G |--2--2--4--4--|--1--1---------|
D |--2--2--4--4--|--2--2---------|
A |--0--0--2--2--|--2--2---------|
E |--------------|--0--0---------|
[Verse 1]
Am D
From the dew soaked hedge creeps a crawly caterpillar,
G D
When the dawn begins to crack,
C D G D7 G D
It's all part of my autumn alma - nac,
Am D
The breeze blows leaves of a musty coloured yellow,
G D
So---- I sweep them in m' sack,
C D G D7 G D
Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn alma - nac!
[Verse 2]
E A B E
Friday evening peo-------ple get to - gether,
A B E
Hi--------ding from the weather,
C#m Caug E
Tea and toasted buttered currant buns,
F# A
Can't compensate for lack of sun,
G#7
Because the summer's all gone!
[Verse 3]
Am
La, la-la! La, la, la, la-la!
D
La -la, la, la, la-la!
G D
Oh----, my poor rheumatic back,
C D G D7 G D
Yes, yes, yes, its my autumn alma - nac,
Am D
La, la, la, la-la! La-la, la, la, la-la!
G D
Oh----, my autumn almanac,
C D G D7 G D D7
Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn alma - nac!
[Verse 4]
G D C G
I like my football ...on a Saturday,
G D C D7 G
Roast beef on Sundays, ...al - right,
G D C G
I go to Blackpool ...for my holidays,
G D C D7 G
Sit in the open ...sun - light!
[Verse 5]
Gm Bb Eb
This is my street, and I'm never gonna leave it,
F F7 Bb
And I'm always gonna stay here,
Dm Fm G
If I live to be ninety -nine,
G7 C
'Cause all the people I meet...
Cm G
...Seem to come from my street,
E7 A7
And I can't get a - way,
B7 Em D#aug
Because it's calling me, come on home,
Em7 C#m7-5
Hear it calling me, so come on home!
[Verse 6]
Am
La, la-la! La, la, la, la-la!
D
La -la, la, la, la-la!
G D
Oh-------, my autumn Armagnac,
C D G D7 G D
Yes, yes, yes, it's my autumn alma - nac,
Am D
La, la, la, la, la-la! La-la, la, la, la-la!
G D
Woh-------, my autumn alma - nac,
C D C D7 G D7 G C
Yes, yes, yes, yes! Yes, yes, yes, yes!
[Coda]
C D7 G
| / / / / | / / |
C D7 G
||: Bah - bah, bah-b, bah-b, bah, ...woh! :||[x4]
C D7 G
||: Bah - bah, bah-b, bah-b, bah, ...woh! :||[x3]
(Yes!)
C D7 G C D7 G
| / / / / | / / | / / / / | / ||
