Complicated Life
by The Kinks
from "Muswell Hillbillies"
Intro:
D A A D x2
Verse 1:
A
Well I woke this morning with a pain in my neck,
G D
A pain in my heart and a pain in my chest,
A
I went to the doctor and the good doctor said,
G D
You gotta slow down your life or you're gonna be dead,
G D
Cut out the struggle and strife,
A D
It only complicates your life.
Verse 2:
A
Well I cut down women, I cut out booze,
G D
I stopped ironing my shirts, cleaning my shoes,
A
I stopped going to work, stopped reading the news,
G D
I sit and twiddle my thumbs cos I got nothing to do,
G D
Minimal exercise,
A D (let ring)
To help uncomplicate my life,
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(D ringing out through this line)
Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated,
Chorus:
D A
Ladi dah di dahdah, ladi dah di dah dah,
A D
You gotta get away from the complicated life, son,
D A
Life is overrated, life is complicated,
A D
Must alleviate this complicated life.
Interlude:
A G D x2
G D
Cut out the struggle and strife,
A D
It's such a complicated life.
Verse 3 (same chords as Verse 2);
Like old Mother Hubbard, I got nothin' in the cupboard,
Got no dinner and I got no supper,
Holes in my shoes, I got holes in my socks,
I can't go to work cos I can't get a job,
The bills are rising sky high,
It's such a complicated life,
Gotta stand and face it; life is so complicated,
Chorus x2
Outro:
A D
Gotta get away from the complicated life, son,
A D
Gotta get away from the complicated life.
