Artist: The Kinks
[INTRO]
[C7]
[VERSE 1]
[C7]I got a letter this morning with some serious news
That's gone and ruined my day
The [F7]borough surveyor's used compulsory purchase
[C7]To acquire my domain
They're gonna [G7]pull up the floors
They're [F7]gonna knock down the walls
They're gonna [C7]dig up the drains
[VERSE 2]
[C7]Here come the people in grey
They're gonna take me away to Lord knows only where
But I'm [F7]so unprepared
I got no time to pack and I've [C7]got nothing to wear
Here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[VERSE 3]
[C7]Me and my baby gonna get on a train
That's gonna take us away
[F7]I'm gonna live in a tent
We're gonna pay no more rent
We're [C7]gonna pay no more rates
We're gonna [G7]live in a field
We're gonna [F7]buy me a gun to keep the [C7]policemen away
[CHORUS]
I'm gonna [C7]pass me a brand new resolution
I'm gonna fight me a one man revolution, some way
Gonna [F7]beat those people in [C7]grey
But here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[REFRAIN]
Here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[VERSE 4]
The [C7]people in grey have gone and taken away
My right to voice my complaint
Her [F7]Majesty's Government have sent me a form
I must [C7]complete it today
But it's [G7]making me blue
Don't wanna [F7]tell all my secrets to
The people in [C7]grey
[CHORUS]
Gonna [C7]pass me a brand new resolution
Gonna fight me a one man revolution, someway
Gonna [F7]start my rebellion [C7]today
But [G7]here come the people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[OUTRO]
[C7]Oh, [F7]Lord, those people in [C7]grey
I gotta [F7]get back at those people in [C7]grey**
Here [F7]come the people in [G7]grey
To take me [C7]away
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** In the recorded version I linked to, there
are a couple of extra words in this line that
I cannot make out and which also do not appear
in any of the published lyrics that I've found.
*******************************************
[C7]
[VERSE 1]
[C7]I got a letter this morning with some serious news
That's gone and ruined my day
The [F7]borough surveyor's used compulsory purchase
[C7]To acquire my domain
They're gonna [G7]pull up the floors
They're [F7]gonna knock down the walls
They're gonna [C7]dig up the drains
[VERSE 2]
[C7]Here come the people in grey
They're gonna take me away to Lord knows only where
But I'm [F7]so unprepared
I got no time to pack and I've [C7]got nothing to wear
Here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[VERSE 3]
[C7]Me and my baby gonna get on a train
That's gonna take us away
[F7]I'm gonna live in a tent
We're gonna pay no more rent
We're [C7]gonna pay no more rates
We're gonna [G7]live in a field
We're gonna [F7]buy me a gun to keep the [C7]policemen away
[CHORUS]
I'm gonna [C7]pass me a brand new resolution
I'm gonna fight me a one man revolution, some way
Gonna [F7]beat those people in [C7]grey
But here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[REFRAIN]
Here come the [G7]people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[VERSE 4]
The [C7]people in grey have gone and taken away
My right to voice my complaint
Her [F7]Majesty's Government have sent me a form
I must [C7]complete it today
But it's [G7]making me blue
Don't wanna [F7]tell all my secrets to
The people in [C7]grey
[CHORUS]
Gonna [C7]pass me a brand new resolution
Gonna fight me a one man revolution, someway
Gonna [F7]start my rebellion [C7]today
But [G7]here come the people in [F7]grey
To take me [C7]away
[OUTRO]
[C7]Oh, [F7]Lord, those people in [C7]grey
I gotta [F7]get back at those people in [C7]grey**
Here [F7]come the people in [G7]grey
To take me [C7]away
*******************************************
** In the recorded version I linked to, there
are a couple of extra words in this line that
I cannot make out and which also do not appear
in any of the published lyrics that I've found.
*******************************************
Used chords
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