{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":10211,"song":"Living On A Thin Line","artist":"The Kinks","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/10211-living-on-a-thin-line-chords-by-the-kinks/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/10211?type=chord","rating":4.86074,"votes":92,"content":"From: Harlan L Thompson \r\n\r\nLIVING ON A THIN LINE - The Kinks\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch]      |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch] | [ch]G[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch]     |\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nAll the stories we've been told of kings and days of old[/tab]\r\n[tab]                  [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut there's no England now (there's no England now)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\n All the wars that were won and lost[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G/B[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                        \r\n All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\n All the lives of the people running round, their castles have burned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G/B[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow I see change but inside we're the same as we ever were[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line, living this way, each day's a dream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat am I, what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]      [ch]G/B[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  Now another century nearly gone (gone, gone)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G/B[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  What are we gonna leave for the young?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G/B[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhat we couldn't do, or what we wouldn't do, it's a crime, but does it matter?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G/B[/ch]\r\nDoes it matter much, does it matter much to you?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDoes it ever really matter? Yes, it really really matters![/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\n  Then another leader says, break their hearts and break some heads[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Em[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIs there nothing we can say or do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n   Blame the future on the past, always lost in bloody guts[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when they're gone it's me and you[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]G/B[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nLiving on a thin line oooohh[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]D[/ch]     | [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    | [ch]D[/ch]    |\r\n| [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]  | [ch]D[/ch]      ([ch]D7[/ch]  [ch]D7sus4[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch])\r\n\r\n(Chords implied by synth)","plain_text":"From: Harlan L Thompson \n\nLIVING ON A THIN LINE - The Kinks\n\n[Intro]\n  D\n| D     | D      |\n| D     | C  G/B | G     | D     |\n| D     | D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| D     | D    | D    | D    |\n| F  C  | D      (D7  D7sus4  D)\n\n(Chords implied by synth)","chords":["A","D","C","G/B","G","F","Em","Am","D7","D7sus4"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"D7sus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,3]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G/B":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,0,0,0,2],"frets":[-1,2,0,0,0,3]}}}