Living On A Thin Line

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From: Harlan L Thompson
LIVING ON A THIN LINE - The Kinks
[Intro]
D
D D
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D C G/BG D
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D D
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[Verse 1]
D C G/B
All the stories we've been told of kings and days of old
D F C
But there's no England now (there's no England now)
D
All the wars that were won and lost
C G/B D F C
Somehow don't seem to matter very much anymore
D
All the lies we were told (all the lies we were told)
C G/B D F C
All the lives of the people running round, their castles have burned
D C G/B D
Now I see change but inside we're the same as we ever were
[Chorus]
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
D C G/B
Living on a thin line, living this way, each day's a dream
G D
What am I, what are we supposed to do?
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
[Verse 2]
C G/B D
Now another century nearly gone (gone, gone)
C G/B D
What are we gonna leave for the young?
C G/B D
What we couldn't do, or what we wouldn't do, it's a crime, but does it matter?
C G/B
Does it matter much, does it matter much to you?
D
Does it ever really matter? Yes, it really really matters!
[Chorus]
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
[Bridge]
F G Em
Then another leader says, break their hearts and break some heads
Em F
Is there nothing we can say or do?
Am G C
Blame the future on the past, always lost in bloody guts
D
And when they're gone it's me and you
[Chorus]
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
D C G/B G D
Living on a thin line oooohh, tell me now what are we supposed to do?
D F C D F C
Living on a thin line oooohh
[Outro]
D D D D
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F C D D7D7sus4D
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(Chords implied by synth)

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From: Harlan L Thompson 
LIVING ON A THIN LINE - The Kinks
[Intro]
  D
| D     | D      |
| D     | C  G/B | G     | D     |
| D     | D
[Verse 1]
[Chorus]
[Verse 2]
[Chorus]
[Bridge]
[Chorus]
[Outro]
| D     | D    | D    | D    |
| F  C  | D      (D7  D7sus4  D)
(Chords implied by synth)

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