Dead End Street

artist:The Kinks

, writer:Ray Davies

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 {t: Dead End Street}  
{key: D}  
{artist:The Kinks}  
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oov0V5UzEAg 
{c: } 
[Am]  x6

[Am] There's a crack up in the [C] cei-[G]ling
[Dm] And the kitchen sink is [F] lea-[Am]king
[Am] Out of work and got no [C] mo-[G]ney
[Dm] A Sunday joint of bread and [F] ho-[Am]ney

[Am] What are we living for? [G]* [F]* Two roomed apartment on the [E7] second floor?
[Am] No money comin' in, [G]* [F]* the rent collector's knockin' [E7] trying to get in
[A7] We are strictly second class, we [Dm] don't under-[E7]stand
{soc}
[Dm] Dead end! [F] We should be in [Am] dead end [C] street
[F#m] Dead end! [F] People are livin' in [Am] dead end [C] street
[Dm] Dead end! [F] I'm gonna die in [Am] dead end [C] street
[C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!) [C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!)
{eoc}
[Am] On a cold and frosty [C] mor-[G]ning
[Dm] Wipe my eyes and stop me [F] yaw-[Am]ning
[Am] And my feet are nearly [C] fro-[G]zen
[Dm] Boil the tea and put some [F] toast[Am]  on
[Am] What are we livin' for? [G]* [F]* Two roomed apartment on the [E7] second floor?
[Am] No chance to emigrate, [G]* [F]* I'm deep in debt and now it's [E7] much too late
[A] We both have to work so hard, we [Dm] can't get the [E7] chance
{soc}
[Dm] Dead end! [F] We should be in [Am] dead end [C] street
[F#m] Dead end! [F] People are livin' in [Am] dead end [C] street
[Dm] Dead end! [F] I'm gonna die in [Am] dead end [C] street
[C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!) [C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!)
{eoc} 
{c: sing then just play then fade}
[Dm] Dead end! [F] People live on [Am] dead end [C] street
[F] Dead end! [F] People are dyin' on [Am] dead end [C] street
[Dm] Dead end! [F] I'm gonna die on [Am] dead end [C] street
[C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!) [C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!)
[C] Dead end [F] street (yeah!) [C] Head to my [F] feet (yeah!)
[C] Dead end [F] street  (ad rigor boredom)

Song Info

Title: Dead End Street

Artist: The Kinks

Writer: Ray Davies

Song Types: Pop

Key: D

Info: "Dead End Street" is a song by the British band the Kinks from 1966, written by main songwriter Ray Davies. Like many other songs written by Davies, it is to some degree influenced by British Music Hall. The bass playing was partly inspired by the "twangy" sound of Duane Eddy's guitar. It was originally released as a non-album single, but has since been included as one of several bonus tracks from the Face to Face CD. The song, like many others by the group, deals with the poverty and misery found in the lower classes of English society.

According to Ray Davies, the lyrics are about a couple that want to emigrate to Australia under the Assisted Passage Migration Scheme but when that fell through they could not get a job.

Describing the song in his 1996 autobiography, Kink, Dave Davies said: "'Dead End Street' was the epitome, to me, of what the Kinks were all about. A song full of character, pathos, yet containing an underlying sense of hope. Reflecting a fondness for the past but at the same time expressing a determination and yearning for change. Anguished voices calling to a heartless world. A world where the plight of the ordinary person mattered little. It was interesting to note that more than ten years later, the Clash did a song called 'London Calling' that seemed to be inspired by 'Dead End Street'."

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Dead End Street

artist:The Kinks

, writer:Ray Davies

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