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Dead End Street Bass

(ver. 2)
Kinks
Dead End Street
The Kinks
Written by Ray Davies; released as a single with "Big Black Smoke" as the
B-side.

Intro:
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Verse:
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         There's crack in the cei   -    ling,
             a      up

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         and    kitchen sink  lea   -    king.
             the           is

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         Out of work   got no mo    -    ney,
                    and

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      a  Sunday joint  bread  ho    -    ney.
                    of     and

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         What   are    we     living     for?


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      Two-roomed apartment    second     floor.
                       on the

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         No     mo  -  ney    coming     in,


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      the rent collector's    trying get in.
                       knocking,  to

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         We are     strictly  second     class,    we don't


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                    understand.

Refrain:
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             Oh, we should be in Dead End Street,
 (Dead end!)

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                people are living in Dead End Street,
 (Dead end!)

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             I'm gonna die in Dead End   Street,
 (Dead end!)

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  Dead End   Street,          Dead End   Street.
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)
Verse:
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         On a cold and frosty mor   -    ning,


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         wipe my eyes  stop   yaw   -    ning,
                    and    me

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         And my feet   nearly fro   -    zen,
                    are

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         boil   tea,   put    toast      on.
             the    and    some

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         What   are    we     living     for?


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      Two-roomed apartment    second     floor.
                       on the

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         No     chance to     e - mig -  rate,


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      I'm deep  debt,  now    much too   late.
             in            it's

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         We both    want   to work   so  hard,     we  can't


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                    get the chance.

Refrain:
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                People live in Dead End  Street,
 (Dead end!)

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                People are dyin' on Dead End Street,
 (Dead end!)

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             I'm gonna die on Dead End   Street,
 (Dead end!)

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  Dead End   Street,          Dead End   Street.
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)
Re-intro:
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Refrain:
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                People live on Dead End  Street,
 (Dead end!)

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                People are dyin' on Dead End Street,
 (Dead end!)

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             I'm gonna die on Dead End   Street,
 (Dead end!)

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  Dead End   Street,          Dead End   Street,
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)
Outro:
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  Dead End   Street,          head to my feet,
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)

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  Dead End   Street,          Dead End   Street,
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)

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  Dead End   Street,              head to feet,
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)

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      head to feet,               Dead End Street,
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)

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      Dead End Street...
                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)

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                   (Yeah!                       Yeah!)
repeat and fade out...

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