>>Victoria, by The Kinks
From the album Arthur, released in 1969.
Music and words by Raymond Douglas Davies. Tabbed by Carlo Basso.
This tab isn't 100% correct but its pretty close.
h — Hammer on
p — Pull off
b — bend (mainly 1/4 bends, but you can decide how much to bend for yourself)
br— bend and then return to original note
v — downstroke
r — rest
^ — upstroke
| — barline
|:— repeat sign
' — not a barline or any measurement of time, just to seperate music
P.M.— Palm Muting
s — slide
—In the key of G—
Chords* used: G D Dsus2 Dsus4 C Em Bm Bmsus2 O
EADGBe
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*Here i have only listed the simplest chord positions,
guitar 2 would probably be more likely to use bar chords.
INTRO:
Guitar 1 (rhythm guitar) (acoustic steel 6 string)
Rhythm Fig. 1
|G O G O | G O G | repeat 4 times
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +:|
|v v ^ v v ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
Guitar 2 (lead guitar) (clean electric 6 string, set on the neck pick—up)
—Comes in on the 3rd beat of the second bar—
| | E—0—2—3 | G | E—0—2—3 |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
| | | ^ v ^ v v ^ | v ^ r r |
|G | Melody |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|^ v ^ v v ^ | v ^ r r |
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig 2.
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |same rhythm for verse.
|v ^ v r v ^ v r |
|D|G|C|G|D|G|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Melody —Comes in on 3rd beat of 6th bar—
(two guitars arranged for one)
e———————'———————'—————3—'———————'———————'———————'
B—————3—'———————'—3—5———'—3—5—3—'—————3—'———————' Once for Intro.
G—2—4———'—4—2—0—'—————0—'———————'—2—4———'—4—2—0—' Twice for Verse.
D—————0—'———————'—0—2———'—0—2—0—'—————0—'———————'
A—0—2———'—2—0———'———————'———————'—0—2———'—2—0———'
E———————'—————3—'———————'———————'———————'—————3—'
VERSE:
Guitar 1 — Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2 — plays melody in tandem with words
D G
Long ago, life was clean,
C G
Sex was bad, and obscene,
D G
And the rich, were so mean,
D G
Stately homes, for the Lords,
C G
Croquet lawns, village greens,
D G
Victoria, was my Queen.
CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 3
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v v v v v v|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
D Dsus2 D Bm Bmsus2 Bm D Dsus4 D
e—————————' '—2—————0—2—' '—————————' '———————————' '—2—————2h3p2———————'
B—————————' '———3———————' '—————————' '—3—————2—3—' '———3—————————3—————'
G—————————' '—————2—————' '—————————' '———4———————' '—————2—————————2———'
D———————0—' '———————————' '—————————' '—————4—————' '—0—————0—————————0—'
A———0—2———' '———————————' '—————0—2—' '———————————' '———————————————————'
E—3———————' '———————————' '—0—3—————' '———————————' '———————————————————'
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G
Lyrics} Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
POST CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 1
|G O G O | G O G |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|v v ^ v v ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
Guitar 2 (lead)
Rhythm Fig. 4
|G | Vocals |
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + | 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|r ^ r v ^ ^ | v ^ v ^ r r r r |
VERSE:
Guitar 1 (rhythm) — Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2 (lead) — strum chords to Rhythm Fig. 5
Rhythm Fig. 5
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + |
|v ^ v ^ r r r r |
D G
I was born, lucky me,
C G
In a land, that i love,
D G
Though I am poor, I am free,
D G
When I grow, I shall fight,
C G
For this land, I shall die,
D G
Let her sun, never set.
DOUBLE CHORUS:
Guitar 1 (rhythm)
Rhythm Fig. 3
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v v v v v v|
Guitar 2 (lead)
Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
D Dsus2 D Bm Bmsus2 Bm D Dsus4 D
e—————————' '—2—————0—2—' '—————————' '———————————' '—2—————2h3p2———————'
B—————————' '———3———————' '—————————' '—3—————2—3—' '———3—————————3—————'
G—————————' '—————2—————' '—————————' '———4———————' '—————2—————————2———'
D———————0—' '———————————' '—————————' '—————4—————' '—0—————0—————————0—'
A———0—2———' '———————————' '—————0—2—' '———————————' '———————————————————'
E—3———————' '———————————' '—0—3—————' '———————————' '———————————————————'
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G x 2
Lyrics} Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
POST CHORUS 2:
Guitar 1 (rhythm): strum G chord with Rhythm Fig. 6.
Rhythm Fig. 6
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v v r v v v r|
Guitar 2 (lead) : strum G chord with Rhythm Fig. 2.
BRIDGE:
(Brass Band Backing)
Guitar 1 (rhythm): strums chords with Rhythm Fig. 7
Rhythm Fig. 7
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v v |
Guitar 2 (lead): Fingerpicks chords.
Fill 6
D Dsus4 D
e—2h3p2—————'
B———————3———'
G—————————2—'
D———————————'
A———————————'
E———————————'
Guitar 1} Em D D C
Guitar 2} Em D Fill 6 x2
Lyrics } Land of hope and gloria, Land of my Victoria
Guitar 1} D G
Guitar 2} D G
Lyrics } Victoria, 'Toria.
2 and a half bars of rest, while bass does octave climb.
Guitar 2 comes in playing G chord with Rhythm Fig. 2 for two bars, then...
SOLO:
Guitar 1: Verse chords with Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2:
e—————————————————'——————————'———————————————'———————————'—————————'
B—————————————————'——————————'———————————————'———————————'—————————'
G———7b—10h11p10—8—'—————10—8—'—10br—10h11p8——'————10—8—7—'—7b—7b—8—'
D—————————————————'—7h9——————'———————————————'—7h9———————'—7b—7b———'
A—0———————————————'——————————'———————————————'———————————'—————————'
E—————————————————'——————————'———————————————'———————————'—————————'
e——————————————————————'———————————————————————'——————————'—————————————'
B——————————————————————'———————————————————————'——————————'—————————————'
G—7b—7b—7b—10b—10h11p8—'—8b—8b—8b—10br—10h11p8—'—7b—7b—7b—'—10b—10h11p8—'
D—7b—7b—7b—————————————'—7b—7b—7b——————————————'—7b—7b—7b—'—————————————'
A——————————————————————'———————————————————————'——————————'—————————————'
E——————————————————————'———————————————————————'——————————'—————————————'
CHORUS:
This Chrous is slightly different.
Hold the first 2 "victoria"'s for 2 bars instead of one,
and wallop the D after Fill 7 and then slide up into nothing,
and do the sme with the Bm and the D immediately after it.
Fill 7
E—15—15—15—15s12—12—12—12s|s10—10—10—10s7—7—7—7s|s5—'
Fill 8
E—12—12—12—12s10—10—10—10s|s7—7—7—7s5—5—5—5s|s2'
Guitar 1} G D Em Bm
Guitar 2} Fill 7 D Fill 8 Bm
Lyrics } Victo________ria, Victo________ria
Guitar 1} D G
Guitar 2} D G
Lyrics } Victoria, 'Toria.
POST CHORUS:
Fill 9
e————————'
B————————'
G————————'
D——————5—'
A——3h5———'
E————————'
Guitar 2} G (upstrokes on the +'s, for 2 bars) Fill 9
G (rhythm fig. 2 for 2 bars)
VERSE:
Guitar 1: Rhythm Fig. 2
Guitar 2: Rhythm Fig. 8
Rhythm Fig. 8
|1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +|
|v ^ v ^ v |
D G
Canada, to India,
C G
Australia, to Cornwall,
D G
Singapore, to Hong Kong,
D G
From the West, to the East,
C G
From the rich, to the poor,
D G
Victoria, loved them all.
CHORUS
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4 Fill 5
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm D G
Lyrics } Victor____ia, Victor____ia, Victoria, Victoria
Guitar 1} Fill 1 Fill 2 Fill 3 Fill 4
Guitar 2} G D Em Bm
Lyrics } Victor____ia, Victor____ia,
CODA
Fill 10
D Dsus4 D5 Dsus4 D D7 D Dsus4 D5
e—2—————3—————5—————3—————2—————2—————2————3—————5—————5—'
B———3—————3—————3—————3—————3—————1—————3————3—————3—————'
G—————2—————2—————2—————2—————2—————2————2—————2—————2———'
D—0——————————————————————————————————————————————————————'
A————————————————————————————————————————————————————————'
E————————————————————————————————————————————————————————'
Guitar 1} D G||
Guitar 2} Fill 10 G|| That's it. Fill 10 might be a bit wrong.
Lyrics } Victoria_________ || Play around with it and see what you can do.