THE KINKS - "You Really Got Me" Tablature

Song: You Really Got Me
Band: The Kinks
Album: You Really Got Me
Drummer: Mick Avory
Timing: 4/4
Tempo: 138
Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com) on 2000/12/28

Note: Tambourine plays 8ths throughout the song (with the hi-hat),
except in the bridges (with the snare).

Intro [0:00] / Verse / Chorus 1 ("Girl, you really got me going…")

|====== 20x =====|
H |----------------|----------------|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----------------|------------o---|----o-------o---|
B |----------------|----------------|o-o---o-------o-|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Bridge 1 [0:38]

H |------------x---|----x-----x-x-x-|
S |----f-------o---|----o-----o-o-o-|
B |o-o---o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Verse / Chorus 2 ("See, don't ever set me free…") [0:42]

|====== 7x ======| |====== 10x =====|
H |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o------oo-o-|----o-------o---|
B |o-o---o-------o-|o-o---o---------|o-o---o-------o-|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Bridge 2 ("… Oh no…") [1:13]

H |------------x---|----x-------x---|
S |----f-------o---|----o-------o---|
B |o-----o-o-------|o-----o-o-------|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Solo / Interlude [1:16]

|====== 3x ======| |====== 6x ======|
H |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|
S |----o-------o---|----o------oo-o-|----o-------o---|
B |o-o---o-------o-|o-o---o---------|o-o---o-------o-|
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|

Verse / Chorus 3 ("See, don't ever set…") [1:34] Outro [2:05]

|====== 5x ======| |====== 12x =====|
C |----------------|----------------|----------------|X-----X-----X---|--X
H |x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x-|----------------|---
S |----o-------o---|----o------oo-o-|----o-------o---|O-----O-----O---|--O
B |o-o---o-------o-|o-o---o---------|o-o---o-------o-|O-----O-----O---|--O
|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+a2e+a3e+a4e+a|1e+

END [2:15]

Tabbed By: Stanton LeFort (Stanton.LeFort@rogers.com)