Destroyer

Song

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Transcribed by: ptb1965

E-mail:ptb1965@yahoo.com

Thanks for bowie (landrew1@hotmail.com) for the original transcription.

My band was interested in learning this song. But the one tab that seems

to be the most available on the web has parts that needed to be corrected.

Try as I might, I could not find an official transcription of this. So,

I am basing my corrections on my own interpretation plus watching numerous

videos of the Kinks playing this song.

I did not bother with timing notation. Listen to the song to figure it out;

it is an easy song. I also did not tab out the fills and solos (I never do

as I play my own anyway).

Riff 1 (these are softly P.M.) until heading into chorus

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D-2--2-------5-5-5-2---2-2---------------------------------------------------|
A-0--0-5--5--3-3-3-0---0-0---------------------------------------------------|
E------3--3------------------------------------------------------------------|

Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place.......

Riff 2

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D-9----9-----7-------7------------2--2--------5-5-5-2------------------------|
A-7-9--7--9--5---7---5---7--------0--0---5--5-3-3-3-0------------------------|
E---7-----7------5-------5---------------3--3--------------------------------|

Par-a-noi-a the Des-troy-ah (on the Riff 1 redux, the chords are not PM

and are allowed to ring out a bit)

Riff 3

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D--5-----7-----5-----7-----5-----7-----9-----10-------------------------|
A--3-----5-----3-----5-----3-----5-----7-----8--------------------------|
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Silly boy you got so much to live for.....

Song structure:

Intro:

Drum fill

Riff 1 (2x) bass and drums only

Verse I:

Riff 1 (2x) bass and drums only

Met a girl called Lola and I took her back to my place

Feelin' guilty, feelin' scared, hidden cameras everywhere!!!

Stop!

Riff 1 (8x) all instruments…intensity increases as you approach the chorus

Hold on. Stay in control

Girl, I want you here with me

But I'm really not as cool as I'd like to be

'Cause there's a red, under my bed

And there's a little yellow man in my head

And there's a true, blue inside of me

That keeps stoppin' me, touchin' ya, watchin' ya, lovin' ya

Chorus I:

Riff 2 (2x) + an extra Riff 1 Redux

Paranoia the destroyer

Paranoia the destroyer

Verse II:

Riff 1 (6x)

Well I fell asleep, then I woke feelin' kinda' queer

Lola looked at me and said, "ooh you look so weird."

She said, "Man, there's really something wrong with you.

One day you're gonna self destruct."

You're up, you're down, I can't work you out

You get a good thing going then you blow yourself out.

Chorus II:

Riff 2 (2x)

Silly boy you self destroyer

Silly boy you self destroyer

Bridge I:

Riff 3 + Riff 2

Silly boy you got so much to live for

So much to aim for, so much to try for

You're blowing it all with paranoia

You're so insecure you self destroyer

(and it goes like this, here it goes)

Chorus III:

Riff 2 (2x)

Paranoia the destroyer

(here it goes again)

Paranoia the destroyer

Interlude

Riff 1 (3x)

Verse III

Riff 1 (6x)

Doctor, Doctor help me please I know you'll understand

There's a little time device inside me, I'm a self destructing man

There's a red, under my bed

And there's a little green man in my head

And he said, "you're not goin' crazy, you're just a bit sad

'Cause there's a man in ya, gnawin' ya, tearin' ya into two."

Chorus IV:

Riff 2 (2x)

Silly boy you self-destroyer

Paranoia the destroyer

Bridge II:

Riff 3 + Riff 2

Self-destroyer, wreck you're health

Destroy you're friends, destroy yourself

The time device of self-destruction

Light the fuse and start eruption

(Yeah, it goes like this, here it goes)

Outro Chorus:

Riff 2 (5x)

Paranoia the destroyer

(Here's to paranoia)

Paranoia the destroyer

(Hey Hey, here it goes)

Paranoia the destroyer

(And it goes like this)

Paranoia the destroyer

(And it goes like this)