Over The Edge chords and lyrics - THE KINKS

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[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
[F][C][G][F][C]
[G]
Every[F]body is a victim

[Verse 1]
[C]
of so[Eb]ciety
[G]Comedy, tragedy,
[C]vaudeville and [Eb]variety
[D]Pantomime players in the
[G]grand tra[Bb]di ti[G]on
Winners and [F]losers till the
[C]intermis[Eb]sion
[G][C][G][F][C]

[Verse 2]
[G]Girl, I know the world's a stage
That's [C]what the poet [Eb]said
But I [G]think our weird relationship
Is [C]way above my [Eb]head
[G]I'll be your

[Verse 3]
[D]Casanova whipping [G]by
If that's what you desire
But once I start performing
I can't [C]easily re[Eb]tire
[G]I'll swing

[Verse 4]
[C]on a trapeze
[Bb]I'll jump through hoop[F]s
And I'll eat [Ab]fire
[C]Be a human [Bb]cannon ball

[Verse 5]
And [F]walk on the high [Ab]wire
[G]Put on make- up, [F]wear a wig
I'll [C]be your tragic [Eb]clown
[G]But once you've got me up [F]there
[C]I can't

[Verse 6]
easily come [Eb]down[C]
Don't [Bb]drive me over [F]the [Ab]edge of [C]it
Can't [Bb]you see I've got
[F]mixed- up emo[Ab]tions[C]
Joined [Bb]the crowd [F]just to be [Ab]part of it

[Verse 7]
[Ab]That was the start of it
[G]Oh, now I'm [F]over the [G]edge
(Don't drive me [F]over
the [C]edge [G]of it)
[F]Oh, over [C]the edge
[G]

[Verse 8]
[F][C]
[G]The wor[C]ld is turning ups[Bb]ide-
down
[F]Civilization's [Ab]dead, over the [C]edge
Economic [Bb]tur moil,
now the [F]world is in the [Ab]red
Demo[G]cracy's a shadow
[F]of its [C]former [Eb]glory

[Verse 9]
[G]Law and orders [F]broken- [G]down
[C]End of [Eb]story[G][F][C][G][C][G]
[F]
[C]My nex[G]t door neighbour's
totally snapped
He's [C]gone over the [Eb]edge

[Verse 10]
He's put[G]ting up barbed
wire barricades
[C]Around the garden [Eb]hedge
[D]And planting land mines on the lawn
[G]He's gone barmy

[Verse 11]
[G]According to his wife,
he's formed [C]a secret [G]army
[C]Ever since he got[Bb] laid off
[F]Something inside [Ab]snapped
His [C]wife says he's gone
[Bb]'round the twist

[Verse 12]
Now [F]there's no turning [Ab]back
All [G]night he waits in the [F]garden shed
For the [C]enemy to at[Eb]tack
A sub[G]urban vigilante
[C]Dressed up

[Verse 13]
in a union [Eb]jack
He's over the [G]edge, oh,
[F]over [C]the [G]edge[F][C][G]
Don't drive me over the
[F]edge of it[C][G][F][C][G]
[C]Woman, you are [Bb]gonna drive me

[Verse 14]
[F]Totally over the [Ab]edge
[C]Is it yes or [Bb]is it no
Are you [F]gonna take the [Ab]pledge
The pres[G]sures of so[F]ciety are
[C]getting to your [Eb]brain

[Verse 15]
[G]And forced you to act weird
And put me [C]under all this [Eb]strain
[C]But don't dri[Bb]ve me over the edg[Ab]e of it
[C]Stop whi[Bb]le I've sti[F]ll got emotio[Ab]ns[C]
Joined [Bb]the crowd,

[Verse 16]
[F]just to be [Ab]part of it
That was [G]the start [F]of it[C][G][F][C][G]
Oh, [F]over [C]the [G]edge
Don't drive me [F]over [C]the [G]edge [C]of it
Every[Bb]body is a

[Verse 17]
[F]victim of so[Ab]ciety
[C]Comedy, [Bb]tragedy[C]
[F]Vaudeville, [Am]vari[Ab]ety
[G]Pantomime players in the
[C]grand tradi[G]tion

[Verse 18]
Forced into roles that leave [C]them
totally [Eb]driven
[G]Rig[C]ht over t[G]he edge