Kicks

Kicks:Paul Revere And The Raiders.

#4 on BB Hot 100 on COLUMBIA Records

in 1966.



[Intro](Played all the way through:)

e|-------------------------------------|

B|-------------------------------------|

G|-----1---3--1-----1------------------|

D|---3----3-----3-----3-1----1-(3)-----|

A|-------------------------3-----------|

E|-------------------------------------|



[Intro] 

Fm Bb Fm Bb Fm



[Verse]

Bb        Fm

Girl, you thought you found the answer 

        Bb                     Fm   Bb

on that magic carpet ride last night.

             Fm

But when you wake up in the mornin' 

    Bb                     Fm   Bb

the world still gets you uptight.

              C#

Well, there's nothin' that you ain't tried,

   Fm            E    D#  D

to fill the emptiness inside.

    C#

But when you come back down, girl,

                        C

you still ain't feelin' right.



[Chorus]

C7

And don't it seem like..

G#                      C#

Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find.

             G#                   C#

And all your kicks ain't bringin' you 



peace of mind.

           G#

Before you find out it's too late, girl,

               C

you better get straight.

                 Fm     Bb            Fm        Bb

No, but not with kicks..You just need help, girl.



[Verse]

Bb        Fm

Well, you think you're gonna find yourself

         Bb           Fm  Bb

a little piece of paradise.

       Fm                     Bb

But it ain't happened yet, so girl, you better

      Fm    Bb

think twice.

          C#

Don't you see no matter what you do,

Fm                E   D#   D

you'll never run away from you.

           C#

And if you keep on runnin'...you'll have to pay 

    C

the price.



[Chorus]

C7

And don't it seem like..

G#                      C#

Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find.

             G#                   C#

And all your kicks ain't bringin' you 



peace of mind.

           G#

Before you find out it's too late, girl,

               C

you better get straight.

                  

[Bridge]

C                  F

No, you don't need kicks,

            Dm

to help you face the world each day.

               Bb

That road goes nowhere.

          C

I'm gonna help you find yourself another way.



[Chorus]

G#                      C#

Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find.

             G#                   C#

And all your kicks ain't bringin' you 



peace of mind.

           G#

Before you find out it's too late, girl,

               C

you better get straight.



[Outro]

C7

And don't it seem like..

G#                      C#

Kicks just keep gettin' harder to find.

             G#                   C#

And all your kicks ain't bringin' you 



peace of mind.

           G#

Before you find out it's too late, girl,

               C

you better get straight..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.