You Really Got Me Tab by The Kinks

Tab

"You Really Got Me" 

The Kinks

 Ray Davies 1964

The Kinks warm up, with a number 

which wasn't used in the final broadcast

 - from Whistle Test, April 1977

"You Really Got Me" Tab

The Kinks (Ray Davies 1964)

(power chords F5,G5,A5,C5,D5)

Or as shown here, using full barre chords F, G & A:

F 1st fret barre chord (form an F chord on the 1st fret)
G 3rd fret barre chord (form an F chord on the 3rd fret)
A 5th fret barre chord (form an F chord on the 5th fret)
C chord (regular chord)
D chord (regular chord)

F G G F G 4x

G
Girl, you really got me goin' 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now

Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 

C

F G G F G 4x

G
See, don't ever set me free 

I always wanna be by your side 

Girl, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
Oh no... 

(solo) 

F G G F G 4x

G
See, don't ever set me free 

I always wanna be by your side 

Girl, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

G A A G A 4x

A
Yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I don't know what I'm doin', now 

C D D C D 4x

    D
Oh, yeah, you really got me now 

You got me so I can't sleep at night 

C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 
C   D   D  C   D
You Really Got Me 

The Story Behind the Song

The song was recorded on September 26, 1964 with Ray Davies on lead vocals, Dave Davies on guitar and Pete Quaife on bass.

The Kinks didn't have a drummer when they first recorded the song, so producer Shel Talmy brought in a session musician named Bobby Graham to play. When they recorded this the second time, Mick Avory had joined the band as their drummer, but Talmy didn't trust him and made him play tambourine while Graham played drums. One other session musician was used - Arthur Greenslade played piano.

Ray Davies wrote this with the help of his brother (and Kinks guitarist) Dave. Ray played it for Dave on piano, and Dave tried it on guitar. Their first version was six-minutes long, but the final single release came in at just 2:20.

Dave Davies got the dirty guitar sound by slashing the speaker cone on his amp with a razor blade. The vibration of the fabric produced an effect known as "fuzz," which became common as various electronic devices were invented to distort the sound. At the time, none of these devices existed, so Davies would mistreat his amp to get the desired sound, often kicking it. The amp was a cheap unit called an Elpico.

In 2015, Ray Davies told Rolling Stone that the lyric was inspired by a night out when he was watching girls dancing in a club. "I just remembered this one girl dancing," he said. "Sometimes you're so overwhelmed by the presence of another person and you can't put two words together."   (http://www.songfacts.com/)

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