This is a good song for the acoustic guitar as the chords are easy and "full" sounding. . . AND . . . there are unlimited strumming variations one can use in the Verse, Chorus and Bridge. The fingerings under the into are for the fretting hand, and the 3-chord closing is a little different from the recording, but makes for a nice "live" ending.
No Milk Today - Hermans Hermits
Intro:
Am G Am
e|--------------------0-0---3--5-5---|
B|--------0--1-1---3--1-1---3--5-5---|
G|--2-2---1--2-2---0--2-2---4--5-5---|
D|-----------------2--2-2---5--7-7---|
A|--------------------0-0---5--7-7---|
E|--------------------------3--5-5---|
m m m m/i r/m
Verse 1:
Am C
No milk today, my love is gone a-way.
E Am E Am
The bot-tle stands for-lorn, a sym-bol of the dawn.
C
No milk today, it seems a common sight,
E Am E Am
But people passing by don't know the reason why.
Chorus:
A G
How could they know just what this message means,
D E A
The end of all my hopes, the end of all my dreams,
G
How could they know, a pal-ace there had been,
D E A
Be-hind the door where my love reigned as queen.
Refrain:
Am C
No milk today, it wasn't always so,
E Am E Am
The company was gay, we turned night into day.
Bridge:
A E D E
But all that's left is a place dark and lonely
A E D
A terraced house in a mean street back of town
A E D E
Be-comes a shrine when I think of you on-ly
D E
Just two up, two down.
Verse 2:
Am C
No milk today, it wasn't always so,
E Am E Am
The company was gay, we turned night into day.
C
As music played, the faster did we dance
E Am E Am
We felt it both at once, the start of our ro-mance.
Repeat Chorus
Refrain:
Am C
No milk today, my love is gone away.
E Am E Am
The bottle stands for-lorn, a sym-bol of the dawn.
Repeat Bridge
Ending (single strums): D-E-A
"Music hath charms to soothe a savage breast, to soften rocks, or bend a knotted oak."
Another good one from the great British beat invasion of your homeland in the mid sixties shug!!! Well I assume its your homeland mate.
Nice easy chords, I'm having a little trouble getting the strum pattern right but I'll get there in the end. Good job I'm of that certain age where I know how the song goes in my head.
Keep em coming shugs
All the best,
Chris
The guitar is all right John but you'll never make a living out of it! (John Lennon's Aunt Mimi)