The Kinks - Here Comes Flash: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Here Comes Flash" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

      E
You'd better run, you'd better fly.
Hide your daughters, hide your wives.
D
Lock your doors and stay inside
 D     A    E
Here comes Flash.
E
There's no way that you can win,
You must obey his every whim,
   D
Or else he's going to do you in.
 D     A    E
Here comes Flash.

A
He will smile at you, be a friend to you,
B                          A          B
Then he's gonna screw you just like that.
E
He is going to use you, his heavies will abuse you,
      D
And then he's gonna lean on you,
 D    A     E            B
Here comes Flash. hey hey flash flash

He is gonna rough you up
Duff you up and touch you up
And then he's gonna screw you up
Even though he's mean on you
There's nothing else that you can do
Just sit back and take his abuse
He will smile at you, be so sweet to you
Then he's gonna cheat on you
You'd better run, you'd better fly
Hide your daughters, hide your wives
Lock your doors and stay inside
Here comes Flash

Em       B                Em
Once we loved and trusted him,
Em        D                                G
Now his thugs and bullies make us live in sin.
        Am           Bm           C
They suppress us, oppress us, molest us,
    D     B
possess us.

You'd better run, you'd better fly
Hide your daughters, hide your wives
And lock your doors and stay inside

He will smile at you, be a friend to you
Then he's gonna screw you just like that

You'd better run, you'd better fly
Hide your daughters, hide your wives
And lock your doors and stay inside
Here comes Flash

There's no way that you can win
You must obey his every whim
Or else he's going to do you in
Here Comes Flash
Here Comes Flash


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

Am

Guitar chord Am

B

Guitar chord B

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Here Comes Flash" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Here Comes Flash" by The Kinks.

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