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Dinner Time Is At Home Not Here by Cardiacs

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Dinner Time Is At Home (Not Here)
From: The Special Garage Concerts (Volume II)

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INTRO RIFF: (x8)

Guitar 1
Chord diagramE MajorE |---------------------------------------------------|||
Chord diagramBB |---------------------------------------------------|||
Chord diagramG+G |---------------------------------------------------|||
Chord diagramD MajorD |---------------------------------------------------|||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--------------3-----------7------------------------|||
Chord diagramE MajorE |--0-----4-----------4-----------4-----4--5--4------|||

Guitar 2
Chord diagramE MajorE |---------------------------|||
Chord diagramBB |-----11----9-----7-----9---|||
Chord diagramG+G |---------------------------|||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--8-----6-----4-----6------|||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |---------------------------|||
Chord diagramE MajorE |---------------------------|||

VERSE 1:

Guitar (x4)
   Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB      Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramE MajorE |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
Chord diagramBB |-----2-----2-----4-----4--2-----2-----2-----2-------|
Chord diagramG+G |--3-----3-----4-----4-----2-----2-----2-----2-------|
Chord diagramD MajorD |--------------------------2-----2-----2-----2-------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--------------------------0-----0-----0-----0-------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------|

Chord diagramE MajorE |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
Chord diagramBB |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
Chord diagramG+G |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--2-----2-----2-----2-------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--0-----0-----0-----0-------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------||

Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramBB
Thinking back now
Chord diagramA augmentedA
Lazing on hazy days although in many ways
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB
It's always a task
Chord diagramA augmentedA
What we used to see on the TV on Saturdays
Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramBB  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Seems so far away

I think to myself, now's the time to self indulge
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB   Chord diagramA augmentedA
And on the other side

Is a program about someone who died

Chord diagramF#F#    Chord diagramE MajorE       Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD
I get so tired, dinner time is at home (not here)

Guitar
   Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----------3--1-----------0--------------2-----2----||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-----4----------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |--2-------------------------------------------------||

Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD
Mine is the truth, never ending year after year

Guitar
   Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramE MajorE      Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----------3--1-----------0-------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--------4-----------2-----------2-----0-------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |-----4----------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |--2-------------------------------------------------||

VERSE 2:

Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB
Chord diagramA augmentedA change of scene
 Chord diagramA augmentedA
I know, oh happy days, meeting people on the way
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB Chord diagramA augmentedA
And on the TV screen

Oh dear, what's the time? You used to be a friend of mine
Chord diagramF#F#      Chord diagramBB
It's time to go now
Chord diagramA augmentedA
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB
I'm turning round now
Chord diagramA augmentedA
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,

Chord diagramF#F#        Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramC majorC     Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
What's happening now, I never see eye to eye
Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE   Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
All ideas blown up high in the sky

CHORUS:
Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramD MajorD
I'm so sorry which I cannot show
   Chord diagramE MajorE     Chord diagramBb majorBb      Chord diagramA minorAm        Chord diagramFF
But I can't say anymore, I've got to go home to my own world
(x2)

(INTRO RIFF)

(VERSE 1)

NOISY BIT:

Guitar 1
Chord diagramE MajorE |----19~---19~---19~---19~---||
Chord diagramBB |----------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G |----------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |----------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------||

Guitar 2
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |--6--6--------8--8----------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G |--6--6--------8--8--------4--4--------6--6----------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--6--6--------8--8--------5--5--------7--7----------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |--4--4--------6--6--------5--5--------7--7----------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |--------------------------3--3--------5--5----------||

(x4)

BRIDGE:

Guitar (palm muted & only after 2nd repeat)
Chord diagramE MajorE |-----------5--4--------------------5--4-------------||
Chord diagramBB |--2--4--5--------5--4-----2--4--5--------5--4-------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----------------------4-----------------------4----||
Chord diagramD MajorD |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||

Chord diagramA augmentedA
Used to be a friend of mine
Chord diagramF#F#
I can sense a change in mind

(x4)

VERSE 3:

Chord diagramF#F#      Chord diagramBB
It's time to go now
Chord diagramA augmentedA
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
Chord diagramF#F#     Chord diagramBB
I'm turning round now
Chord diagramA augmentedA
La la laa, la la laa, la la laa, la la laa,
(x2)

Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD
Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD Chord diagramF#F# Chord diagramE MajorE Chord diagramC majorC Chord diagramD MajorD

(CHORUS)

Chord diagramE MajorE

BRIDGE (MODIFIED):

Guitar 1 (palm muted)
Chord diagramE MajorE |--13------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |-----13-13-------13-13-14-14------------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----------14-14-------------14-14-14---||
Chord diagramD MajorD |----------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------||

Guitar 2 (also palm muted)
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |--13------------------------------------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----14-14-------14-14-14-14------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |-----------15-15-------------14-14-14---||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------||

[Then it goes into the main riff from the bridge with some harmonising

from the synths - after that the riff changes slightly]

Guitar (palm muted)
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramBB |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------|
Chord diagramG+G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----|
Chord diagramD MajorD |--2-----------------------2-------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramBB |--------2--5--5--2--------------2--5--5--2----------||
Chord diagramG+G |-----2--------------4--1-----2--------------4--1----||
Chord diagramD MajorD |--4-----------------------4-------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||
(x4)

[Then the normal riff returns X2]

GUITAR SOLO
  Chord diagramA augmentedA
Chord diagramE MajorE |--------------------17-------17---------------------|
Chord diagramBB |-----------------------20b------20b---20b-----------|
Chord diagramG+G |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramD MajorD |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------|
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------|

  Chord diagramF#F#
Chord diagramE MajorE |--------------------18-------18---------------------||
Chord diagramBB |-----------------------21b------21b---21b-----------||
Chord diagramG+G |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramD MajorD |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramA augmentedA |----------------------------------------------------||
Chord diagramE MajorE |----------------------------------------------------||

(NOISY BIT AGAIN)

(CHORUS - INSTRUMENTAL)

(CHORUS)

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