Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
Prelude bridge chords
B4/E 0-x-x-4-4-0
B4/F# 2-x-x-4-4-0
B4/G# 4-x-x-4-4-0
B4/A x-0-x-4-4-0
Music box prelude:
C majorC 
G/BG/B 
A minorAm 
G+G 
D7D7
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G+G D7D7 G+G 
D MajorD
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D MajorD D MajorD
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G+G
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N.C.
{toy voices}
Prelude bridge - fingerstyle:
B4
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B4/E B4/F# B4/G# B4/A
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Intro:
E MajorE B/E 
A/EA/E B/E
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E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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G/BG/B 
D/ED/E 
C/FC/F
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A#Maj7A#maj7 
A augmentedA
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D/F#D/F# G+G A augmentedA
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E MajorE 
E7E7 
E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
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E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
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Verse 1:
E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
Body was found at the vicarage quarter past nine
E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
People die from sudden strokes all the time
B minorBm 
F#F# A minorAm E MajorE
Verdict of misadventure mending the roof
D#D# D MajorD G+G Bb/Ab
The doctors niece, whilst tending the rosehedge
D#/G 
BB E MajorE
Stung to death by a swarm of bees
Repeat intro:
E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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G/BG/B D/ED/E C/FC/F
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A#Maj7A#maj7 A augmentedA
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D/F#D/F# G+G A augmentedA
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E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
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E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
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Verse 2:
E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
"My wife's cooking is out of this world take a bite"
E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE E MajorE E7E7 E7sus4E7sus4 E MajorE
Died from some rare tropical disease in the night
B minorBm F#F# A minorAm E MajorE
Dab hand at pharmaceuticals, still no one guessed
D#D# D MajorD G+G Bb/Ab
The village vet was drowned in the pigswill
D#/G BB E MajorE
You wonder whose turn will be next
Partially repeat intro:
E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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Alternate verse:
Bb/CBb/C 
BbMaj9Bbmaj9 Bb6sus2
"In the world of sinners all are condemned
Gmaj7Gmaj7 Bb/CBb/C
My son, this gun's loaded"
(A augmentedA missing floorboard)
BbMaj9Bbmaj9
Then screaming from
Bb6sus2 Gmaj7Gmaj7 
A/BA/B
The belfry he fell
Bridge - fingerstyle:
B4
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B4/E B4/F# B4/G# B4/A
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Outro:
E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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G/BG/B D/ED/E C/FC/F
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A#Maj7A#maj7 A augmentedA
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D/F#D/F#
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Whistle break:
E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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E MajorE B/E A/EA/E B/E
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Back to outro:
G/BG/B D/ED/E C/FC/F
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A#Maj7A#maj7 A augmentedA
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ⓘ Guitar chords for 'Carry On Up The Vicarage' by Steve Hackett, a male progressive rock artist from London, UK. Steve Hackett was born in 1950.
