Garden Party chords by Marillion

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
D MajorD A augmentedA A minorAm G+G
D MajorD A augmentedA A minorAm G+G

Verse 1:
D MajorD
Garden party held today
A augmentedA
Invites call the debs to play
A minorAm
Social climbers polish ladders
G+G
Wayward sons again have
D MajorD
fathers
A augmentedA
Hello, Dad,
A minorAm
hello, Dad
G+G
D MajorD
Edgy eggs and queuing cumbers
A augmentedA
Rudely wakened from their slumbers
A minorAm
Time has come again for slaughter
G+G
On the lawns by still Cam
D MajorD
waters
A augmentedA
A majorA slaughter,
A minorAm
it's a slaughter
G+G


Chorus:
A augmentedA  G+G
Champagne corks are firing at the sun
D MajorD  G+G
again
A augmentedA  G+G
Swooping swallows chased by violins
D MajorD  G+G
again
A augmentedA  G+G
Strafed by Strauss they sulk in crumbling
D MajorD   G+G
eaves again
A augmentedA   G+G
Oh God
D MajorD   G+G
 Oh God, not again

Verse:
D MajorD  A augmentedA A minorAm G+G
D MajorD
Aperitifs consumed en masse
A augmentedA
Display their owners on the grass
A minorAm
Couples loiter in the cloisters
G+G
Social leeches quoting
D MajorD A augmentedA  A minorAm  G+G
Chaucer
D MajorD
Doctor's son, a parson's daughter
A augmentedA
Where, why not, and should they oughta
A minorAm
Please don't lie upon the grass
G+G
Unless accompanied by a
D MajorD A augmentedA  A minorAm  G+G
fellow  (May I be so bold as to perhaps suggest Othello?)


Chorus:
A augmentedA    G+G
Punting on the Cam is jolly fun they say
D MajorD   G+G
Beagling on the downs, oh please do come they say
A augmentedA   G+G
Rugger is the tops, a game for men they say
A augmentedA   G+G  D MajorD  G+G
    Good God, they say


Solo:
D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
D MajorD  C majorC  G+G  C majorC


Bridge:
D MajorD
   I'm punting
C majorC
   I'm beagling
G+G
   I'm wining
C majorC
   Reclining
D MajorD
   I'm rucking
C majorC
   I'm fucking
G+G
   So welcome.  It's a ...
D MajorD    C majorC   G+G   C majorC
party
D MajorD    C majorC   G+G   C majorC


Verse 3:
D MajorD
Angie chalks another blue
C majorC
Mother smiles, she did it too
G+G
Chitters chat and gossips lash
C majorC
Posers pose, pressmen
D MajorD
Flash
C majorC
Flash
G+G
Flash
C majorC
D MajorD
Smiles polluted with false charm
C majorC
Locking on to Royal arms
G+G
Society columns now ensured
D MajorD
Returns to mingle with the
D MajorD C majorC G+G    C majorC
crowds    (Oh, what a crowd)
D MajorD C majorC
Punting on the Cam, oh please do come they say
G+G C majorC
Beagling on the downs, oh please so come they say
D MajorD     C majorC
Garden party held today they say
G+G C majorC
Oh please do come, oh please do come, they say

Other versions of Garden Party

Alternative guitar chords and tabs for Garden party (Ver. 2) by Marillion