Garden Party chords by Marillion

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
D  A  Am  G
D  A  Am  G

Verse 1:
D
Garden party held today
A
Invites call the debs to play
Am
Social climbers polish ladders
G
Wayward sons again have
D

fathers
A
Hello, Dad,
Am
hello, Dad
G
D
Edgy eggs and queuing cumbers
A
Rudely wakened from their slumbers
Am
Time has come again for slaughter
G
On the lawns by still Cam
D
waters
A
A slaughter,
Am
it's a slaughter
G


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


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


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


Solo:
D   C   G   C
D   C   G   C
D   C   G   C
D   C   G   C


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


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