GuitarTabsExplorer icon
GuitarTabsExplorer icon

Log in

Songbook

  • Log in to add and see bookmarks

Last visited songs

    No songs visited yet...

Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Please use the chords according to my instructions below:
             Strings
Chord       E,A,D,G,B,e
----------  -----------
Dsus4(add9) x,x,0,0,3,0
Chord diagramD MajorD           x,x,0,2,3,2 ( in verse )
Chord diagramD MajorD           x,5,7,7,7,x ( in chorus )
Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        2,x,0,2,3,2
D/C#        x,4,7,7,7,x ( or play x,4,0,2,3,2 )
D/B         7,x,7,7,7,x ( or play x,2,(0),2,3,3 )
Chord diagramD/AD/A         5,x,7,7,7,x ( or play x,0,0,2,3,2 )
G6sus2      3,x,2,2,3,0 ( or play 3,x,0,2,3,0 )
Chord diagramGsus2Gsus2       3,x,0,2,3,3
Chord diagramG+G           3,2,0,0,3,3
G/F#        2,x,0,0,0,3
Chord diagramG/BG/B         x,2,0,0,3,3
Chord diagramAsus4Asus4       x,0,2,2,3,0
Chord diagramA augmentedA           x,0,2,2,2,0
Chord diagramA7A7          x,0,2,0,2,0
Chord diagramA/C#A/C#        x,4,2,2,2,x
Chord diagramB minorBm          x,2,4,4,3,2
Chord diagramE minorEm          0,2,2,0,0,0
Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7      x,1,2,0,2,x ( or play x,x,2,3,2,3 )
Chord diagramC#dimC#dim       x,4,5,6,5,x ( or play Chord diagramA7A7 )
Chord diagramC majorC           x,3,2,0,1,0
Intro:

| Dsus4(add9) Chord diagramD MajorD | Chord diagramD MajorD | G6sus2 | G6sus2 |

Let's begin!

| Chord diagramD MajorD | Chord diagramD MajorD | Chord diagramGsus2Gsus2 | Chord diagramGsus2Gsus2 |

Verse 1:
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        Chord diagramGsus2Gsus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead  came to town
Chord diagramD MajorD           Chord diagramD/F#D/F#      G6sus2
 Spreading wisdom and  cash around
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         G6sus2
 Fed the starving and  housed the poor
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         G6sus2
Showed the Vatican what  gold's for

Chorus:

Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4         Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
    But he made too many enemies
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramAsus4Asus4            Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7 Chord diagramC#dimC#dim   Chord diagramD MajorD     D/C#  D/B
Who'll pray for Peter  Pumpkin-head?
Chord diagramD/AD/A    Chord diagramG+G    G/F#  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramA augmentedA
    Oh my!
Verse 2:
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead   pulled them all
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         G6sus2
 Emptied churches and  shopping malls
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           G6sus2
 When he spoke it would  raise the roof
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        G6sus2    Chord diagramGsus2Gsus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead  told the truth

Chorus:

Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4         Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
    But he made too many enemies
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramAsus4Asus4            Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7 Chord diagramC#dimC#dim   Chord diagramD MajorD     D/C#  D/B
Who'll pray for Peter  Pumpkin-head?
Chord diagramD/AD/A    Chord diagramG+G    G/F#  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramA augmentedA
    Oh my!

Verse 3:
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#              G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#           G6sus2
 Governments who would slur his name
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#         G6sus2
 Plots and sex scandals failed outright
Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        G6sus2
 Peter merely said any kind of love is alright


Chorus:


Chorus:

Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4         Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
    But he made too many enemies
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramAsus4Asus4            Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7 Chord diagramC#dimC#dim   Chord diagramD MajorD     D/C#  D/B
Who'll pray for Peter  Pumpkin-head?
Chord diagramD/AD/A    Chord diagramG+G    G/F#  Chord diagramE minorEm  Chord diagramA augmentedA


Verse 4:

Chord diagramD MajorD                   G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
Chord diagramD MajorD                   G6sus2
 Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramD/F#D/F#        G6sus2
 He died grinning on  live TV
Chord diagramD MajorD          Chord diagramD/F#D/F#             G6sus2
  Hanging there he looked a lot like you
G6sus2
And an awful lot like me!


Chorus:

Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4         Chord diagramB minorBm       Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
    But he made too many enemies
Chord diagramG+G      Chord diagramAsus4Asus4            Chord diagramB minorBm                    Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7 Chord diagramC#dimC#dim   Chord diagramD MajorD     D/C#  D/B  Chord diagramD/AD/A
Who'll pray for Peter  Pumpkin-head?  ..aaa

outro:

Chord diagramG+G          Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramAsus4Asus4 Chord diagramA augmentedA
Who´ll pray for Peter Pumpkin
Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramBbdim7Bbdim7 Chord diagramA7A7  Chord diagramG/BG/B    Chord diagramA/C#A/C#
Hooray for  Pe  - ter  Pump - kin
Chord diagramD MajorD   D/C#  D/B  Chord diagramD/AD/A
head?
   Chord diagramG+G      G/F#
Oh my, oh my, oh!
         Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramA/C#A/C#         Chord diagramD MajorD
Don't it make you want to cry, oh?

[ Privacy | About us ]

Welcome to the guitar community

Why join and log in?
- Get songbook with favourite songs
- Get custom made front page
- Submit chords and tabs
- Submit guitar-cover videos
- Get a lot of thumbs up for your work

Songbook

Last visited songs

Site
Home
Search
Community
Submit chords
Submit video

Video

No video for this page. Check out how you can submit guitar-cover videos here

Search tabs and chords

Browse by artist

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z #


Menu

Search

Video

Bookmark

Login