The Ballad Of Peter chords by XTC

Chords with lyrics

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~Subject: XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

Here it is, long awaited (?) and hopefully accurate.

Some notes:

  (1) I figured this out without having the tape player going, so though the
chord pattern is accurate (pretty much all I-IV-V) I've put this in the key of
G, which may be different from that on the album. The important thing is that
_I_ can sing it in this key. So there.
  Seriously, though, transposing this would not be a big deal.

  (2) There is a surprise A augmentedA chord (or II chord, made major) in the last
chorus. I really feel like there is another "surprise" chord in the rest of
the choruses, but I can't quite put a finger on it (ha, ha). The way I've
printed it here sounds pretty good, though.

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The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
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    by Andy Partridge
   Album: XTC "Nonsuch"
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G+G        C majorC
Peter Pumpkinhead ...
G+G          C majorC
Spreading wisdom and ...
G+G    G/BG/B     C majorC
Fed the starving and ...
G+G     G/BG/B  C majorC
Showed the Vatican ...

    C majorC   D MajorD       E minorEm
CHORUS: But he made too ...
    C majorC   D MajorD        E minorEm
    Of the people who ...
    C majorC     D MajorD
    Hooray for ...
    C majorC        D MajorD
    Who'll pray for ...
    G+G   D/F#D/F# C/EC/E D MajorD C majorC G/BG/B D/AD/A D/F#D/F#
    head?


(CHORUS)


(CHORUS)

    C majorC   D MajorD       E minorEm
(CHORUS)But he made too ...
    C majorC   D MajorD        E minorEm
    Of the people who ...
    C majorC     D MajorD
    Hooray for ...
    C majorC        D MajorD
    Who'll pray for ...
    G+G   D/F#D/F# C/EC/E D MajorD
    head?    Ah-...
    C majorC     D MajorD
    Hooray for ...
    C majorC        D MajorD
    Who'll pray for ...
    C majorC     Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD  C/DC/D  D MajorD
    Hooray for Pe - ...
    G+G   D/F#D/F# C/EC/E D MajorD
    Head!
      C majorC   G/BG/B     A augmentedA        D/F#D/F#
    Oh my, oh my, don't ...
    G+G
    (ending)

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