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From jws5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
~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 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 C Peter Pumpkinhead ... G C Spreading wisdom and ... G G/B C Fed the starving and ... G G/B C Showed the Vatican ... C D Em CHORUS: But he made too ... C D Em Of the people who ... C D Hooray for ... C D Who'll pray for ... G D/F# C/E D C G/B D/A D/F# head? (CHORUS) (CHORUS) C D Em (CHORUS)But he made too ... C D Em Of the people who ... C D Hooray for ... C D Who'll pray for ... G D/F# C/E D head? Ah-... C D Hooray for ... C D Who'll pray for ... C Dsus4 D C/D D Hooray for Pe - ... G D/F# C/E D Head! C G/B A D/F# Oh my, oh my, don't ... G (ending)
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Chords: G, A, C, G/B, D, Em, D/F#, C/E, D/A, Dsus4, C/D