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XTC were a rock band from Swindon, England led by Andy Partridge (guitars, vocals) and Colin Moulding (bass, vocals). Active between the late 1970s and the mid 2000s, XTC's music ranged from jerky new wave/punk riffs to lushly-arranged progressive pop. They also drew heavily from vintage pop rock and psychedelia from the 1960s, genres which they began to explore more deeply after creating The Dukes of Stratosphear side-project. While XTC failed to maintain significant commercial success after the 1980s
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- All You Pretty Girls
- Another Satellite
- Ball And Chain
- Ballet For A Rainy Day
- Books Are Burning
- Chalkhills And Children
- Church Of Women
- Crocodile
- Dear God
- Dear Madam Barnum
- Earn Enough For Us
- Easter Theatre
- Generals And Majors
- Grass
- Great Fire
- Harvest Festival
- Holly Up On Poppy
- Humble Daisy
- Id Like That
- King For A Day
- Life Begins At The Hop
- Making Plans For Nigel
- My Train Is Coming
- No Language In Our Lungs
- No Thugs In Our House
- Playground
- Red Brick Dream
- Respectable Street
- Say It
- Senses Working Overtime
- Standing In For Joe
- Statue Of Liberty
- Summers Cauldron
- Ten Feet Tall
- Thanks For Christmas
- Thats Really Super Supergirl
- The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead
- The Dissapointed
- The Last Balloon
- The Loving
- The Mayor Of Simpleton
- The Meeting Place
- The Wheel And The Maypole
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- Toys
- Where Did The Ordinary People Go
- Wounded Horse
- Wrapped In Grey
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XTC-Chalkhills and Children
Tabbed By: Matt Skeefe ([email protected])
The beautiful ending piece to "Oranges and Lemons" by Partridge and Company,
featuring some atmospheric jazz chords on the keyboards. This is how I play
it acoustically. Below are my preferred voicings (Low E to High E), though
they are mostly barre chords, anyway. It's not as hard to memorize as you
think:
C: 8-10-10-9-8-x
Bbmaj7: 6-x-7-7-6-5
Fsus4: x-8-10-10-11-x
Fmaj7 (Verse): x-8-10-9-10-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Dm9: x-5-3-5-3-0
Ebmaj7: x-x-1-3-3-3
Em: x-x-2-0-0-5 (Open high E if you can't stretch)
Fmaj7 (Pre-Chorus): x-x-3-5-5-5
Ebmaj7 in Chorus: x-6-8-7-8-6
Dm7: x-5-7-5-6-5
C#maj7: x-4-6-5-6-4
Fmaj7 (Chorus): 1-x-2-2-1-0
C/F: 1-3-2-0-1-0 (Use thumb on the low F)
Bmaj7/F: 1-1-3-2-3-1
F: 1-3-3-2-1-1
Ab6: x-3-1-1-1-1
Fm6/C: x-3-0-1-1-1
C#maj7/6: x-4-6-5-6-6
Abmaj7/Eb: x-6-5-5-4-4
Verse:
C Bbmaj7 C Fsus4 Fmaj7 Eb
I'm floating over strange land It's a soulless sequined showbiz
Bbmaj7
moon...
Pre-Chorus:
Dm9 Ebmaj7 Em Fmaj7
But I'm getting higher wafted up by fames fickle fire til the...
Chorus:
Ebmaj7 Dm7 C#maj7 F
Chalkhills and children anchor my feet...
Ebmaj7 Dm7 Fmaj7 C/F Bbmaj7/F C/F
Chalkhills and children bringing me back to earth eternally and ever ermine
F
street...
Ab6/C Fm6/C
even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed...
Bridge:
1 chord per "Even I" Line
Ab6/C C#maj7/6 Abmaj7/Eb C#maj7/6
Outro:
Ebmaj7 Dm7
Ad Infinitum
Oh, and here's the keyboard riff that shows up so frequently throughout the song:
e|-------------15--13---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13--15--16--15--13--15--16--15--13-----------------------------------------|
G|-12--14--15----------14--15--14--12-----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Tabbed By: Matt Skeefe ([email protected])
The beautiful ending piece to "Oranges and Lemons" by Partridge and Company,
featuring some atmospheric jazz chords on the keyboards. This is how I play
it acoustically. Below are my preferred voicings (Low E to High E), though
they are mostly barre chords, anyway. It's not as hard to memorize as you
think:
C: 8-10-10-9-8-x
Bbmaj7: 6-x-7-7-6-5
Fsus4: x-8-10-10-11-x
Fmaj7 (Verse): x-8-10-9-10-x
Eb: x-6-8-8-8-x
Dm9: x-5-3-5-3-0
Ebmaj7: x-x-1-3-3-3
Em: x-x-2-0-0-5 (Open high E if you can't stretch)
Fmaj7 (Pre-Chorus): x-x-3-5-5-5
Ebmaj7 in Chorus: x-6-8-7-8-6
Dm7: x-5-7-5-6-5
C#maj7: x-4-6-5-6-4
Fmaj7 (Chorus): 1-x-2-2-1-0
C/F: 1-3-2-0-1-0 (Use thumb on the low F)
Bmaj7/F: 1-1-3-2-3-1
F: 1-3-3-2-1-1
Ab6: x-3-1-1-1-1
Fm6/C: x-3-0-1-1-1
C#maj7/6: x-4-6-5-6-6
Abmaj7/Eb: x-6-5-5-4-4
Verse:
C Bbmaj7 C Fsus4 Fmaj7 Eb
I'm floating over strange land It's a soulless sequined showbiz
Bbmaj7
moon...
Pre-Chorus:
Dm9 Ebmaj7 Em Fmaj7
But I'm getting higher wafted up by fames fickle fire til the...
Chorus:
Ebmaj7 Dm7 C#maj7 F
Chalkhills and children anchor my feet...
Ebmaj7 Dm7 Fmaj7 C/F Bbmaj7/F C/F
Chalkhills and children bringing me back to earth eternally and ever ermine
F
street...
Ab6/C Fm6/C
even I never know where I go when my eyes are closed...
Bridge:
1 chord per "Even I" Line
Ab6/C C#maj7/6 Abmaj7/Eb C#maj7/6
Outro:
Ebmaj7 Dm7
Ad Infinitum
Oh, and here's the keyboard riff that shows up so frequently throughout the song:
e|-------------15--13---------------------------------------------------------|
B|-13--15--16--15--13--15--16--15--13-----------------------------------------|
G|-12--14--15----------14--15--14--12-----------------------------------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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