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Harvest Festival

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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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Harvest Festival (by Andy Partridge)
XTC from "Apple Venus Vol.1"
Transcribed by Jeffrey Fariello (kingjeffe (at) aol dot com)

Intro chords/tab:

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|------4------------2---|
|-----6------------1----|
|----4------------3-----|
|---6----4---2---4------|
|-----------------------|

Chords:
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F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 B E(Ab bass) Ab7 Db F#(Bb bass) Bb Bbsus4
0 0 X X 0 4 1 X X X
0 0 0 4 0 4 2 2 3 4
3 4 4 4 1 5 1 3 3 3
4 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3
4 2 4 2 X 6 4 1 1 1
2 X X X 4 4 X X X X
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Aadd2 G6 Fmaj7#11 F# Bbmin(F bass) E Db(barre)
0 0 0 2 1 0 X
0 0 0 2 2 0 6
6 4 2 3 3 1 6
7 5 3 4 3 2 6
7 5 3 4 1 2 4
5 3 1 2 1 0 X
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(Play arpeggiated intro chords to begin...)

F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 F#7add11 Bsus4
See the flowers 'round the altar................ see the peaches in tins

C#7 B E/Ab B E/Ab
Round the headmaster's chair... harvest festival........

F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 F#7add11 Bsus4
See the two who've been chosen................ see them walk hand in hand

C#7 B E/Ab B E/Ab
To the front of the hall... harvest festival.......harvest festival....

B Ab7 Db F#/Bb
What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...

Db F#/Bb Db F#/Bb Bb Bbsus4
That longing look............. more than enough to keep me fed all year..

F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 F#7add11 Bsus4
See the children with baskets............... see their hair cut like corn

C#7 B E/Ab B E/Ab
Neatly combed in their rows... harvest festival........ harvest festival....

B Ab7 Db F#/Bb
What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...

Db F#/Bb Db F#/Bb Bb Bbsus4
That longing look............ across the hymn books and the canvas chairs

Db F#/Bb Db F#/Bb
The longing look you gave me..... that longing look....

Db F#/Bb Bb Bbsus4
More than enough to keep me fed all year....

Aadd2 G6 Fmaj7#11
And what a year when the exams and crops all failed

F# Bbmin/F E Db
Of course you passed and you were never seen again...........

Aadd2 G6 Fmaj7#11
We all grew and we got screwed and cut and nailed

F# Bbmin/F E Db
Then out of nowhere...... invitation in gold pen

F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 F#7add11 Bsus4
See the flowers 'round the altar............ see that you two got married

C#7 B E/Ab B E/Ab
And I wish you well...... harvest festival............ harvest festival.....

B Ab7 Db F#(Bb bass)
What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...

Db F# Bb Db F#/Bb Bb Bbsus4
That longing look............ across the hymn books and the canvas chairs

Db F#/Bb Db F#/Bb
The longing look you gave me..... that longing look....

Db F#/Bb Bb Bbsus4
More than enough to keep me fed all year....

Db F#/Bb Db F#/Bb
Harvest festival.....

Db...... F#/Bb...... Db...... F#/Bb...... Bb...... Bbsus4.......