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------|
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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.......
