Marillion – Garden Party (Guitar)

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[Intro] D A Am G D A Am G [Verse 1]
D
Garden party held today

A
Invites call the debs to play

Am
Social climbers polish ladders

G
Wayward sons again have

D
fathers

A
Hello, Dad,

Am
hello, Dad
G
D
Edgy eggs and queuing cumbers

A
Rudely wakened from their slumbers

Am
Time has come again for slaughter

G
On the lawns by still Cam

D
waters

A
A slaughter,

Am
it's a slaughter
G [Chorus]
A                                     G
Champagne corks are firing at the sun

D     G
again

A                                   G
Swooping swallows chased by violins

D     G
again

A                       G
Strafed by Strauss they sulk in crumbling

D     G
eaves again

A   G
  Oh God

D G
    Oh God, not again
[Verse] D A Am G
D
Aperitifs consumed en masse

A
Display their owners on the grass

Am
Couples loiter in the cloisters

G
Social leeches quoting

D       A  Am  G
Chaucer

D
Doctor's son, a parson's daughter

A
Where, why not, and should they oughta

Am
Please don't lie upon the grass

G
Unless accompanied by a

D       A  Am  G
fellow (May I be so bold as to perhaps suggest Othello?)
[Chorus]
A                               G
Punting on the Cam is jolly fun

D        G
they say

A                                        G
Beagling on the downs, oh please do come

D        G
they say

A                              G
Rugger is the tops, a game for men 

D    G
they say

A      G
They say

D G
    Good God, they say
[Solo] D C G C D C G C D C G C D C G C D C G C D C G C D C G C [Bridge]
D  N.C.
   I'm punting

C  N.C.  
   I'm beagling

G  N.C.
   I'm wining

C  N.C.
   Reclining

D  N.C.
   I'm rucking

C  N.C.
   I'm fucking

G  N.C.       
   So welcome.

C  N.C.
   It's a

D  C  G  C
party
D C G C [Verse 3]
D
Angie chalks another blue

C
Mother smiles, she did it too

G
Chitters chat and gossips lash

C
Posers pose, pressmen

D
Flash

C
Flash

G
Flash
C
D
Smiles polluted with false charm

C
Locking on to Royal arms

  G
Society columns now ensured

C
Returns to mingle with the

D      C             G      C
crowds   (Oh, what a crowd)

D                                C
Punting on the Cam, oh please do come they say

G                                   C
Beagling on the downs, oh please so come they say

D                   C
Garden party held today they say

   G                  C                    D
Oh please do come, oh please do come, they say