XTC – Harvest Festival (Guitar)

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XTC from "Apple Venus Vol.1" Transcribed by Jeffrey Fariello (kingjeffe (at) aol dot com) Intro chords/tab:
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Chords: ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- (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.......