XTC – Outside World (Guitar)

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[Intro] C# G# C# G# (x3) C# G# C# C [Verse 1]
B       F#        B              F# B
She has six swans singing in her sauna

       E     G           F#    B
So she can't hear what's going on

    E     G           F#    B
She can't hear what's going on
[Chorus]
       C#m     B
In the outside world

       C#m     B
In the outside world

       C#m C#m7
In the outside
[Post-chorus 1]
A             E
Bad black and white men

A                 E
Standing in their pigpen

A               E
Selling guns to simpletons

   A                E
To shoot 'em in the abdomen

A             E         A    E
She's not interested in that

A             E         F#
She's not interested in that
[Verse 2]
B       F#        B              F# B
She has six swans singing in her sauna

C#m B (x4)
Ooo, outside, world, outside
[Verse 3]
B        F#          B               F#  B
She has eleven lions laughing at her lakeside

       E     G           F#    B
So she can't hear what's going on

    E     G           F#    B
She can't hear what's going on
[Chorus]
       C#m     B
In the outside world

       C#m     B
In the outside world

       C#m C#m7
In the outside
[Post-chorus 2]
A             E
Bad brown and yellow men

A                  E
Splitting on their fellow men

A              E
Drape her in a newspaper

    A               E
And stab her with a poison pen

A             E         A    E
She's not interested in that

A             E         F#
She's not interested in that
[Verse 4]
B        F#          B               F#  B
She has eleven lions laughing at her lakeside

C#m B (x4)
Ooo, outside, world, outside
[Bridge]
G#
You can keep your animals

F#
All the noise and the din

E
Just make a little space for me

G#
I'm coming in
[Instrumental] C# G# C# G# (x3) C# G# C# C [Verse 5]
B       F#        B              F# B
She has six swans singing in her sauna

       E     G           F#    B
So she can't hear what's going on

    E     G           F#    B
She can't hear what's going on

    E     G           F#    B
She can't hear what's going on

         E     G           F#    B
She just won't hear what's going on

E G F# B (x4)
What's going on, what's going on (repeat off-time)
[Outro]
    E  G    F# B
The outside world

    E  G    F# B
The outside world

    E  G    F# B
The outside world

E G F# B
Nanana world
[Solo] E G F# B (x4)