XTC – The Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead (Guitar Solo)

Capo 2
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Versions (3)

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[Intro] C C F F Let's Begin! [Verse 1]
C                  F
Peter Pumpkinhead came to town

C                    F
Spreading wisdom and cash around

C                    F
Fed the starving and housed the poor

C                  F
Showed the Vatican what gold's for
[Chorus]
F       G            Am      F  G  F
But he made too many enemies

F       G                Am              F  G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees

F           G
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

F               E7             C
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?

C              F
               Oh my!
[Verse 2]
C                  F
Peter Pumpkinhead pulled them all

C                     F
Emptied churches and shopping malls

C                        F
When he spoke, it would raise the roof

C                 F
Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth
[Chorus]
F       G            Am      F  G  F
But he made too many enemies

F       G                Am              F  G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees

F           G
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

F               E7             C
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
[Verse 3]
C                  F
Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame

C                  F
Governments who would slur his name

C                  F
Plots and sex scandals failed outright

C                  F
Peter merely said  any kind of love is all alright
[Chorus]
F       G            Am      F  G  F
But he made too many enemies

F       G                Am              F  G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees

F           G
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

F               E7             C
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkinhead?
C F [Verse 4]
C                  F
Peter Pumpkinhead was too good

C                  F
Had him nailed to a chunk of wood

C                  F
He died grinning on live TV

C                         F
Hanging there he looked a lot like you

F
And an awful lot like me!
[Chorus]
F       G            Am      F  G  F
But he made too many enemies

F       G                Am              F  G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees

F           G
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin

F               G           
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin?

F           E7            C
Hooray for Peter Pumpkinhead

    C                F
            Oh my oh my don't it make you want to cry oh