XTC – This World Over (Guitar)

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Chords

THE BIG EXPRESS (1984) Open E tuning. The chords are pretty easy, but the rhythm can be a bit tough, especially keeping it up for the whole song or if you're singing. For the bridge, just strum the verse chords once each. Fun fact: the fingering of the riff is exactly the same as "Complicated Game"
    Dsus(#4) C#sus   A       B       G#m     C#
E |-x--------x-------x-------x-------x-------x------------|
B |-12-------12------5-------7-------4-------9------------|
G#|-12-------12------5-------7-------3-------9------------|
E |-12-------12------5-------7-------4-------9------------|
B |-10-------9-------5-------7-------4-------9------------|
E |-10-------9-------x-------x-------x-------x------------|
[Intro] N.C Ah well, that's this world over N.C Ah well, next one begins [Verse 1]
Dsus                    C#sus
Will you smile like any mother

Dsus                        C#sus
As you bathe your brand new twins?

Dsus                    C#sus
Will you sing about the missiles

Dsus                    C#sus
As you dry odd numbered limbs?
[Chorus]
Dsus                       C#sus
Ah well, that's this world over

Dsus              C#sus
Ah well, next one begins

Dsus                       C#sus
Ah well, that's this world over

Dsus              C#sus    C#
You sadly grin
[Bridge 1]
A        B                   G#m           C#
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land

A         B                  G#m     C#
About the leader with the famous face?

A             B                   G#m                     C#
Will you tell them that the reason nothing ever grows in the garden anymore

A             B               G#m           C#
Because he wanted to win the craziest race

Dsus              C#sus
That's this world over
[Verse 2]
Dsus                    C#sus
Will you smile like any father

Dsus                          C#sus
With your children on a Sunday hike?

Dsus                     C#sus
When you get to a sea of rubble

Dsus                      C#sus
And they ask “What was London like?”   (You tell them:)
[Chorus] [Bridge 2]
A        B                   G#m           C#
Will you tell them about that far off and mythical land

A          B                 G#m           C#
And how a child to the virgin came?

A           B                             G#m                            C#
Will you tell them that the reason why we murdered everything upon the surface of the world

A        B                   G#m           C#
So we can stand right up and say we did it in his name?
[Outro]
Dsus              C#sus
That's this world over

Dsus      C#sus
Or so it seems

Dsus              C#sus
That's this world over

Dsus       C#sus
The end of dreams

Piano part
E |-----4-9-7--5-4------9-9-9--|
B |----------------7-9---------|
G#|-5-8------------------------|
E |----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|

                 Dsus           C#sus
That's this world over, over, over and out