XTC - "the ballad of peter" Tablature

From jws5@ns1.cc.lehigh.edu
~Subject: XTC - The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead

Here it is, long awaited (?) and hopefully accurate.

Some notes:

(1) I figured this out without having the tape player going, so though the
chord pattern is accurate (pretty much all I-IV-V) I've put this in the key of
G, which may be different from that on the album. The important thing is that
_I_ can sing it in this key. So there.
Seriously, though, transposing this would not be a big deal.

(2) There is a surprise A chord (or II chord, made major) in the last
chorus. I really feel like there is another "surprise" chord in the rest of
the choruses, but I can't quite put a finger on it (ha, ha). The way I've
printed it here sounds pretty good, though.

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The Ballad of Peter Pumpkinhead
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by Andy Partridge
Album: XTC "Nonsuch"
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G C
Peter Pumpkinhead ...
G C
Spreading wisdom and ...
G G/B C
Fed the starving and ...
G G/B C
Showed the Vatican ...

C D Em
CHORUS: But he made too ...
C D Em
Of the people who ...
C D
Hooray for ...
C D
Who'll pray for ...
G D/F# C/E D C G/B D/A D/F#
head?


(CHORUS)


(CHORUS)


C D Em
(CHORUS)But he made too ...
C D Em
Of the people who ...
C D
Hooray for ...
C D
Who'll pray for ...
G D/F# C/E D
head? Ah-...
C D
Hooray for ...
C D
Who'll pray for ...
C Dsus4 D C/D D
Hooray for Pe - ...
G D/F# C/E D
Head!
C G/B A D/F#
Oh my, oh my, don't ...
G
(ending)