Chords for XTC on Where Are They Now
Tempo:
120.9 bpm
Chords used:
D
G
C
E
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C] [G]
XTC's jerky pop gained them a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic.
[E]
[B] [D] [Bm]
[G] But although critics adored them, not everyone [Gm] agreed.
We could empty halls and clubs and pubs and clubs.
You'd come on stage and you'd just hear this murmur,
Oh my God, it's them.
And in [D] the first number the [D] hall would empty.
[Am] You know, I'm [C] sorry to say, but I [Gbm] feel that I should be more [C] than clear.
[F] [E]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Ab]
Straight.
[D] [Bb] Straight.
[Gm]
[G] [Gm] [Db]
I said to Virgin, look, will you let us go,
or [G] will you give us a back deal [B] so that we can live a bit?
And they would do neither.
[E] And so I said, OK, well, we're [Bm] going on strike.
[A] Although they were not [Db] allowed to work as XTC, the [Bm] band kept writing songs.
But it wasn't easy.
[E] The best [C] music is [Ab] written out of extreme [D] depression or extreme [Ab] joy.
Or extreme [C] desperation would be very good, [Ab] too.
It [D] couldn't work, and I woke up one morning and my woman done gone,
ha ha ha, ha ha [G] ha.
[Bb] You know, there I am, [E]
drinking too much, no record deal, with two kids to [Eb] raise.
Eventually Virgin relented and XTC was free to find a new [Db] label.
[Gbm] Although they will once again be [Gb] releasing new music,
the [F] band will not tour because [A] Andrew Partridge has developed a severe case of stage [Am] fright.
I [D] started getting panic attacks on [F] stage.
And [G] my situation was really out of control.
And I found [Am] that I couldn't go on stage.
I mean, I imagine [D] having panic attacks in front of 10,000 [F] people and you're live on TV.
And I thought I was going to die.
[Em] [D]
Having been to [G] hell and back, XTC is ready for anything.
[D] If I met the people now that written songs, it would be so [G] well and did a good job.
Take your hat off to them.
Pass it [D] around.
And here, I think we've collected some more money for you.
[G]
[D] I don't regret, like, not having a number one single.
Maybe [G] I regret not having a huge circular bed with 20 live [D] breasted women on it at the same time.
I regret suffering a [G] weeping old Frenchman.
[Am] But XTC junkies need not fear.
[D] The band plans to keep recording into
XTC's jerky pop gained them a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic.
[E]
[B] [D] [Bm]
[G] But although critics adored them, not everyone [Gm] agreed.
We could empty halls and clubs and pubs and clubs.
You'd come on stage and you'd just hear this murmur,
Oh my God, it's them.
And in [D] the first number the [D] hall would empty.
[Am] You know, I'm [C] sorry to say, but I [Gbm] feel that I should be more [C] than clear.
[F] [E]
[A] [C]
[Dm] [C] [Ab]
Straight.
[D] [Bb] Straight.
[Gm]
[G] [Gm] [Db]
I said to Virgin, look, will you let us go,
or [G] will you give us a back deal [B] so that we can live a bit?
And they would do neither.
[E] And so I said, OK, well, we're [Bm] going on strike.
[A] Although they were not [Db] allowed to work as XTC, the [Bm] band kept writing songs.
But it wasn't easy.
[E] The best [C] music is [Ab] written out of extreme [D] depression or extreme [Ab] joy.
Or extreme [C] desperation would be very good, [Ab] too.
It [D] couldn't work, and I woke up one morning and my woman done gone,
ha ha ha, ha ha [G] ha.
[Bb] You know, there I am, [E]
drinking too much, no record deal, with two kids to [Eb] raise.
Eventually Virgin relented and XTC was free to find a new [Db] label.
[Gbm] Although they will once again be [Gb] releasing new music,
the [F] band will not tour because [A] Andrew Partridge has developed a severe case of stage [Am] fright.
I [D] started getting panic attacks on [F] stage.
And [G] my situation was really out of control.
And I found [Am] that I couldn't go on stage.
I mean, I imagine [D] having panic attacks in front of 10,000 [F] people and you're live on TV.
And I thought I was going to die.
[Em] [D]
Having been to [G] hell and back, XTC is ready for anything.
[D] If I met the people now that written songs, it would be so [G] well and did a good job.
Take your hat off to them.
Pass it [D] around.
And here, I think we've collected some more money for you.
[G]
[D] I don't regret, like, not having a number one single.
Maybe [G] I regret not having a huge circular bed with 20 live [D] breasted women on it at the same time.
I regret suffering a [G] weeping old Frenchman.
[Am] But XTC junkies need not fear.
[D] The band plans to keep recording into
Key:
D
G
C
E
F
D
G
C
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
XTC's jerky pop gained them a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ But although critics adored them, not everyone [Gm] agreed.
We could empty halls and clubs and pubs and clubs.
You'd come on stage and you'd just hear this murmur,
Oh my God, it's them.
And in [D] the first number the [D] hall would empty.
[Am] _ You know, I'm [C] sorry to say, but I [Gbm] feel that I should be more [C] than clear.
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab]
Straight.
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] Straight.
_ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
I said to Virgin, look, will you let us go,
or [G] will you give us a back deal [B] so that we can live a bit?
And they would do neither.
_ _ [E] And so I said, OK, well, we're [Bm] going on strike.
[A] Although they were not [Db] allowed to work as XTC, the [Bm] band kept writing songs.
But it wasn't easy. _ _ _
[E] The best [C] music is [Ab] written out of extreme [D] depression or extreme [Ab] joy.
Or extreme [C] desperation would be very good, [Ab] too.
It [D] couldn't work, and I woke up one morning and my woman done gone,
ha ha ha, ha ha [G] ha.
[Bb] You know, there I am, [E]
drinking too much, no record deal, with two kids to [Eb] raise.
Eventually Virgin relented and XTC was free to find a new [Db] label.
[Gbm] Although they will once again be [Gb] releasing new music,
the [F] band will not tour because [A] Andrew Partridge has developed a severe case of stage [Am] fright.
I [D] started getting panic attacks on [F] stage.
_ _ _ And [G] my situation was really out of control.
And I found [Am] that I couldn't go on stage.
I mean, I imagine [D] having panic attacks in front of 10,000 [F] people and you're live on TV.
And I thought I was going to die.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Having been to [G] hell and back, XTC is ready for anything. _ _
[D] _ _ _ If I met the people now that written songs, it would be so [G] well and did a good job.
Take your hat off to them.
Pass it [D] around.
And here, I think we've collected some more money for you.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I don't regret, like, not having a number one single.
Maybe [G] I regret not having a huge circular bed with 20 live [D] breasted women on it at the same time.
I regret suffering a [G] weeping old Frenchman.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ But XTC junkies need not fear.
[D] The band plans to keep recording into
XTC's jerky pop gained them a cult following on both sides of the Atlantic.
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bm] _ _ _
[G] _ But although critics adored them, not everyone [Gm] agreed.
We could empty halls and clubs and pubs and clubs.
You'd come on stage and you'd just hear this murmur,
Oh my God, it's them.
And in [D] the first number the [D] hall would empty.
[Am] _ You know, I'm [C] sorry to say, but I [Gbm] feel that I should be more [C] than clear.
_ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab]
Straight.
_ [D] _ _ [Bb] Straight.
_ [Gm] _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [Db] _ _
I said to Virgin, look, will you let us go,
or [G] will you give us a back deal [B] so that we can live a bit?
And they would do neither.
_ _ [E] And so I said, OK, well, we're [Bm] going on strike.
[A] Although they were not [Db] allowed to work as XTC, the [Bm] band kept writing songs.
But it wasn't easy. _ _ _
[E] The best [C] music is [Ab] written out of extreme [D] depression or extreme [Ab] joy.
Or extreme [C] desperation would be very good, [Ab] too.
It [D] couldn't work, and I woke up one morning and my woman done gone,
ha ha ha, ha ha [G] ha.
[Bb] You know, there I am, [E]
drinking too much, no record deal, with two kids to [Eb] raise.
Eventually Virgin relented and XTC was free to find a new [Db] label.
[Gbm] Although they will once again be [Gb] releasing new music,
the [F] band will not tour because [A] Andrew Partridge has developed a severe case of stage [Am] fright.
I [D] started getting panic attacks on [F] stage.
_ _ _ And [G] my situation was really out of control.
And I found [Am] that I couldn't go on stage.
I mean, I imagine [D] having panic attacks in front of 10,000 [F] people and you're live on TV.
And I thought I was going to die.
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ Having been to [G] hell and back, XTC is ready for anything. _ _
[D] _ _ _ If I met the people now that written songs, it would be so [G] well and did a good job.
Take your hat off to them.
Pass it [D] around.
And here, I think we've collected some more money for you.
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[D] I don't regret, like, not having a number one single.
Maybe [G] I regret not having a huge circular bed with 20 live [D] breasted women on it at the same time.
I regret suffering a [G] weeping old Frenchman.
_ _ _ _ [Am] _ But XTC junkies need not fear.
[D] The band plans to keep recording into