XTC - Harvest Festival

      
 
 Intro chords/tab:

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 |------4------------2---|
 |-----6------------1----|
 |----4------------3-----|
 |---6----4---2---4------|
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 Chords:

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 F#7add11 Bsus4 C#7 B E(Ab bass) Ab7 Db F#(Bb bass) Bb Bbsus4 
  0  0  X X  0  4  1  X X  X
 0 0 0 4 0 4 2 2 3 4
 3 4 4 4 1 5 1 3 3 3 
      
 4 4 3 4 2 4 3 4 3 3 
 4 2 4 2 X 6 4 1 1 1
 2 X X X 4 4 X X X X

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 Aadd2 G6 Fmaj7#11 F# Bbmin(F bass) E Db(barre)
 0 0 0 2 1 0 X
 0 0 0 2 2 0 6
 6 4 2 3 3 1 6 
     
 7 5 3 4 3 2 6 
     
 7 5 3 4 1 2 4 
 5 3 1 2 1 0 X

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 (Play arpeggiated intro chords to begin...)
 
 F#7add11                    Bsus4   C#7       F#7add11               Bsus4 
  See the flowers 'round the altar................ see the peaches in tins
 
           C#7          B                E/Ab      B     E/Ab 
 Round the headmaster's chair... harvest festival........
 
 F#7add11                 Bsus4      C#7       F#7add11               Bsus4 
  See the two who've been chosen................ see them walk hand in hand
 
        C#7          B               E/Ab   B         E/Ab              
 To the front of the hall... harvest festival.......harvest festival....
 
 B         Ab7                 Db          F#/Bb              
  What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...
 
 Db             F#/Bb   Db              F#/Bb    Bb      Bbsus4            
  That longing look............. more than enough to keep me fed all year..
 
 F#7add11               Bsus4   C#7       F#7add11                    Bsus4 
  See the children with baskets............... see their hair cut like corn
 
        C#7             B               E/Ab     B         E/Ab              
 Neatly combed in their rows... harvest festival........ harvest festival....
 
 B         Ab7                 Db          F#/Bb              
  What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...
 
 Db             F#/Bb  Db           F#/Bb        Bb     Bbsus4             
  That longing look............ across the hymn books and the canvas chairs
 
 Db           F#/Bb        Db                F#/Bb       
  The longing look you gave me..... that longing look....
 
 Db            F#/Bb    Bb      Bbsus4        
  More than enough to keep me fed all year....
 
 Aadd2       G6              Fmaj7#11                
  And what a year when the exams and crops all failed
 
 F#               Bbmin/F     E                 Db             
  Of course you passed and you were never seen again...........
 
 Aadd2      G6            Fmaj7#11                 
  We all grew and we got screwed and cut and nailed
 
 F#           Bbmin/F     E                 Db    
  Then out of nowhere...... invitation in gold pen
 
 F#7add11                    Bsus4   C#7       F#7add11               Bsus4 
  See the flowers 'round the altar............ see that you two got married
 
     C#7        B                  E/Ab     B            E/Ab                
 And I wish you well...... harvest festival............ harvest festival.....
 
 B         Ab7                 Db          F#(Bb bass)        
  What was best of all was the.... Longing look you gave me...
 
 Db             F# Bb   Db           F#/Bb      Bb     Bbsus4              
  That longing look............ across the hymn books and the canvas chairs
 
 Db           F#/Bb        Db                F#/Bb       
  The longing look you gave me..... that longing look....
 
 Db            F#/Bb   Bb      Bbsus4         
  More than enough to keep me fed all year....
 
 Db           F#/Bb    Db F#/Bb 
  Harvest festival.....
 
 Db...... F#/Bb...... Db...... F#/Bb...... Bb...... Bbsus4.......