Ballad Of Peter Pumpkinhead chords by XTC

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


Please use the chords according to my instructions below:
       Strings
Chord    E,A,D,G,B,e
---------- -----------
Dsus4(add9) x,x,0,0,3,0
D      x,x,0,2,3,2 (in verse )
D      x,5,7,7,7,x (in chorus )
D/F#    2,x,0,2,3,2
D/C#    x,4,7,7,7,x (or play x,4,0,2,3,2)
D/B     7,x,7,7,7,x (or play x,2,(0),2,3,3)
D/A     5,x,7,7,7,x (or play x,0,0,2,3,2)
G6sus2   3,x,2,2,3,0 (or play 3,x,0,2,3,0)
Gsus2    3,x,0,2,3,3
G      3,2,0,0,3,3
G/F#    2,x,0,0,0,3
G/B     x,2,0,0,3,3
Asus4    x,0,2,2,3,0
A      x,0,2,2,2,0
A7     x,0,2,0,2,0
A/C#    x,4,2,2,2,x
Bm     x,2,4,4,3,2
Em     0,2,2,0,0,0
Bbdim7   x,1,2,0,2,x (or play x,x,2,3,2,3)
C#dim    x,4,5,6,5,x (or play A7)
C      x,3,2,0,1,0

Intro:

| Dsus4(add9) D | D | G6sus2 | G6sus2 |

Let's begin!

| D | D | Gsus2 | Gsus2 |

Verse 1:
D   D/F#    Gsus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead came to town
D      D/F#   G6sus2
 Spreading wisdom and cash around
D    D/F#     G6sus2
 Fed the starving and housed the poor
D     D/F#     G6sus2
Showed the Vatican what gold's for

Chorus:

G     Asus4     Bm    A G
  But he made too many enemies
G   Asus4      Bm          A G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G     Asus4 A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G        Bbdim7 C#dim  D   D/C# D/B
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin-head?
D/A  G  G/F# Em A
  Oh my!


Verse 2:
D   D/F#     G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead  pulled them all
D    D/F#     G6sus2
 Emptied churches and shopping malls
D    D/F#      G6sus2
 When he spoke it would raise the roof
D   D/F#    G6sus2  Gsus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead told the truth

Chorus:

G     Asus4     Bm    A G
  But he made too many enemies
G   Asus4      Bm          A G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G     Asus4 A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G        Bbdim7 C#dim  D   D/C# D/B
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin-head?
D/A  G  G/F# Em A
  Oh my!

Verse 3:
D   D/F#       G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead put to shame
D   D/F#      G6sus2
 Governments who would slur his name
D     D/F#     G6sus2
 Plots and sex scandals failed outright
D   D/F#    G6sus2
 Peter merely said any kind of love is alright


Chorus:


Chorus:

G     Asus4     Bm    A G
  But he made too many enemies
G   Asus4      Bm          A G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G     Asus4 A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G        Bbdim7 C#dim  D   D/C# D/B
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin-head?
D/A  G  G/F# Em A


Verse 4:

D          G6sus2
 Peter Pumpkinhead was too good
D          G6sus2
 Had him nailed to a chunk of wood
D    D/F#    G6sus2
 He died grinning on live TV
D     D/F#       G6sus2
 Hanging there he looked a lot like you
G6sus2
And an awful lot like me!


Chorus:

G     Asus4     Bm    A G
  But he made too many enemies
G   Asus4      Bm          A G
Of the people who would keep us on our knees
G     Asus4 A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G        Bbdim7 C#dim  D   D/C# D/B D/A
Who'll pray for Peter Pumpkin-head? ..aaa

outro:

G     Asus4 A
Hooray for Peter Pumpkin
G        Asus4 A
Who´ll pray for Peter Pumpkin
G      Bbdim7 A7 G/B  A/C#
Hooray for Pe - ter Pump - kin
D  D/C# D/B D/A
head?
  G   G/F#
Oh my, oh my, oh!
     C       A/C#     D
Don't it make you want to cry, oh?