Blue Beret
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Andy: “A demo intended for ‘Oranges & Lemons’. Don't ask me what the lyrics mean, each line exists purely as a comment on the previous one. ‘Me I like to roam / wasn't built in a day’ etc.”Also available on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Four.
Andy: “A candidate for Oranges and Lemons, this structurally convoluted song is 100% proof nonsense, ‘me I like to roam, wasn't built in a day’ etc. There must be dozens of bootleg recordings of this from our acoustic tour of US radio stations (May-June '89), but the band never got it into the studio, it somehow slipped the net. Hats off to it.”Also released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
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Life is sometimes shorter than you think
So take yourself a hike from the kitchen sink
Me, I like to roam
Wasn't built in a day
And night throws those stars in our way
Meanwhile on planet Earth
Some people are dying for the right to say
Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away
Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way
I say hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off
For the blue beret
Blue beret, blue beret
The wind has blown it off his head
And sent it spinning straight to nowhere
Nowhere to get ahead in this life
Life is sometimes longer than you need
Especially if it's thrown away on hate and greed
Well, me I like to think while the other fish swim
But sharks made a meal out of him
Meanwhile on bone dry land
Some people are dying for the right to say
Some people just want the right to say
Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away
Some people are merely blown away
Well, we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way
I say hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off
To the blue beret
Blue beret, blue beret
The wind has blown it off his head
And sent it spinning straight to nowhere
Nowhere to get ahead in this life
So just love your dog and don't kick your wife
Put down that knife, watch out the wind doesn't blow your hat away
[Thanks to Dave Franson]
Date: Wed, 3 Mar 1999 21:50:08 EST
From: KingJeffe (at) aol dot com
Subject: Chords to "Blue Beret" (Demo)
Message-ID: <3ec4898f.36ddf4e0 (at) aol dot com>
Blue Beret (by Andy Partridge)
XTC Demo Recording
Transcribed by Jeffrey Fariello (kingjeffe (at) aol dot com)
CHORDS:
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Eadd2 E7 E6 E A C# D Gadd#4 G ?Bbdim5#11? Bb6#11 C
2 0 0 0 X X 2 3 3 0 0 0
0 3 2 0 2 6 3 2 0 3 3 1
1 1 1 1 2 6 2 0 0 0 0 0
2 2 2 2 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 2
2 2 2 2 0 4 0 X X 1 1 3
0 0 0 0 X X X 3 3 X X X
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Am F G7 Bb Ab B7 D7 Fmaj7#11 Bsus4 F#(Bb bass) Eb F7 F7sus4
0 1 1 X 4 2 2 0 X X 3 1 1
1 1 0 3 4 4 1 0 5 2 4 1 1
2 2 0 3 5 2 2 2 4 3 3 2 3
2 3 0 3 6 4 0 3 4 4 5 1 1
0 3 2 1 6 2 0 3 2 1 6 3 3
X 1 3 X 4 X X 1 X X X 1 1
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Eadd2-E7-E6--E A C#
Life is sometimes shorter than you think so take yourself a hike
D Gadd#4-G, Gadd#4-G, etc...
>From the kitchen sink, me I like to roam.............. wasn't built in a day
Bbdim5#11-Bb6#11, Bbdim5#11-Bb6#11, etc... Bb6#11
And night throws the stars in our way............. meanwhile on planet Earth
C Am F G7
.... Some people are dying for the right to say...
C Am F G7
.... Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away
C Am Bb C
.... Well we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way
Ab B7 D7 E
I say hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off
Fmaj7#11 - E A Bsus4 - B - F#(Bb bass) Eb
For the blue........ beret, blue beret.........blue ber-----et...
Eb Ab F7
The wind has blown it off his head and sent it spinning straight to nowhere
F7 F7sus4 - F7
Nowhere to get ahead in this life...
Eadd2-E7-E6--E A C#
Life is sometimes longer than you need, especially if it's thrown away on
D Gadd#4-G, Gadd#4-G, Gadd#4-G, etc...
Hate and greed, well, me I like to think...while the other fish swim
Bbdim5#11-Bb6#11, Bbdim5#11-Bb6#11, etc... Bb6#11
But sharks made a meal out of him................ meanwhile on bone dry land
C Am F G7
.... Some people are dying for the right to say...
C Am F G7
.... Some people are dying 'cause the other people busy blowing them away
C Am Bb C
.... Well we're all dying so we better have a ton of fun along the way
Ab B7 D7 E
I say hats off, get your hats off, take your hats off, get your hats off
Fmaj7#11 - E A Bsus4 - B - F#(Bb bass) Eb
For the blue........ beret, blue beret.........blue ber-----et...
Eb Ab F7
The wind has blown it off his head and sent it spinning straight to nowhere
F7 F7sus4 - F7
Nowhere to get ahead in this life...
F7 F7sus4 - F7
So just love your dog and don't kick your wife, put down that knife
F7 Bb
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