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Andy: “A paean to the person and the weed. There's a wonderful field where I walk my dog and overnight these big daisies came up. So the song's in praise of that glorious weed. As for some of the words, I have no idea what they mean - but they're pictorially gorgeous.”
Andy: “Tramping everyday around ‘The Lawns’, a park in Swindon, my dog and I noticed continually how beautiful (and under-praised) the daisies were. We both ran home where he barked me the lyric of this ditty to petalled perfection. I'm joshing of course, he preferred the smell of other dogs arses to poetry*. Eight track cassette recording from early 1990.
“*Hmmm, maybe he was on to something?”
[Thanks to Gerhard Satke]
“Humble Daisy” vignette from Nonsvch |
“Humble Daisy” live acoustic in the shed |
Andy Thompson, 03/11/99 |
Jen, 062398 |
Mary Ann Paul, 01/03/96 |
Humble Daisy
Form a chain to hold all battleships in check
Humble Daisy
Knit a ladder down to nature's sunken wreck
Ragged rug unbound
Tangle trip the lovers
Royal barge aground
Brighter than all of the others on the window sill
I'll sing about you if nobody else will
Humble Daisy
Cast the milk and coins of morning's cash about
Humble Daisy
I fell down to heaven as you picked me out
We'll look up together
Browsing through some old sky
Sipping in the weather
You've got me dizzy, the fly that climbed the sugar hill
I'll lay upon you 'till somebody else will
Humble Daisy
We'll look up together
© 1992 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Tue, 25 Jul 2017 10:31:37 +0200 From: Florian Decros <flodecros (at) gmail dot com> Subject: Bass tabs of "Nonsuch" Message-ID: <CAPtZtiNCnBEY3t2uv4mX+_0AGZQiYBqXqP8Wj==KH8CA=YhwFw (at) mail dot gmail dot com>
Great !
Now, after "Skylarking", here's the 17 songs of "Nonsuch" (well 16,
because there's no bass in "Rook") tabbed !
It was harder, because it was longer, and also because sometimes the
bass was mixed pretty low, so maybe tabs like "Humble Daisy" or
"Wrapped In Grey" are inaccurate.
Cheers
Date: Tue, 28 Aug 2012 14:11:48 -0700 From: Jeff Truzzi <jefftruzzi (at) gmail dot com> Subject: Humble Daisy chart revision Message-ID: <CAEeM0R23yJ7wOckdEwsbskwkacatB=tsU2YLXu-C0iyeO=6ecA (at) mail dot gmail dot com> HUMBLE DAISY by Andy Partridge Copyright 1992 Virgin Music Ltd. Transcribed for the XTC forum by Jeff Truzzi ********************** ********************** (Intro): Em 0*2*2*0*0*0 Fmaj7(b5)/E 0*3*3*2*0*0 Em7 0*5*5*4*0*0 E7 0*2*2*1*3*0 ********************* Verse (play 2X): Bb X*1*3*3*3*1 Am7 X*0*2*2*1*3 Ebo (E-flat diminished) X*X*1*2*1*2 G (classic Andy voicing) 3*2*0*0*3*3 B+ (B augmented, Colin playing a B bass) 3*2*1*0*0*X C (though Andy plays a G on the low E string) 3*3*2*0*1*0 D7sus4 X*X*0*2*1*3 D7 (and repeat) X*X*0*2*1*2 *********************** (Chorus): E 0*2*2*1*0*0 Emaj7 O*2*2*4*4*0 Asus2 X*0*2*2*0*0 E/A (though Colin plays a B on bass) X*0*2*2*0*4 E 0*2*2*1*0*0 Emaj7 0*2*2*4*4*0 G7sus4 3*5*3*5*3*3 A7sus4 5*7*5*7*5*5 repeat back to intro ********************* TAG (repeat & fade): Bb 6*8*8*7*6*6 or X*1*3*3*3*1 Bbmaj7(#11)/A x*0*3*3*5*5
Date: 3:38 am on Feb. 14, 2005 From: steve Subject: Humble Daisy Q - Hey Andy, the last two chords of 'Humble Daisy' are B-flat and ... ? Jeff Truzzi A - Jeff Mc Jeff O Rootie Vouto Reeni Mo. I can't remember, I'd better dig the album out and play that track..... Well, since writing that bit I've been to bed and woken up with more of a sense of personal pride, namely, I shall try to remember without the disc. If the first one is a B-flat then the next one, I think, is, with notes in ascending order, dont play bottom E, A, F, B flat, E, A. That's feels right, cheers Jeff. A.P
Date: Tue, 12 May 92 17:31:08 -0400 From: dschmidt (at) athena dot mit dot edu Subject: Nonsvch chords, Vol I Okay, first some disclaimers. In many places I did not try to figure out Exactly what was going on - I listened to the music and tried to figure out what chords I would play if I were to accompanying on on the piano. So probably many of the guitar chords are simpler than I've made them out to be. Also, in some places where I've indicated how to voice chords, it is just how I find it convenient, and not necessarily what they are doing on the record. I also left out lots of bass stuff, only including it where I thought it was important. But everything should be pretty close. Comments and corrections are welcome! Voicings are notated with low E on the left, high E on the right. HUMBLE DAISY Intro: Em Fmaj7b5 Em7 E7 Verse: Bb Am7 F#dim7 | G B7 C Dsus4 D | 2x Chorus: E Emaj7 Esus4 B13* E Emaj7 G11** Asus4** Em9 Fmaj7b5 Em7 E7 Verse Chorus Bb Bbmaj7b5/E repeat and fade Fmaj7b5: xx3200 Dsus4: xx0233 Bbmaj7b5: xx8755. very unsure about this... * just playing a B7 or B9 sounds fine ** Actually, I just play 333533 and 555555 for these, and it sounds okay... - Dan
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