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Andy: “I fancied writing something that was up musically and dejected lyrically at the same time. It's about people who've been neglected in affairs of the heart, and they band together to form an organisation of the disappointed. Then they all congregate round this guy's house and declare him their king. It's in memory of morose teenage incapacity with the opposite sex.”
Andy: “I remember Dave [Mattacks, drummer] couldn't get the shuffle beat I wanted. . .” Dave: “He did actually get eight bars of it.” Andy: “Then we looped it. This was nominated for an Ivor Novello award. Never won it, though.”
The disappointed
All shuffle round in circles
Their placards look the same
With a picture and a name
Of the ones who broke their hearts
The disappointed
All congregate at my house
Their voices sob with grief
That they want to be chief
Of the tribe with broken hearts
Once, I had no sympathy
For those destroyed and thrown away by love
Seems, your ring upon my finger
Signifies that I've become the spokesman of...
The disappointed
Will bear me on their shoulders
To a secret shadow land
Where a sombre marching band
Plays a tune for broken hearts
And day grows darker now
Everywhere, everywhere
The disappointed
Are coming in their millions
They're spilling from the bus
At a monument to us
Made of bits of broken heart
The disappointed
Are growing every second
They blot the sun to black
At the bottom of the pack
I'm the king of broken hearts
© 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: Sat, 21 Jan 2012 22:47:45 -0000 From: "Dan Coggins / Dinosaural" <dan (at) dinosaural dot com> Subject: Hi John, thought you might want this for Chalkhills (I worked out the chords for the Disappointed)!Organization: Dinosaural Message-ID: <224FFD9209B4490D9145B17DEF138D4E (at) dinosaur739072>
Hi John, Really like your Chalkhills website, keep up the good work. For what it's worth, I think XTC were the greatest band in England of their time, let alone Swindon (I live 20 miles away!). I only had "Black Sea" to listen to for the past 25 years, didn't think they could ever top that, so I went no further - doh!. So, imagine what a treat it was for me to buy and hear everything else they did over just the past year - phew!! Anyway, I was just working out the chords on guitar for "the Difappointed" and thought you might want this for Chalkhills. Or not, of course but here it is attached, anyway.! There doesn't seem to be anything similar on the web for this one. The local covers band I'm in (Vinyl Vandals) play Making Plans for Nigel, but we want to get some later XTC in there, those songs must be played.. All the best and cheers, Dan Dan Coggins Dinosaural PO Box 160 Wantage OX12 0WZ England Tel (Mobile only) +44 (0) 773 301 6732 www.dinosaural.com
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. THE DISAPPOINTED Intro: D A/C# Bm D/A G Fmaj7 E7sus4 E Verse: A Esus4/G#* F#m11 F# Bm7 E G E Verse Bridge: Bm G F#sus4 F#7 F#m7 D G#m E Verse Intro Verse Bridge Verse Ending: A Esus4/G# F#m11 E repeat and fade * what is really being played here is a picking part with the notes E, A, and B - Dan
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