The World is Full of Angry Young Men

(Moulding)

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Recordings

  1. Single version, 3'39.
    Produced by XTC.
    Original tracks recorded at The Manor, Oxfordshire, England, in November 1982 during sessions for Mummer.
    Engineered by Steve Nye.
    Final tracks recorded 11 June 1989.
    Remix engineer unidentified.
    Released in August 1989 on the B-side of the The Loving 12" single in the U.K.
    Also available on Rag & Bone Buffet.
    Peter Phipps - Drums

    Andy: “We started working on this during Mummer but ran out of time so it became a b-side.”

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Lyrics

Gone are the days
When hate filled my heart
I feel now I am a happy man
I laugh now at values that I had
All through my youth
I was shouting and no one would hear
Blind to the ways
Of the people who now I hold dear
It's loud and clear

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder,
An ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

There was a time
When I fought the world
I see now
It was just an act to stage
I see clear
The colours through the haze

As time goes on
Your opinion will change like the weather
Things that you said
Now seem small
They just don't seem to matter
I look for the better

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder,
And an ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

There was a time I was lost in the dark
I ran a race I didn't know where to start
Now I've changed my ways
Seeing better days
I'm turning my world upside down

The world is full of angry young men
Chip on the shoulder
And an ideal in their head
The world is full of angry young men
Who think life owes them something
But you only get out what goes in

Angry young men
What you put in is what you get out

Chords and Tablature

Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2006 10:45:59 EST
From: DontPoll (at) aol dot com
Subject: XTC Tab Submission
Message-ID: <278.7c084cf.315c05b7 (at) aol dot com>


"The World is Full of Angry Young Men"
 Transcribed by Brian Canfield

Key: C# minor (though it veers around a lot)

This is more meant for piano..


Intro: F#m   G#m   C#m

Verse:

Cmaj7   D       E
Gone   are  the days..

Cmaj7    D      E
Hate  filled my heart..

Cmaj7    D      E
I feel..

Cmaj7    D      E
I laugh..

Dmaj7  G       Dmaj7   G
All through my youth

Dmaj7  G       Dmaj7   G

Emaj7  A       Emaj7   A
Blind..

Emaj7  A       Emaj7   A

Bm7      E
Loud and clear

(RIFF)

    F#m              G#m         C#m
The world is full of angry young men    (x2)

F#m              G#m         A             B       A/B   B   A/B   B   etc..
World is full of angry young men who think life..


Bridge: (Not too sure about these chords)

      C#m    D#m/C#   C#m   D#m/C#m
There was a time..                            (x2)

 Dm          Em/D     Dm      Em/D
Now I've changed..

 Dm                 E
Turning my world upside down..

Cmaj7   D    E   (x4)

Then, back to the chorus.

For the fade out, just repeat the chords  A/B   B

Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2003 16:24:45 EDT
From: ColourSolid (at) aol dot com
Subject: Guitar Tab: World is Full of Angry Young Men
Message-ID: <12.34310e9f.2c5d780d (at) aol dot com>


Well, I noticed nobody had and interest in this Colin song,
but, i have a lot of love in my heart for it.
First of all I transcribed it for guitar.
Actually solo-acoustic guitar. It's mostly a piano song but...
i did my best. - jaredmorris
______________________________________________________________

Guitar Intro (and interlude before the chorus)

E--0-0-------------------------------------------|
B--5-4-4-4----4----------------------------------|
G------6-4--4-4----------------------------------|
D-----------6------------------------------------|
A------------------------------------------------|
E------------------------------------------------|

Intro:

F#m G#m C#m (x2)
F#m G#m  (lead in to verse)

Verse:

Em/G D       E/B
Gone are the days...

Em/G      D         E/B
When hate filled my heart

Em/G   D     E/B
I feel now I am a happy man

Em/G    D      E/B               Esus4/B
I laugh now at values that I had


Post Verse:

A/C#  A/B       A/C#   A/B
All   through my youth, I

    A/C#         A/B          A/C#    A/B
was shouting and no one would hear

B/Eb  B/C#   B/Eb B/C#
Blind to the ways of the

B/Eb       B/C#       B/Eb    B/C# (then...)
people who now I hold dear

     Dmaj7   F#m7/C# E (Esus4) E
It's loud    and     clear


Chorus:

    F#m              G#m         C#m
The world is full of angry young men

F#m         G#m          C#m
Chip on the shoulder, An ideal in their head

F#m          G#m                 A
The world is full of angry young men

          B              A
Who think life owes them something

                 A             B      A      B
But you only get out what goes in.


Break:
(now i had the hardest time with this part so, stone me.)

F#m                B(sus2)*            F#m     B(sus2)*
There was a time I was lost in the dark

F#m                B(sus2)*             F#m     B(sus2)*
I ran a race I didn't know where to start

Gm                  C(sus2)*
Now I've changed my ways

Gm            C(sus2)*
Seeing better days
                                   (bass changes)
Gm             C            B       /A      /E
I'm turning my world upside down


(you could also try to play this over the chords, it's close to what
the bass is doing... I didnt spend to long on this part, but you can
figure it out from there, i hope)

  F#m       B    F#m       B    Gm        C   Gm        C
G--------2--4-----------2--4--|--------3--5----------3--5-----|
D-----4--------------4--------|-----5-------------5-----------|
A-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
E--2--------------2-----------|--3-------------3--------------|


*I know that these 'sus2' arent quite the modes he plays...
*they sound 'okay' though... Also maybe substitute B5 and C5
*Musically it seems like you'd put minor chords there but,
*it just doesnt seem right. I kind of alternate between the
*2's and 5's. Like I said, it's a piano song so I did what
*sounds good on guitar.

Chords Diagrams (how i like to play them)

 F#m        G#m        C#m       Em/G(i)

EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
244222     466444     x46654     322000
(xx)       (xx)

  D         E/B      Esus4/B     Esus4

EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
x00232     x22100     x22200     022200

 A/C#       A/B        B/Eb       B/C#

EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
x4222x     x2x22x     x6444x     x6x44x

Dmaj7      F#m7/C#    Bsus2      Csus2

EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
x54222     x42222     x24422     x35533

 Gm         B5         C5      Em/G(ii)
                              (G on 10th)
EADGBE    EADGBE     EADGBE     EADGBE
x54222    x244x2     x355x3     xG997x

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