The Disappointed

(Partridge)

The Diſappointed single cover art

Recordings Art Lyrics Chords and Tablature

Recordings

1. Album version, 3'23.
   Released on Nonsvch.
   Dave Mattacks - Drums
   Andy Partridge - Lead & backing vocals, electric guitar & tambourine
   Colin Moulding - Bass guitar
   Dave Gregory - Electric guitars, synthesizer & backing vocals
   Florence Lovegrove - Viola
   Rose Hull - Cello

   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.”

2. Single version, 3'38.
   Released on 23 March 1992 as a single in the U.K.
   Reached No. 33 on the U.K. singles chart.

   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.”

3. Promotional video (using single version).
   Not commercially released.

4. Home demo.
   Recorded in The Shed of Andy's current address, Swindon, in April 1991.
   Engineered by Andy Partridge.
   Released on 25 March 2002 on Coat of Many Cupboards in the U.K.
   Andy Partridge - All instruments and Vocals

Art

Australian Diſappointed CD single	promo poster for The Diſappointed single	window sticker to promote The Disappointed
“The Disappointed” promo video from Japanese TV	“The Disappointed” lip synch on Pebble Mill, UK TV, 1992	nanopicture inspired by "The Disappointed"
	French Diſappointed cassette single

Lyrics

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.

Chords and Tablature

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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