Dying

(Moulding)

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Recordings

  1. Album version, 2'25.
    Released on Skylarking.

Art

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Lyrics

Notes

A tea cozy is a fitted sometimes knitted covering for a teapot (not the kettle), to keep it warm.

It frightens me when you come to mind
The day you dropped in the shopping line
And my heart beats faster when I think of all the signs
When they carried you out your mouth was open wide
The cat went astray and the dog did pine for days and days
And we felt so guilty when we played you up
When you were ill, so ill
What sticks in my mind is the sweet jar
On the sideboard. And your multicolored tea cosy
What sticks in my mind is the dew-drop hanging off your nose
Shrivelled up and blue
And I'm getting older, too
But I don't want to die like you
Don't want to die like you

© 1987 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

Date: Fri, 24 Dec 2004 16:47:44 -0800
From: Jeff Truzzi <Darrell (at) TheHarveys dot net>
To: relph (at) tmbg dot org
Subject: More transcriptions
John - Here's another one!  -Jeff

DYING by Colin Moulding
© 1986 EMI Virgin Music Ltd, London WC2H 0QY
Transcribed for the XTC Forum by Jeff Truzzi

VERSE 1:

Am9
5*x*x*0*0*7

G(add9)
3*x*x*0*0*5

G/F#
2*x*x*0*0*3

Fmaj9(b5)
1*x*x*0*0*0

(Play these 4 chords 3 times.)

E7sus4 (Play this chord 2 times)
0*2*0*2*0*0

E+
0*x*2*1*1*0

E7
0*2*0*1*0*0

VERSE 2 (add Bass):

Am9
5*x*x*0*0*7

G(add9)
3*x*x*0*0*5

G/F#
2*x*x*0*0*3

Fmaj9(b5)
1*x*x*0*0*0

(Play these 4 chords 3 times.)


2nd Guitar Part (playing with chords from end of first verse)
E7sus4(b9) (Play this chord 2 times)
x*7*7*7*6*x

F7#9
x*8*7*8*9*x

E7
x*7*6*7*5*x
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BRIDGE:

Dm7
x*x*0*2*1*1

Am7
x*0*2*2*1*3

C(add2)
x*3*2*0*3*3

G
3*5*5*4*3*3

(play 4 times)

Gm7
3*5*3*3*3*3

Dm7
x*x*0*2*1*1

Am7
x*0*2*2*1*3

Bbmaj7
6*x*8*7*6*5

(play 2 times)
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CHORUS:
Play the first 4 chords 5 times, then play the next 3 chords once.

TAG:
Loop the first 4 chords and fade.
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