Hold Me My Daddy

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Oranges & Lemons

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Recordings

  1. Album version, 3'47.
    Released on Oranges & Lemons.
    Andy: “Most boys/men can't talk to their fathers or show affection. It's not what we're supposed to do. It's okay to say ‘Love you, mom’ but it's taboo to say, or at least it's not easy, to say it to your dad. I played it for my father and he wondered what the hell it was about. It was a bit touchy. Maybe he was embarrassed. It was a very difficult song to write.”
  2. Demo version.
    Released on 25 September 2006 on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Seven in the U.K.
    Also released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
    Andy: “A plain and simple demo for the Oranges. Lots of artistic licence going on, as I so infrequently fought with my father as a teen. Just a few of those ‘Go on then, hit me’, type stand offs and that seemed to be it. On the other hand, most of my problems seemed to occur with my mother, but I'm not ready to address those yet.”
  3. 2015 stereo mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the CD/Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
  4. 2015 5.1 mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.
  5. 2015 instrumental mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Oranges & Lemons on 30 October 2015 in the U.K.

Art

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Lyrics

  (Hold me.) Hold me my daddy, I never felt lower than dirt on the floor. I say hold me my daddy, I never felt like crying oceans before.
  If this means war, why are we in it? Might've fired off a couple of rounds, I didn't mean to begin it. If these are the bullets that every father and son must chew, well then hold me my daddy, I forgot to say I love you.
  Hold me my daddy, it hurts me to see grown men fighting this way. I say hold me my daddy, the young and the old dog aren't having their day.
  This civil war, why are we in it? There's nobody on this flat earth, would ever want to win it. If these are the hot coals that every father and son walks through, well then hold me my daddy, I forgot to say I love you.
  And if you agree we can make amends. All this squabbling I've hated. In another time and another place where our history bends, we could've been the best of friends and not merely related.
  Well these are the right words to say, they're difficult but still true, well then hold me my daddy, I forgot to say I love you. (Hold him. Tight. Hold him like he was a baby.)

© 1989 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2016 16:04:33 -0400
From: "J. D. Mack" <jdmack01 (at) verizon dot net>
Subject: Something for the Chalkhills website
Message-id: <6a2b0d1f-9508-602f-eb91-c715a1d83220 (at) verizon dot net>

Attached is a labor of love I've been working on for the past few weeks. It is bass guitar transcriptions for all of the songs on "Oranges and Lemons" - both notation and tab.

Thanks!

J. D.

Date: Tue, 31 Mar 1998 00:33:43 +0100
From: Paul Ferguson <shaunf (at) dircon dot co dot uk>
Subject: Hold Me My Daddy
Message-Id: <199803302331.AAA08595 (at) mailhost dot dircon dot co dot uk>


XTC - Hold me my Daddy - chords and SOME tab - no claims as to authenticity!
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Hold me my daddy
D          Dsus4 D

I never felt lower than dirt on the floor I say
  D                     E7

Hold me my daddy
D          Dsus4  D

I never felt like crying oceans before
  D                      E7

  If this means war why are we in it
G  G/A          G/B   G/C#     D      Dsus4  D

might've fired off a couple of rounds I didn't mean to begin it
G     G/A            G/B      G/C#      D                Dsus4  D

  If these are the bullets that every father and son must chew well then
C#                                    D    D/C#  D/B D/A  E7

Hold me my daddy
D          Dsus4  D

I forgot to say I love you
     E7                    D

(guitar riff)
D              Dsus4 D         D              Dsus4  D
------------------------------------------------------------------
------7-8----8----------------------7-8-----8---------------------
-6-7------7----------6-7----7--6-7-------7-----------6-7----------
-----------------5-7------7---------------------5-7-------7-------
------------------------------------------------------------------
------------------------------------------------------------------

Hold me my Daddy   It hurts me to see grown men fighting this way I say
D               Dsus4  D                         E7
---------------------------------------------------------------------
------7-8----8-----------------------7-8------8--------------5-7-----
-6-7------7----------6-7----7---6-7-------7---------------7----------
-----------------5-7------7-------------------------6-9--------------
-------------------------------------------------7-------------------
---------------------------------------------------------------------

Hold me my Daddy  The young and the old dog aren't having their day
D              Dsus4  D                          E7
-------------------------------------------------------------------
------7-8----8----------------------7-8-----8------------5-7-8-----
-6-7------7----------6-7----7--6-7-------7-------------------------
-----------------5-7------7-------------------------6-9------------
-------------------------------------------------7-----------------
-------------------------------------------------------------------

This civil war...


           And if you agree we can make amends
G#7                                A7
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-9------9----------9------9--------10-----10---------10------10--------
------6-------6-8-------6-----6-8-------7-------7-9--------7-------7-9-
----6------6----------6-----6---------7-------7----------7-------7-----
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

              all this squabbling I've
Bm7
---------------------------------------------
-12--------12----------12-------12-----------
---------------------11-------------------11-
-----9-12------9-12-------9-12-----9-12------
---------------------------------------------
---------------------------------------------

hated
Cmaj7                     Csus4
----------------------------------------
-10-10-10-8-8-8-10-10-10-8-8-8-6-6-5-5--
-10-10-10-9-9-9-10-10-10-9-9-9-7-7-5-5--
----------------------------------------
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          In another time...    ...history bends
G#7                                A7
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-9------9----------9------9--------10-----10---------10------10--------
------6-------6-8-------6-----6-8-------7-------7-9--------7-------7-9-
----6------6----------6-----6---------7-------7----------7-------7-----
-----------------------------------------------------------------------
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

          we could have been the best of friends and
Bm7
----------------------------------------------
-12--------12----------12-------12-----------
---------------------11-------------------11--
-----9-12------9-12-------9-12-----9-12------
-----------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------

not merely re-la-       -ted
Cmaj7                 A                 A7
--------------------------15-15-15----------
--8--8--8--8--14-14-14--14-14-14------------
--9--9--9--9--14-14-14--14-14-14------------
-10-10-10-10--14-14-14----------------------
--------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------

(Guitar solo)
G       A       Dsus4  D    G        A         Dsus4 D
--------------------------------------------------------------
------7-5------------5-3--------------------------------------
---4-------6------2-------4--------7-6--------------6-7-6-4---
-5-----------7--4---------------5-------7--4----4-7---------7-
------------------------------7---------------5---------------
--------------------------------------------------------------

G       A       Dsus4  D    G        A      D
------------------------------------------------5------
------7-5------------5-3------------------------7------
---4-------6------2-------4--------7-6-7--9-7---7------
-5-----------7--4---------------5---------------7------
------------------------------7-----------------5------
------------------------------------------------5------


Well these are the right words to say....

(Haven't a clue about the coda but you might like to play variations of the
following)

Hold him tight hold him like he was a baby
D       Dsus4  A             D
D       G      A             D

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Paul Ferguson, 32 Lansdowne Crescent, Carlisle, Cumbria CA3 9EW
tel 01228-596834, fax 01228-595771
http://www.shaunf.dircon.co.uk
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