Holly Up On Poppy
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Andy: “My daughter calls her rocking horse Poppy. Originally the song was titled ‘Holly High on Poppy’ but people thought it was about drugs. Even now someone's said it's about dying of cancer and taking drugs to ease the pain. But it's really about my daughter and her rocking horse.”
Andy: “When Holly rode her rocking horse ‘Poppy’, she would say ‘Daddy, I like its Poppy song’. That song was the low rhythmic rumble and high un-oiled squeak of its moving parts. I tried to capture that in this demo from 11th of May 1990. Of course I failed but isn't that the curse and motivation of all art? To bottle the unbottleable. I also have a rocking horse fixation, but you knew that.”
“Holly Up on Poppy” vignette from Nonsvch |
nanopicture inspired by "Holly Up On Poppy" |
Molly Fanton, 09/06/98 |
Greg Singer, 10/23/95 |
Mary Ann Paul, 01/03/96 |
ark, 08/12/98 |
Holly up on Poppy
Canter never stop
She has escaped from the world
Where they bake beautiful girls
Holly up on Poppy
Trotting to the top
She talks and banners unfurl
Their secrets crayoned in swirls
Everyday I
Have to pluck up
Courage to look her in the eyes
The eyes of storms
Anyway I
Love to watch her
Ride and play the alchemy
That love performed
Laughing
Holly up on Poppy...
Everytime I
Look at my watch
I'm reminded we are poor
In hours per day
Every second
Spent with her
's a bulging wallet overstuffed
With angels pay
Laughter!
© 1992 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2018 10:19:46 -0500
From: Lee Neuman <leeneuman1 (at) gmail dot com>
Subject: Holly Up on Poppy
Message-ID: <CALVDvzxdTPX8+xshg-mW4zGFf7zY72joPaWF-TDn-XgF10geog (at) mail dot gmail dot com>
Forgot to send this one
Holly Up On Poppy - Andy Partridge
Chords:
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D Dsus2 Em7 A7 A#7 G7 F#7 D#m7 A#maj7 D# A
e 2 0 3 3 6 3 2 6 6 6 5
B 3 3 3 2 6 3 2 7 6 8 5
G 2 3 0 2 7 4 3 6 7 8 6
D 0 0 2 2 6 3 2 8 7 8 7
A 0 X 2 0 8 5 4 6 8 6 7
E X X X X 6 3 2 X 6 X 5
Note: the Dsus2 chord is correctly a Dsus2(b6) shortened here for clarity
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Intro:
/ / / / / / / /
Chorus:
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - py
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
can - ter nev - er stop she has
Em7 / / / / / / /
escaped from the world___________ where they bake
A7 / / / / / / /
beau - ti - ful girls______________________________________
Chorus:
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - py
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
trot - ting to the top She talks
Em7 / / / / / / /
and ban - ners un - furl, their sec - rets
A7 / / / / / / /
cray - oned in swi - rls_________________________
Verse:
A#7 / / / / / / /
Every - day I have to pluck up
G7 / / / F#7 / / /
cour - age to look her in the eyes
D#m7 / / / / / A#maj7 /
the eyes of storms anyway
A#7 / / / / / / /
I love to watch her
G7 / / / F#7 / / /
ride and play the al - chem - y
D# / / / A / / /
that love per - formed
A / / /
laughing!_________________________
Chorus:
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - py
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
can - ter nev - er stop she has
Em7 / / / / / / /
escaped from the world___________ where they bake
A7 / / / / / / /
beau - ti - ful girls______________________________________
Verse:
A#7 / / / / / / /
Every time I look at my watch
G7 / / / F#7 / / /
I'm re - mind- ed we are poor
D#m7 / / / / / A#maj7 /
in hours per day
A#7 / / / / / / /
Every second spent with her is a
G7 / / / F#7 / / /
bulg - ing wall - et over stuff - ed
D# / / / A / / /
with an - gels pay
A / / /
Laughter!__________________________
Outro:
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - py
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - py
D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D Dsus2 D / /
Hol - ly up on Pop - pyDate: 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, 22 May 2004 23:28:09 -0700 From: Jeff Truzzi. Subject: XTC Transcriptions Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.0.20040522231753.00ac6788 (at) mail dot theharveys dot net>
XTC SONG TRANSCRIPTIONS transcribed by "Jeff Truzzi" for the XTC Forum, 2004. and freely given to the XTC "Chalkhills" site! ****************************************
HOLLY UP ON POPPY by Andy Partridge
Copyright 1992 Virgin Music Ltd.
Transcribed for the XTC forum by Jeff Truzzi.
D
X*X*0*2*3*2
D+(sus2)
or you could call it
Bb(b5)/D
X*X*0*3*3*0
The next phrase is:
Em7
0*2*2*0*3*3
(with some 6ths &/or 9ths in the keyboard part)
A7
X*0*2*2*2*3
Bbo/A
X*0*2*3*2*0
and
X*0*2*3*2*3
(kind of alternates between the two voicings, hence the chord name)
A7
x*0*2*2*2*3
(again, then repeat from the beginning,)
The 2nd time, continue on to:
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Bb/Ab
4*X*3*3*3*X
"Every day I..."
There's a DG overdub guitar playing a 6th fret barre Bb chord...and Colin
is playing the Ab in the bass.
G7 (Andy's cool voicing)
3*2*3*4*X*X
F#maj7
2*1*3*3*X*X
F7sus4/C
X*3*1*3*1*1
(hear a m6 or m9 voicing in the keys)
(first ending)--------
F/A
X*0*7*5*6*5
(****then repeat from ****)
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(second ending)-----
A+
X*0*3*2*2*X
A6
X*0*4*2*2*0
A7
X*0*2*0*2*0
...and repeat from the beginning!
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Jeff Truzzi
Date: Sat, 9 Sep 1995 02:50:43 -0400
From: KingJeffe (at) aol dot com
Subject: Holly Up On Poppy chords
Holly Up On Poppy (or Olive up on Popeye)
by XTC written by Andy (Danny?) Partridge
transcribed by king_jeffe (at) aol dot com (Jeff Fariello)
Dmaj(A) Gmin(A) Dmin Db-aug Cdim-sus4 Cmin7b5
2 3 - - - -
3 3 6 6 6 4
2 3 7 6 5 3
O O 7 7 4 4
O O 5 4 3 3
- - - - - -
___________________________________________________
Gmaj Amaj Bb7 Fmaj A-aug A6 A7
3 - 6 1 5 5 5
O 2 6 1 6 7 8
O 2 7 2 6 6 6
O 2 6 3 7 7 7
2 O 8 3 O O O
3 - 6 1 - - -
___________________________________________________
Gmaj6 Amaj6 Dmaj6
- - -
5 7 3
4 6 4
5 7 4
- - 5
3 5 -
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Dmaj(A) Gmin(A) ... repeat
Holly up on poppy , cantor never stop ....
Gmaj Amaj
...escaped from the world , where they bake beautiful girls
Bb7 Bb7
...every day I , have to pluck up ...
Dmin Db-aug Cdim-sus4 Cmin7b5 Fmaj
courage to look her in the eyes , the eyes of storms..................
Bb7 Bb7
...anyway I , love to watch her ...
Dmin Db-aug Cdim-sus4 A-aug A6 A7
ride and play , the alchemy , that love performed........laugh----ter!
"YADA-YADA-YADA...BA-BEE-BA-BA...etc..etc.."
(ending..)
Dmaj(A)-Gmin(A)...........Gmaj6 Amaj6 Dmaj6
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