Date: Sat, 6 Jun 2020 14:58:54 +0900
From: Ali SUEOKA <alisueoka909 (at) g dot ecc dot u-tokyo dot ac dot jp>
Subject: Background vocal of "I Don't Want To Be Here"
Message-Id: <62B2754B-FD7C-46F7-B414-BC155867BAAD (at) g dot ecc dot u-tokyo dot ac dot jp>

Hello.

I transcribed chorus lines for the song "I Don't Want To Be Here."
(AIDs benefit version)
(3rd verse)

written below in this style :
Andy singing/ Colin singing (notes)
or
sung together (notes-notes-notes)

+ and * : half a bar


<<3rd verse>>

swallowed the mountain but I cannot get me

+high / Ah (B)
*/ Ah (C#)
*all I could / Ah (D#)
*get me was / Ah (D#-E-F#)

+Low / Ah (Ab)
*/ Ah (F#)
*Damaged marked / Ah (Bb)
*down / in your (D#-E)

+sale of the (F#-D#-F#)
*Cen-tu-ry's and (B-Bb-Ab-F#)
*we all know (F#-C-D#)                (note: ← this 'C' note is what I think makes this chorus sound great)
*now (F#)

+e-very-thing (F#-Ab-E)
*must (Eb)
*go (C#)
*

I hope this may be a bit of help to your copy band.
Enjoy!

Date: Sun, 31 Oct 2004 11:30:51 -0800
From: <Darrell (at) TheHarveys dot net>
Subject: I Don't Wanna Be Here
Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20041031112953.00ae2610 (at) pop dot west dot cox dot net>


"I Don't Want to Be Here" by Andy Partridge
Copyright 1999 Andy Partridge - All Rights Reserved
Transcribed for The Lost Jockey and the XTC Forum by Jeff Truzzi

Chord Name (followed by)
Guitar Fret (0=open, x=mute)

INTRO

F#7(add4)
2*4*4*3*0*0 upstroke (glissando) high to low strings.

then the riff:
*****0 (E)
****0* (B)
***3** (A#)
then bend the string up a half step and back:
***3** (bend) (A# - B - A#)
**4*** (F#)
**2*** (E)

F#7(add4) - fast downstroke
2*4*4*3*0*0 then the notes:

*****0 (E)
****0* (B)
*****2 (F#)
*****0 (E)
****0* (B)
****2* (C#)
***3** (A#) slight bend, then slide up the neck to:

VERSE 1

E 6/9
0*7*6*6*7*x strum twice (whole notes), then slide down to:

B5
x*2*4*4*x*x

B5/A#
x*1*4*4*x*x

G#5
4*6*6*x*x*x


C#5
x*4*6*6*x*x

C#5/B
7*x*6*6*x*x or
x*2*6*6*x*x

F#5
2*4*4*x*x*x


B5
x*2*4*4*x*x

B5/A#
x*1*4*4*x*x

G#5
4*6*6*x*x*x


C#5
x*4*6*6*x*x

then repeat back from the intro for verse 2!

F#7(add4)
2*4*4*3*0*0


CHORUS

E
0*2*2*1*0*0


B5
x*2*4*4*x*x

B5/A#
x*1*4*4*x*x

repeat the three chords above - and here's the bass riff under the second
two on the two high bass strings):
13*
14*
*12
14*
*12
(1x)14* (2x) *14

G#5
4*6*6*x*x*x

C#m
x*4*6*6*5*x and the riff:

**66**
***44*
***65*
***44*
**66**
***65*
**66**

C#7
x*4*6*4*6*x and the riff:

**66**
***44*
***66*
***44*
**66**
***66*
**66**

F#7(add4)
2*4*4*3*0*0 same kind of riffs as the intro

VERSE 3

Same as Verses 1 & 2, except for the second (great AP) chord below:

E 6/9
0*7*6*6*7*x

E 6/9 (#11) - on V4 he uses this chord both times
0*7*6*6*7*6 then slide down to:

B5
x*2*4*4*x*x etc (repeat verse progression)

CHORUS
Repeat as above - then to V4 & Chorus

TAG

F#7(add4)
2*4*4*3*0*0 with similar riffs as the intro, until the *very* last chord of
the song, which is:

F#
x*9*11*11*11*x hit, then slide down neck (end of song.)

Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2002 16:20:21 +0100
From: Christer Liljegren <kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>
Subject: Updated chords to I don't want to be here
Message-ID: <BA1D1645.572%kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>


E  --0--   ---11----   --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--
B  --0--   ---11----   --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--
G  --3--   ---11----   --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--  --x--
D  --4--   ---11----   --4--  --4--  --x--  --6--  --6--
A  --4--   ---11----   --2--  --1--  --6--  --4--  --2--
E  --2--   ---0-----   --x--  --x--  --4--  --x--  --x--
  F#7add11 Emaj9b5add6   B5   B5/A#   G#5    C#5   C#5/B

E  --0--  --2--  --2--  --4--  --4--  --4--
B  --0--  --4--  --4--  --4--  --5--  --6--
G  --1--  --4--  --4--  --4--  --4--  --4--
D  --2--  --4--  --4--  --6--  --6--  --6--
A  --2--  --2--  --1--  --6--  --4--  --4--
E  --0--  --x--  --x--  --4--  --x--  --x--
     E      B     B/A#   G#m    C#m7   C#7



 Intro  |F#7add11  /  /  /  F#7add11 /  /  / | x 2

 Emaj9b5add6                               B5    B5/A#
 I drank a rainbow but I could not get me drunk
 G#5                    C#5   C#5/B
 All I could get me was blue,
 F#5                        B5             B5/A#
 Red round the eyes where I cried bout how green I'd been
   G#5
 Regarding you
     C#5               F#7add11  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
 And all the works you do

 Emaj9b5add6                                B5    B5/A#
 I took a jet plane but I could not get me gone
 G#5                    C#5   C#5/B
 All I could get me was here,
 F#5                    B5           B5/A#           G#5
 Stuck in the terminal, temperatures crashing in our atmosphere
    C#5             F#7add11  /  /  /
 No parachute hangs near

E                                     B          B/A#
 And I don't want to find myself this way again
E                                B      B/A#
 I don't want to pick the thorny rose
G#m                                 C#m7
 I don't want to let love spoil the day again
        C#             F#7add11  /  /  /
 But it may again, who knows
F#7add11  /  /  /  /  /  /  /
 I don't wanna be here

 I smoked a forest...

Date: Wed, 5 May 1999 12:00:44 +0100
From: Tim Harris <Tim (at) wordsrus dot demon dot co dot uk>
Subject: chords for I Dont Want To Be Here (demo)
Message-ID: <YY2NJIAcTCM3EwHv (at) wordsrus dot demon dot co dot uk>


I Don't Want To Be Here (demo)

(capo on 4)

the 'twiddly' bit D* is some variation on   D7  D7sus4  D such as

- - 2 3 2 -
- 1 - - - 3
- - - - - -
- - - - - -
0 - - - - -
- - - - - -    rpt as necessary


C                             C/B        G    G/F#
I drank a rainbow but I could not get me drunk
G/E         G/F#    G      A     A/G
All I could get     me was blue,
A/F#          A/G  A       G          G/F#          Em
Red round the eyes where I cried bout how green I'd been
  Em(7)   A
Regarding you
    D*
And all the works you do

I took a jet plane but I could not get me gone
All I could get me was here,
Stuck in the terminal, temperatures crash in our atmosphere
No parachute hangs near

C                        C(/B)       G        G/F#
And I don't want to find myself this way again
C               C(/B)           G    G/F#
I don't want to pick the thorny rose
Em              Em7 (000020)       Am
I don't want to let love spoil the day again
       A(7)           *
But it may again, who knows

I don't wanna be here

I smoked a forest but I could not get me lost
All I could get me was found
Gretel skips home and I rode on my hands and knees upon the ground
Our candy house melts down

And I don't want to find myself this way again
I don't want to pick the thorny rose
I don't want to let love spoil the day again
But it may again, who knows

Swallowed a mountain, but I could not get me high
All I could get me was low
Really marked down in your sale of the century
And we all know
That everything must go

And I don't want to find myself this way again (I don't wanna...)
I don't want to pick the thorny rose
I don't want to let love spoil the day again
But it may again, who knows

(repeat)

I don't wanna be here
I don't wanna be here
(where'd you wanna be, who'd you wanna be with, where'd you wanna be)
--
Tim Harris