I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls

(Partridge)

Recordings
Art
Lyrics
Chords and Tablature
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Recordings

  1. Demo version.
    Not released.
    Written in 2003 for the Wonderfalls Fox TV series.
  2. Soundtrack version.
    Recorded for the Wonderfalls Fox TV series.
    Released on the Wonderfalls: The Complete Viewer Collection DVD set on 1 February 2004 in the U.S.A.
  3. Promotional video (version one), 5'00.
    First shown in February 2004.
    Released on the Wonderfalls: The Complete Viewer Collection DVD set on 1 February 2004 in the U.S.A.
  4. Promotional video (version two).
    First shown in February 2004.

Art

#\#a href="http://youtu.be/25EaSgw9xY4" target="churl"#/#Andy Partridge appears as a small toy in the video for “I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls”#\#/a#/#

Andy Partridge appears as a small toy in the video for “I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls”

 #\#a href="http://jossisahottie.com/wonderfalls/" target="churl"#/#The promotional videos for “I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls”#\#/a#/#

The promotional videos for “I Wonder Why the Wonderfalls”

 #\#a href="http://youtu.be/25EaSgw9xY4" target="churl"#/#“I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls” music video#\#/a#/#

“I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls” music video

Lyrics

We're bobbing along in our barrel
Some of us tip right over the edge
But there's one thing really mystifying
Got me laughing, now it's got me crying
All my life I will be death defying
'Til I know

I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
I wonder why the wonderfalls on me
I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
With everything I touch and hear and see

We teeter along on our tightrope
Some of us trip and damage our heads
Popping pills is really stupefying
Gets you crawling when you could be flying
All my life I guess that I'll be dying
Just to know

I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
I wonder why the wonderfalls on me
I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
With everything I touch and hear and see

Don't you ever think about this life
And how strange it all can seem?
Only way to find the answers out
Is to wake up from its golden dream

But there's one thing really mystifying
It's got me laughing, now it's got me crying (ha-ha-ha-ha)
All my life I will be death defying
'Til I know, 'til I know, 'til I know (really really need to know!)

I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
I wonder why the wonderfalls on me
I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
With everything I touch and hear and see

I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls (I wonder why it falls)
I wonder why the wonderfalls on me (I wonder why it falls, I wonder why it falls, it falls on me)
I wonder wonder why the wonderfalls
With everything I touch and hear and see

See, I told you I was right about the wonder-wonder-wonder-wonder
Wonderful-ahh the wonderfalls
I've got to find out from where the wonderfalls

[transcribed by Adam Davies]

Chords and Tablature

Date: Sun, 13 Feb 2005 01:33:01 +0100
From: Christer Liljegren <kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>
Subject: Chords to I wonder why the wonderfalls
Message-ID: <BE345ECC.2151%kokerskan.3 (at) telia dot com>


Hi, think that there are at least two guitars on Andy's recording but I've
just focused on the chord part.

Thanks to Jeff Truzzi (and Andy Partridge) for the Bb6maj7(no3)!


I Wonder Why The Wonderfalls (by Andy Partridge)


 Chords:

 E--2------2------6------4------4------x------x------x------x--
 B--2------1------4------4------3------2------4------3------2--
 G--3------2------4------4------4------4------2------1------3--
 D--4------1------6------6------3------3------4------0------2--
 A--x------x------x------x------x------4------2------2------4--
 E--x------x------x------x------x------x------x------0------2--
    F#   D#dim   G#m9   G#m    Fdim   C#7     B7     E7    F#7

 E--6-------12------9------6------3------1------3-------x------
 B--6-------11------8------5------2------1------3-------x------
 G--0-------12------9------6------3------0------0-------0------
 D--8-------11------8------5------2------3------5-------7------
 A--8--------x------x------x------x------3------5-------8------
 E--6--------x------x------x------x------1------3-------6------
   Bb6(no3) C#dim  Bbdim  Gdim   Edim  Fsus2  G(no3) Bb6maj7(no3)

 E--4-------1------2-------2------9------5------x--
 B--4-------1------2-------1------9------5------1--
 G--6-------3------4-------2-----10------0------2--
 D--6-------3------4-------1-----11------7------1--
 A--x-------x------x-------0------x------7------3--
 E--x-------x------x-------x------x------5------1--
   G#sus4  Fsus4  F#sus4  Adim    C#     A7     F7




Verse

 F# / / / D#dim / / / G#m9 G#m G#m9 / Fdim / / /

 F# / / / D#dim / / / G#m9 G#m G#m9 / C#7 / / /

 B7 / / / E7 / / / (x3)

 F#7 / / / / / / /


Chorus

 Bb6(no3) / / / / / / / C#dim / Bbdim / Gdim / Edim /

 Bb6(no3) / / / / / / / Edim / Gdim / Bbdim / C#dim /

 Bb6(no3) / / / / / / / C#dim / Bbdim / Gdim / Edim /

 Fadd2 / / / G(no3) / / / Bb6maj7(no3) / / / / / / /


Solo 1: F# / / / D#dim / / / G#m7 / / / C#7 / / /


Verse 2 and chorus....


 G#sus4 / / / / / / / Fsus4 / / / / / / / (x2)

 F#sus4 / / / / / / / F# / / / / / / /

 Adim / / / / / / / G#m7 / / / C#7 / / /


Solo 2: Bb6(no3) / / / / / / /  A7(no3) / / / / / / /

        F7 / / / F#7 / / /

 B7                             E7
  "But there's one thing really mystifying..."
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