Millions

(Partridge)

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Drums and Wires

 Recordings
XTCfans interview with Andy Partridge
Art
Lyrics
Chords and Tablature
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Recordings

  1. Album version, 5'34.
    Released on Drums and Wires.
  2. 2014 stereo mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the DVD and Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.
  3. 2014 5.1 mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the DVD and Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.
  4. 2014 instrumental mix.
    Mixed and produced by Steven Wilson from the original multi-track tapes.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.
  5. Tudor Barn rehearsal (instrumental) version.
    Recorded live at Tudor Studios, Shaw Ridge, Wiltshire, England, 10-17 June 1979, during rehearsals for Drums and Wires.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.
  6. Tudor Barn rehearsal (drum arrangment) version.
    Recorded live at Tudor Studios, Shaw Ridge, Wiltshire, England, 10-17 June 1979, during rehearsals for Drums and Wires.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.
  7. Tudor Barn rehearsal (with vocals) version.
    Recorded live at Tudor Studios, Shaw Ridge, Wiltshire, England, 10-17 June 1979, during rehearsals for Drums and Wires.
    Released on the Blu-ray reissue of Drums and Wires on 27 October 2014 in the U.K.

Art

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Lyrics

We smelled your soup on the fire cooking
We saw your toys and your pencils looking bright
So bright and yet they come from oh so far away
We heard your flags and your banners flapping
We felt the air from from your hands all clapping time
In time, I'm sure your time is not so far away

Millions, all moving forward
Millions, all babbling crossword
Millions, all flow as water
Millions, all bright with laughter
He make you glowing
He bake you golden like the yangtse mud

I saw your writing on paper landing
Your stamps showed bridges and temples standing still
So still, and yet they're standing oh so far away
I saw you asking for western thinking
I say it's poison that you'll be drinking
Stay as East, as far away as dreams will let you be

© 1979 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

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Title: Millions
Artist: XTC
Album: Drums & Wires
Author: Andy Partridge


Track 1: Colin

INTRO         |:                                                                 :| X2

G|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|--------5---|-7----------5---|-7----------5---|-7----------5---|-7----------5---|
E|------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|


NORMAL VERSE ACTIVITY

G|-------7-------------|-------6-------------|
D|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-7---------------5---|-7---------------5---|
E|---------------------|---------------------|


MIDDLE PART OF VERSES
       We saw your      toys and your pencils looking
G|-------7-------------|----------6-----------------|
D|---------------------|----------------------------|
A|-7---------------5---|-7----------------------4---|
E|---------------------|----------------------------|

  bright               so      bright            and       yet    they   come    from
G|-----------------7---------|-----------------7---------|-----------------7---------|
D|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|
A|-5---------------------4---|-5---------------------4---|-5---------------------4---|
E|---------------------------|---------------------------|---------------------------|


  Oh      so      far      a  -   way
G|------------------------------|-------7-------------|-------6-------------|
D|------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|-5-------------------5----6---|-7---------------5---|-7---------------5---|  etc.
E|------------------------------|---------------------|---------------------|


CHORUS

   Mil  -   lions           all  moving  for - ward       Mil   -  lions
G|--------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|
A|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|-2------------------|
E|----------2---------|---------------------------------|----------2---------|

       all babbling crossword        Mil   -  lions           all flow as wa - ter
G|---------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
A|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|
E|---------------------------------|----------2---------|---------------------------------|


   Mil   -  lions          all bright with laughter       He   make  you     glo - wing
G|--------------------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
D|--------------------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
A|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|-2-----4----------|-------2---------|
E|----------2---------|---------------------------------|-------------2----|-4---------------|

   He   bake   you    golden   like the     Yang-tze   mud
G|------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------|-------7-------------|
D|------------------|---------------------|------------------|------------|---------------------|
A|-2-----4----------|------2---------2----|-------2-----6----|--------5---|-7---------------5---|
E|-------------2----|-4---------4---------|-4----------------|------------|---------------------|


G|-------6-------------|
D|---------------------|
A|-7---------------5---|  etc.
E|---------------------|





Track 2: Andy

INTRO     |:                                                 :|

E|--------|-----10-----|-----7------|-----6------|-----5------|
B|--------|-----10-----|-----7------|-----6------|-----5------|
G|--------|-----9------|-----6------|-----5------|-----4------|
D|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|


AFTER FIRST 8 BARS, VERSES

E|-------------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|
G|-----6--0--------------0-------------|
D|-----------2---0---2-------2---0-----|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

FIGURE WITH HARMONICS, AFTER DAVE'S HOOK, ALSO BEFORE SECOND VERSE

E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|
G|-----6--0---H5---------|-----6--0--------------|-----6--0---H5---------|-----6--0--------------|
D|------------H5---------|------------H7---------|------------H5---------|------------H7---------|
A|-----------------------|------------H7---------|-----------------------|------------H7---------|
E|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

INTRO SOLO

E|-----------------|------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------------|------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
G|-----------------|------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|
D|-------9-----9---|-9-----11-----------11--|--------|--------|-------9---------|-----------7-------9-------|
A|-7---------------|---------------9--------|--------|--------|-7---------------|-------7-------------------|
E|-----------------|------------------------|--------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|


E|-----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
B|-----------------|--------|-7---------------|-----------7---------------|-----------------|
G|-----------------|--------|-----------------|-------------------9-------|-7---------------|
D|-11--------------|--------|-------9---------|-------9-------------------|-------9---------|
A|------9----------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|
E|-----------------|--------|-----------------|---------------------------|-----------------|


E|--------|-----------------|------------------------|-------------|H7------|
B|--------|------H7---------|------------------------|-------------|--------|
G|--------|-9-----7---------|------------------------|-------------|--------|
D|-9------|-----------------|-----------9-------11---|-9-----------|--------|
A|--------|-----------------|------------------------|------7------|--------|
E|--------|-----------------|------------------------|-------------|--------|


MIDDLE PART OF VERSES

   ...toys and your pencils looking     bright                     so    bright                    and
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B|-------------------------------------|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|
G|-----6--0--------------0-------------|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|
D|-----------2---0---2-------2---0-----|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|-7----7------7-------7-----9----|
A|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|


  yet    they     come    from       oh  so   far   a -    way
E|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|-7-------9-------7-------9-------|-7----7----7----7----|-------------------------------------|
G|-7-------9-------7-------9-------|-7----7----7----7----|-----6--0--------------0-------------|
D|-7-------9-------7-------9-------|-7----7----7----7----|-----------2---0---2-------2---0-----|
A|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------|---------------------|-------------------------------------|


CHORUS

  Mil  -   lions            all  moving   forward
E|----------0---------|---------------------------------|
B|----------0---------|---------------------------------|
G|-4------------------|-----4---4---4---4---6---6-------|
D|----------4---------|---------------------------------|
A|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|
E|----------2---------|---------------------------------|

  Mil   -  lions           all babbling crossword        Mil   -  lions           all flow as wa - ter
E|----------0---------|---------------------------------|----------0---------|---------------------------------|
B|----------0---------|---------------------------------|----------0---------|---------------------------------|
G|-4------------------|-----4---4---4---4---6---6-------|-4------------------|-----4---4---4---4---6---6-------|
D|----------4---------|---------------------------------|----------4---------|---------------------------------|
A|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|
E|----------2---------|---------------------------------|----------2---------|---------------------------------|


  Mil   -  lions           all bright with laughter       He   make  you     glo - wing
E|----------0---------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|----------0---------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-4------------------|-----4---4---4---4---6---6-------|-4-----6----------|-------4---------|
D|----------4---------|---------------------------------|-------------4----|-6---------------|
A|-2------------------|-----2---2---2---2---4---4-------|-2-----4----------|-------2---------|
E|----------2---------|---------------------------------|-------------2----|-4---------------|

   He   bake   you    golden   like the     Yang-tze   mud
E|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------|
B|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------|
G|-4-----6----------|---------------------|-------------8----|--------|
D|-------------4----|-6----9----6----9----|-6-----9----------|--------|
A|-2-----4----------|---------------------|-------------6----|--------|
E|-------------2----|-4----7----4----7----|-4-----7----------|--------|



Track 3: Dave

INTRO
          |:                                                 :|

E|--------|-----12-----|-----19-----|-----15-----|-----17-----|
B|--------|-----12-----|-----19-----|-----15-----|-----17-----|
G|--------|-----12-----|-----18-----|-----14-----|-----16-----|
D|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
A|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|
E|--------|------------|------------|------------|------------|


HOOK FIGURE

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B|-10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--6--|-6-----7-----6-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----10-10-|
G|-9--9--9--9--9-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----5--5--|-5-----6-----5-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----9--9--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


E|-10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--6--|-6-----7-----6-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------|
B|-10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--6--|-6-----7-----6-----5--5--5--5--5--5--5-----------|
G|-9--9--9--9--9-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----5--5--|-5-----6-----5-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4-----------|
D|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------|


NORMAL VERSE ACTIVITY

E|--------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|
G|-----6--0--------------0--------|
D|-----------2---0---2------------|
A|--------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|

MIDDLE OF VERSES

...toys and your pencils looking   bright so    bright and    yet they come from     oh  so   far   a -
E|--------------------------------|-2------4----|-2------4----|-2----4----2----4----|-6----8----10---12---|
B|--------------------------------|-3------5----|-3------5----|-3----5----3----5----|-7----9----11---13---|
G|-----6--0--------------0--------|-2------4----|-2------4----|-2----4----2----4----|-6----8----10---12---|
D|-----------2---0---2------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------|-------------|---------------------|---------------------|


  way
E|-10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--6--|
B|-10-10-10-10-10----7--7--7--7--7--7--7-----6--6--|
G|-9--9--9--9--9-----6--6--6--6--6--6--6-----5--5--|
D|-------------------------------------------------|  etc.
A|-------------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------------|



CHORUS

  Mil  -   lions            all  moving   forward
E|--------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7------------------|-----7---7---7---7---9---9-------|
D|----------7---------|---------------------------------|
A|-5------------------|-----5---5---5---5---7---7-------|
E|----------5---------|---------------------------------|


  Mil   -  lions           all babbling crossword        Mil   -  lions           all flow as wa - ter
E|--------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------|--------------------|---------------------------------|
G|-7------------------|-----7---7---7---7---9---9-------|-7------------------|-----7---7---7---7---9---9-------|
D|----------7---------|---------------------------------|----------7---------|---------------------------------|
A|-5------------------|-----5---5---5---5---7---7-------|-5------------------|-----5---5---5---5---7---7-------|
E|----------5---------|---------------------------------|----------5---------|---------------------------------|


  Mil   -  lions           all bright with laughter       He   make  you     glo - wing
E|--------------------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
B|--------------------|---------------------------------|------------------|-----------------|
G|-7------------------|-----7---7---7---7---9---9-------|-7-----9----------|-------7---------|
D|----------7---------|---------------------------------|-------------7----|-9---------------|
A|-5------------------|-----5---5---5---5---7---7-------|-5-----7----------|-------5---------|
E|----------5---------|---------------------------------|-------------5----|-7---------------|


   He   bake   you    golden   like the     Yang-tze   mud
E|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------|
B|------------------|---------------------|------------------|--------|
G|-7-----9----------|------7---------7----|-------7-----11---|--------|
D|-------------7----|-9---------9---------|-9----------------|--------|
A|-5-----7----------|------5---------5----|-------5-----9----|--------|
E|-------------5----|-7---------7---------|-7----------------|--------|
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