One of the Millions

(Moulding)

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Recordings

  1. Album version, 4'42.
    Released on Oranges & Lemons.

    Andy: “Colin here pinpointed who want to do things than they are capable of doing. So they fall back into the ordinary, everyday things. Ties to the mundane are so strong. You have great designs in life but they don't amount to anything. Home and hearth are too comfortable.”

  2. BBC version, 4'25.
    Recorded 16 March 1989 at BBC Studios.
    Produced by Peter Watts. Engineered by Ted De Bono and Tim Durham.
    First broadcast 11 June 1989 on the Andy Kershaw Show.
    Released on 5 October 1994 on Drums and Wireless in the U.K.
    Also available on Transistor Blast.
    Andy Partridge - vocals, guitars and keyboards
    Colin Moulding - vocals and bass guitar
    Dave Gregory - guitars, vocals, keyboards and drum programming

    Andy: “Not too much to say except it's a pretty good version.”

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Lyrics

  I got so much to say but I'm afraid it'll come out wrong, I'm not akin to the Eighties thing where you look after number one.
  But I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm scared what might happen. I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm one of the millions, who never seem to do anything. (He never seems to do anything.) I never seem to do anything. (He never seems to do anything.)
  And everytime I get the urge to strike out on my own, insecurity wraps me up, it's cold outside the fold.
  So I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm scared what might happen. I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm the man who merely threatens, who's always saying what he's gonna do. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.) I'm always saying what I'm gonna do. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.)
  I'm running steady, oh so steady, so safe and sound I could drown.
  I've had my fill of living in my cosy armchair land, but all my schemes come to a humiliating end.
  So I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm scared what might happen. I won't rock the boat, 'cause I'm one of the millions, who's always saying what he's gonna do. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.) I'm always saying what I'm gonna do. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.)
  No I won't rock no boats. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.) Kiss goodbye to my hopes. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.) I won't rock no boats. (He's always saying what he's gonna do.) Life is easy when you're being kept afloat. I won't rock no boats.

© 1989 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.

Chords and Tablature

Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2004 19:39:45 -0800
From: Jeff Truzzi <Darrell (at) TheHarveys dot net>
To: relph (at) tmbg dot org
Subject: More XTC Transcriptions
Hi again!  Thanks for putting up my earlier transcriptions of XTC songs.  Chalkhills is the best!!!

Here's a few more, and a revision of "Rook".  Glad to be able to contribute to such a great site.

Take care,

Jeff Truzzi

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ONE OF THE MILLIONS
by Colin Moulding
Copyright 1989 Virgin Music, Ltd.
Transcribed for the XTC Forum by Jeff Truzzi

INTRO: NOTES (on electric 12-string)
x*x*x*0*1*3
low to hi: G, C, G
pick notes left to right

x*x*x*2*3*3
hi to low: G, D, A
pick notes right to left
(and repeat)

- - - - - -
INTRO/VERSES:
x*0*2*0*3*3
x*0*2*0*1*0 (alternate 3x)
Am7

x*x*0*2*3*2
D

x*3*2*0*3*3
x*3*2*0*1*0 (alternate 3x)
C

x*x*0*2*3*2
D
(repeat these 4 chords)

- - - - - -
PRE-CHORUS (“Well I won't rock the boat”)
Bm - E (8x)

- - - - - -
CHORUS: repeat 4 Verse chords

- - - - - -
BRIDGE:
x*3*2*0*3*3
C(add2)

x*2*0*0*3*3
G/B

x*1*0*0*3*3
Bb6

6*x*8*7*6*5
Bbmaj7

x*0*7*5*0*0
Am(add2)

6*x*8*7*6*5
Bbmaj7

x*0*7*5*0*0
Am(add2)

6*x*8*7*6*5
Bbmaj7

x*0*2*0*3*0
A7sus4

x*3*2*0*3*3
C(add2)

(then repeat 4 intro/verse chords)
- - - - - -
TAG:
6*x*8*7*6*5
Bbmaj7

x*0*2*0*3*0
A7sus4

x*3*2*0*3*3
C(add2)

x*0*2*0*3*3
x*0*2*0*1*0 (alternate 3x)
Am7

x*x*0*2*3*2
D

x*3*2*0*3*3
x*3*2*0*1*0 (alternate 3x)
C

x*x*0*2*3*2
D

(repeat & fade)

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