Date: Mon, 15 May 2023 18:15:38 +0100
From: Ilyes Kada <kadailyesm (at) gmail dot com>
Subject: XTC guitar tab (Respectable Street)
Message-ID: <CAOxvXVWO_eVhD-0e2ML3VeXFETb+wxpCdv+ZLkf0b85DqAB-og (at) mail dot gmail dot com>

Hello there! Chalkhills.org has been a huge help in learning a few XTC songs on guitar. I would like to give back to the community by sharing this guitar tab I've been working on for a few days. This tab of Respectable Street was transcribed by me based on the Steven Wilson instrumental mix.

I would really appreciate it if you were willing to share the attached files on your website so that people may learn this song. Thank you!

• Respectable Street (Transcription) - L Guitar.txt
• Respectable Street (Transcription) - R Guitar.txt
• Respectable Street (Transcription) - Guitars Only.gpx

Date: Fri, 17 Aug 2018 10:02:11 -0400
From: Lee Neuman <leeneuman1 (at) gmail dot com>
Subject: Respectable Street
Message-ID: <CALVDvzwCrjV9DSPTZPHKmt6gRXjAY-mKN4=RY=DQ0XHudx1MxQ (at) mail dot gmail dot com>

See attached tab. This is from 11 Different Animals/Dave Gregory. Ghord
names and shapes are his. I'm working on a guitar arrangement for Rook.

Respectable Street - Andy Partridge

Chords:
    ***************************************************************************
     A    B    F   Bb7  C#7b5  F#  C#/F#  F#/C#  F#*  F#maj9  E   D#m  C#m
e    5    7    8    1     X     2    1      9     9      9    0    X    9
B    5    7   10    3     0     2    2     11    11      9    9    7    9
G    6    8   10    1     0     3    1     11    11     10    9    8   10
D    7    9   10    3     9     4    3     11    11     11    9    8   11
A    7    9    8    1     8     4    4      9     9      9    7    X   11
E    5    7    X    X     9     2    2      9     X      X    X    X    9
    ***************************************************************************
     C    G   D/G  G/D   G*  Gmaj9  C*   D    F   Em   Dm   D7
e    3    3    2   10   10    10    8   10    8    X    X    X
B    5    3    3   12   12    10    8   10   10    8    6    3
G    5    4    2   12   12    11    9   11   10    9    7    5
D    5    5    0   12   12    12   10   12   10    9    7    4
A    C    5    X   10   10    10   10   12    8    X    X    5
E    X    3    3   10    X     X    8   10    X    X    X    X
    ***************************************************************************

Intro:
A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    It's  in  the   or - der  of their  hedge -   ro   -    o    -    ows

A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    it's  in  the   way their curt-ains o - pen   and       close______

A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    it's  in  the   look they give you  down      their     nose_______

A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    all   part of   de - cen- cy's      jig       saw       I         suppose_

A         /         /         /
_______________________________

B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /

B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /

B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /

B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /

Chorus:
B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /
      Heard   the  neighbour  slam      his       car       door      don't he

B         /         C#7b5     /         F         /         C#7b5     /
      re-a-lize______ this    is  re -  spec- ta -ble street

B         /         C#7b5     /         B         /         C#7b5     /
      What    d'you think     he bought that  car           for      'cause he

B         /         C#7b5     /         F         /         C#7b5     /
      re-a-lizes_____this     is  re -  spec- ta -ble street

Verse:
F#        /         /         /         /         /         /         /
          Now they  talk      a  -bout  a - bor - tion_______

F#        /         /         /         /         /         /         /
     in   cos -mo-  po - li - tan  pro -por  -    tions     to        their

C#/F#     /    F#   /         /         C#/F#     /   F#    /         /
daugh    -     ters

F#/C#     /         /         /         B         /   F#*   /         /
          as they   speak of  con -tra- cep     -    tion

F#*       /         /         /         F#maj9    F#*       F#maj9    F#*
          And  im - mac - u - late re - cep   -   tions     on        their

C#        /         /         /         F         /         F#*  E    D#m  C#m
por     -     ta-   ble                 So - ny   en - ter -tain ment cen -tres.

Chorus:

Verse 2:
Now she speaks about diseases
And which sex position pleases best her old man
Avon lady fills the creases
When she manages to squeeze in past the caravans
That never move from their front gardens

Chorus:

Bridge:
A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    It's  in  the   or - der  of their  hedge -   ro   -    o    -    ows

A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    it's  in  the   way their curt-ains o - pen   and       close______

A         /         B         /         F         /         Bb7       /
    it's  in  the   look they give you  down      their     nose_______

A         /         B         /         F         /         /         G
    all   part of   de - cen- cy's      jig       saw       I         suppose_

C         /         /         /         /         /         /         /
_______________________________________________________________________

C         /         /         /         /         /         /         /
_______________________________________________________________________

Verse3:
G         /         /         /         /         /         /         /
          Sun- day  church    and they  look fetching________

G         /         /         /         /         /         /         /
     Sat- ur - day  ni - ght, saw  him  ret  -    ching     ov   -    er

D/G       /    G    /         /         D/G       /    G    /         /
our            fence

G/D       /         /         /         C*        /    G*   /         /
          Bang the  wall for  me   to   turn      down_______

G*        /         /         /         Gmaj9     G*        Gmaj9     G*
I         can       see       them with their     stern     frown     as

D         /    G*   /         /         F#        /         G*   F    Em   Dm
they      dis-pense The kind  of look   that      says      they're   per -fect

Chorus:
C         /         D7        /         C         /         D7        /
      Heard   the  neighbour  slam      his       car       door      don't he

C         /         D7        /         F         /         D7        /
      re-a-lize______ this    is  re -  spec- ta -ble street

C         /         D7        /         C         /         D7        /
      What    d'you think     he bought that  car           for      'cause he

C         /         D7        /         F         /         D7        /
      re-a-lized____this      is  re -  spec- ta -ble street          He

Outro:
C         /         D7        /         F         /         D7        /
      re-a-lized____this      is  re -  spec- ta -ble street          He

C         /         D7        /         F         /         D7        /
      re-a-lized____this      is  re -  spec- ta -ble street          He

C         /         D7        /         C         /         /         /
      re-a-lized____this      is  re -  spec- ta -ble street

Date: Thu, 1 Feb 2018 11:32:20 -0600
From: Austin Emerson Lucas
Subject: XTC - Respectable Street Bass Tablature Revision 2
Message-ID: <20180201123221.7W00A.5183.root (at) pamxwww11-z01>

John, I regret my first revision still had some errors in Respectable Street
from 2:19 - 2:47. This should fix it.

- Austin

XTC - Respectable Street (Album Version) Bass Tab by Austin Emerson Lucas

Disclaimer: I cannot accept full credit for this tab, I was using Ohaii Andy's
cover for some reference; it's linked here although I don't think he got it
100% correct in that attempt.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BiZyWmCVSg

Also, this tab is, at best, an interpretation; I'm not certain I got it 100%
correct myself! There may be some hammer-ons in place of slides or I may have
missed hammer-ons altogether. However, I did go through the notes multiple
times.

* = Mute String
/ = Slide Up
\ = Slide Down
h = Hammer-On

0:00 - 0:38: No Bass

It's in the order of their hedgerows,
it's in the way their curtains open and close,
it's in the look they give you down their nose;
all part of decency's jigsaw, I suppose.

Intro (not repeated) 0:38 (it doesn't last more than a second.)

(no lyrics yet)

G---------------
D---------------
A---11-*-10-*---
E-9-*--8-*------

In-Verse parts, 0:39 - 1:01

Heard the neighbour slam his car door,
don't he realise this is respectable street?
What d'you think he bought that car for?
'cos he realise this is respectable street.

G-------7--*----------------------6/8-*-6-*---------------
D-----9-*-------------6--*------9-*--------9-*------6--*---
A---7-*---------7-h9-*--------7-*---------------7-9-*------
E-7-*---------7-*-----------7-*---------------7-*---------- (play thrice)

1:02 - 1:13

Now they talk about abortions
in cosmopolitan proportions to their daughters

G---------------------
D---------------------
A-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9---
E--------------------- (x6)

1:13 - 1:20

as they speak of contraception
And immaculate receptions on their

G-----------------------------------------
D-11-11-11-11-*-------9-9-9-9-*-----------
A-------------9-9-9-9-*-------9-9-9-9-*---
E----------------------------------------- (play twice)

1:20 - 1:24:

portable
Sony entertainment centres.

G---------------------9-9-9-9-11-9-*---------
D-11-11-11-11-*--------------------12-11-*---
A-------------9-9-9-9-*----------------------
E--------------------------------------------

1:24 - 1:39:

Heard the neighbour slam his car door,
don't he realise this is respectable street?
What d'you think he bought that car for?
'cos he realise this is respectable street.

G-------7--*---------------------6/8-*-6--*---------------
D-----9-*------------6--*------9-*--------9-*------6--*---
A---7-*--------7-9-*---------7-*---------------7-9-*------
E-7-*--------7-*-----------7-*---------------7-*---------- (play twice)

1:39 - 1:51:

Now she speaks about diseases
and which sex position pleases best her old man.

G-------------------
D-------------------
A-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9-9- (x6)
E-------------------

1:51 - 2:01

Avon lady fills the creases
when she manages to squeeze in past the

G-----------------------------------------
D-11-11-11-11-*-------9-9-9-9-*-----------
A-------------9-9-9-9-*-------9-9-9-9-*---
E----------------------------------------- (x2)

2:01 - 2:02

caravans
that never move from their front gardens.

G---------------------9-9-9-9-11-9-*---------
D-11-11-11-11-*--------------------12-11-*---
A-------------9-9-9-9------------------------
E--------------------------------------------

2:03 - 2:17

Heard the neighbour slam his car door,
don't he realise this is respectable street?
What d'you think he bought that car for?
'cos he realise this is respectable street.

G-------7--*---------------------6/8-*--6-*--------------
D-----9-*------------6--*------9-*--------9-*-----6--*---
A---7-*---------7-9-*--------7-*--------------7-9-*------
E-7-*---------7-*----------7-*--------------7-*---------- (x2)

Interlude:

2:17 - 2:29

It's in the order of their hedgerows,
it's in the way their curtains open and close,
it's in the look they give you down their nose;

G-----------------------
D-----------------------
A---7-*-9-*-11\9-*-9\---
E-5-*-7-*-9-*----7-*---- x3

2:29 - 2:33

all part of decency's jigsaw, I suppooo -

G-------------------------
D------------------11\---
A---7-*-9-*-11-*-9-*------
E-5-*-7-*-9-*------------

2:33 - 2:47

- oose.

G--------9-*----------------------7/9-*-7--*--------------
D-----10-*-----------7-*-------10-*--------10-*-------7---
A---8-*---------8-10-*-------8-*-----------------8-10-*---
E-8-*---------8-*---------8-*------------------8-*-------- (x2)

2:47 - 2:49

(Seems like nothing's played at this point or if there is anything, it's quiet.)

2:48 - 2:59

Sunday church and they look fetching
Saturday night saw him retching over our fence

G-------------------------
D-------------------------
A-10-10-10-10-10-10-10-10- (x6)
E-------------------------

2:59 - 3:07

bang the wall for me to turn down
I can see them with their stern frown
as they

G-------------12-12-12-12-*-----------12-12-12-12---
D-12-12-12-12-*-----------10-10-10-10-*-------------
A--------------------------------------------------- (x2)
E---------------------------------------------------

3:07 - 3:11

dispense the kind of look that says
they're perfect!

G-------------12-12-12-12-10-10-10-10-12-10-*---------
D-12-12-12-12-*-----------------------------13-12-*---
A-----------------------------------------------------
E-----------------------------------------------------

3:11 - 3:24

Heard the neighbour slam his car door,
don't he realise this is respectable street?
What d'you think he bought that car for?
'cos he realise this is respectable street.

G--------9-*----------------------7/9-*-7--*---------------
D-----10-*----------7-*--------10-*---------10-*-------7---
A---8-*--------8-10-*--------8-*------------------8-10-*---
E-8-*---------8-*----------8-*-------------------8-*------- (x2)

3:25 - 3:33

he realise this is respectable street,
he realise this is respectable street,

G--------7/9-*-7-*----------------
D-----10-*--------10-*--------7-*-
A---8-*------------------8-10-*---
E-8-*------------------8-*-------- (x2)

3:33 - End

he realise this is respectable street!

G--------7/9-*-7-*-------------------
D-----10----------10-*------8-10-*---
A---8--------------------10-*--------
E-8--------------------8-*-----------

End.

Cheers! - Austin Emerson Lucas

Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 17:29:08 +0100
From: Florian Decros <flodecros (at) gmail dot com>
Subject: Bass tabs for Black Sea
Message-ID: <CAPtZtiMEot5AHL_+cxMcr+04FpjkfeJhrP8+8hK7B15ycOk_KA (at) mail dot gmail dot com>

Hi !
Here's the bass tablatures for the 11 (great) songs from the classic "Black Sea". A lot of repetitive bass lines, but also some tricky parts. Sorry if there's any mistakes, and I hope you'll enjoy those basslines as much as I do.
Cheers,
Florian.

Date: Wed, 19 Aug 2015 14:40:00 -0000
From: XTC < (at) xtcfans>
X-URL: https://twitter.com/xtcfans/status/634072549345898496

So many have asked,I just have to tell.The first 2 chords in
RESPECTABLE STREET are ...the first is a B on the 7th fret.2nd chord
is, in... ...ascending order these notes...Db.F,B.Open G.Gb.Open E.
Get working out the rest,they are all straight forward. Strum on.

[Editor: XTC < (at) xtcfans> is Andy Partridge]

Guitar & Bass (UK)
May 2005

Generally Major: Colin Moulding Workshop
by Gareth Morgan

Ex. 4

IN THE ORDER OF THEIR HEDGEROWS
Most diehard XTC fans regard Black Sea as the classic album: it's chock-full of wonderful tunes, including four hit singles, yet it still retains a quirky edge and obviously represents the band reaching maturity.

The opener, Respectable Street, is a Partridge tirade against upper-middle class suburban life, and Moulding comes up with a groove similar to the one above. Again, we've condensed a four-bar phrase into two by halving the note lengths, but what you get is the McCartney triadic approach coupled with Fraser's phrasing all bound up in Moulding's fat, rubbery tone.

Date: 22 Sep 98 07:25:03 +0000
From: Dan Pinder <dpinder (at) inreach dot com>
Subject: Respectable Street bridge section
Message-Id: <199809221413.HAA28810 (at) mail dot inreach dot com>

The arpeggiated bridge section of Respectable Street
sounds to me, like this, one note different from Ned's version:

||--------0-------------------------------||
||-----------4--------------5--3----------||
||------2------4----------4------3--------||
||----2----------4------6----------3------||
||--4--------------6--7--------------5----||
||----------------------------------------||

The open E string makes it easier to sweep up and then down
and you can relax your hand for a fleeting second whilst
moving it into position.

Daniel Pinder (dpinder (at) inreach dot com)

Date: Wed, 11 Feb 1998 16:58:25 -0600
From: Kevin <miller6 (at) airmail dot net>
Subject: Transcription of Respectable Street
Message-ID: <34E22D11.557B755F (at) airmail dot net>

Ummm

I've always played Respectable Street's intro with:

AM - BM - EM - F#dim

and not

AM - BM - EM - D+

I tried the D+ version and the B-Flat doesn't quite sound right.

Just my two cents, and thanks for running this site!

sbd
(Kevin Rice)

Date: Tue, 28 Mar 1995 19:00:31 -0500
From: flat5 (at) nervm dot nerdc dot ufl dot edu
Subject: RS chords

To pick up the XTC/Police thread, how *synchronicity*-esque that
AMANION (or should I say, 'I'm merely AMANION...') should ask for the
chords to Respectable Street, after I claimed to be able to play it in
the last post--spooky.

Anyroad, the opening chords, in standard tuning, are B maj. and C#7(#9),
which is voiced thus:

Play a B maj. barre chord on the 7th penis--sorry, 7th FRET--then move the
chord up a whole step to C#, but leave the B and E strings open and ringing
at top (notes: C#, G#, C#, F, B, E).  Magic!
Two other useful chords for RS: E maj. and F# maj.

Um, it just occurred to me that you might have wanted the 'old-timey' piano
chords which truly open the song (and comprise the bridge)--these are them:

  A maj.        B maj.       E maj.      D aug.,    but arpeggiated like this:

         c#      d#                       e     d
      a              b                   b          a#
    e                  f#            g#                f#
c#                       d#      e                       d

(For Floridian Chalkhillians only) a little test to tell if you're
playing it right is, the first half of this riff sounds like the 'Star
Hustler' TV show theme by Debussy (though I believe old Claude had a
slightly different name for the tune when he wrote it).

Actual thanks for this bridge transcription belong to fellow ChalkVillian
Mr. BKWright, who showed it to me years ago.  Thanks, Keathe!

     Ned Davis, or Flat5 to you.