When We Get to England
(Partridge)
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Andy: “Quite often I record half a song or mini songs to be worked up later to a full length. So exists this ‘dream’ of England, nice chord changes but the lyrics came out a little coy. 1984 - 85. First idea for SKYLARKING.”Also available on Fuzzy Warbles Volume Three.
Andy: “This very early fragment of a song was one of the first sketches for Skylarking. An unfinished scribble on a potent subject, the search for England. Although this never quite ‘had it’, it's a subject I find I'm drawn to even now (I'm part way through finishing a song called ‘Oh My Britannia’ at the moment).”
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When we get to England
Will we know when we've arrived?
When we get to England
Will we know if she has died?
Does the girl with the dogs
Still live in the big house
On the corner?
Are the boys collecting frogs
Still marching away
To die in war?
Like it's all from a dream
Like it's all from some history book
Did I look too hard
Did I miss something that I should have seen?
When we get to England
Will it still be there?
When we get to England
Will we know when we've arrived?
When we get to England
Will a kiss bring her alive?
Once a farmer in the field
Had to grow enough
To feed his family
Now they pay him for his yield
Just to burn it down
And throw away
Like it's all from a dream
Like it's all in a crystal ball
Did it fall so hard
Rest in pieces on a village green?
When we get to England
Will it still be there?
When we get to England
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 1999 23:21:15 EDT
From: KingJeffe (at) aol dot com
Subject: Chords to "When We Get To England" (Demo)
Message-ID: <6abbe19b.24ef752b (at) aol dot com>
Long time no post nuthin'. This was requested some time ago.
When We Get To England (by Andy Partridge)
XTC Demo
Transcribed by Jeffrey Fariello (kingjeffe (at) aol dot com)
(Disclaimer: Fairly poor quality recording..I think it goes sorta like this)
Chords:
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Ab Ab(G bass) Fm Cm Db Dbmaj9 B B(C bass) Cmin7 F#7 Abm Aadd#11
4 X 1 3 X 4 X X 4 2 4 0
4 4 1 4 6 4 4 4 5 2 4 4
5 5 1 5 6 5 4 4 4 3 4 6
6 6 3 5 6 6 4 4 6 2 6 7
6 3 3 3 4 4 2 3 4 4 6 0
4 3 1 X X X X X X 2 4 X
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Dbm Eb7(G bass) Dbsus2 Eb7
4 X 4 X
5 X 4 4
6 6 6 6
6 5 6 5
4 6 4 6
X 3 X X
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Intro chords: Ab - Ab(G bass) - Ab - Ab(G bass)... etc... etc...
Ab Ab(G bass) Fm Cm Db Dbmaj9 - Db
When we get to England will we know when we've arrived?
Ab Ab(G bass) Fm Cm Db Dbmaj9 - Db
When we get to England will we know if she has died?
B B(C bass) Cmin7 F#7
Does the girl with the dogs still live in the big house on the corner?
B B(C bass) Cmin7 F#7
Are the boys collecting frogs still marching away to die in the war?
Abm Aadd#11 Abm
Like it's all from a dream... like it's all from some history book.
Dbm Eb7(G bass)
Didn't look too hard. Did I miss something that I should've seen?
Dbsus2 Eb7 Ab - Ab(G bass) - Ab - Ab(G bass)
When we get to England will it still be there?
Ab Ab(G bass) Fm Cm Db Dbmaj9 - Db
When we get to England will we know when we've arrived?
Ab Ab(G bass) Fm Cm Db Dbmaj9 - Db
When we get to England will a kiss bring her alive?
B B(C bass) Cmin7 F#7
Once a farmer in the field had to grow enough to feed his family.
B B(C bass) Cmin7 F#7
Now they pay him for his yield just to burn it down and throw away.
Abm Aadd#11 Abm
Like it's all from a dream... like it's all in a crystal ball.
Dbm Eb7(G bass)
Did it fall so hard? Rest in pieces on a village green.
Dbsus2 Eb7 Ab - Ab(G bass) - Ab - Ab(G bass)
When we get to England will it still be there?
Ab Ab(G bass) Fm - Ab(G bass) - Ab
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