Wrapped in Grey
(Partridge)
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Album version, 3'46.
Released on Nonsvch.
Was to be released on 7 September 1992 as a single in the U.K. but was
withdrawn.
Dave Gregory - Piano, synthesizers & backing vocals
Stuart Gordon - Violin
Gina Griffin - Violin
Florence Lovegrove - Viola
Rose Hull - Cello
Andy Partridge - Lead & backing vocals, tambourine & percussion
Colin Moulding - Bass guitar & backing vocals
Dave Mattacks - Drums
Andy: “Life doesn't have to be grey and soulless. If you tap into your own emotions, you can experience all the colours.”
Andy: “This was the final straw. I was really proud of this track — we put a lot of time and thought into the whole thing, including the video, and Virgin just pulled it.”
Wrapped In Grey CD single cover |
Wrapped In Grey 7" single |
Wrapped in Grey CD single |
“Wrapped in Grey” vignette from Nonsvch |
“Wrapped In Grey” sheet music |
the Wrapped in Grey CD single autographed by Andy Partridge, Colin Moulding and Dave Gregory |
Some folks see the world as a stone
Concrete daubed in dull monotone
Your heart is the big box of paints
And others, the canvas we're dealt
Your heart is the big box of paints
How coloured the flowers all smelled
As they huddled there, in petalled prayer
They told me this, as I knelt there
Awaken you dreamers
Adrift in your beds
Balloons and streamers
Decorate the inside of your heads
Please let some out
Do it today
But don't let the loveless ones sell you
A world wrapped in grey
Some folks pull this life like a weight
Drab and dragging dreams made of slate
Your heart is the big box of paints
And others, the canvas we're dealt
Your heart is the big box of paints
Just think how the old masters felt, they call...
Awaken you dreamers
Asleep at your desks
Parrots and lemurs
Populate your unconscious grotesques
Please let some out
Do it today
Don't let the loveless ones sell you
A world wrapped in grey
And in the very least you can
Stand up naked and
Grin
© 1992 Virgin Music (Publishers) Ltd.
Date: Sat, 07 Oct 2000 23:49:27 -0400 From: "Eric T. Lewis" <grouchos (at) foto dot infi dot net> Subject: Wrapped in Gray Transcr. Change Message-ID: <39DFEEC6.68A46C83 (at) foto dot infi dot net> I like "Kevin's" transcription but I suggest a simpler approach to the chorus, as follows: Gb Bbm / F Awaken you dreamers Ebm D (then G/D) Adrift in your beds... Play the last two chords from the lower inversion, that is, A D Gb / D then B D G / D Try that out and see if it floats yer boat. Great song!
From: GnrlKrull (at) aol dot com
Message-ID: <7f.e7e164.25e0061e (at) aol dot com>
Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2000 09:43:42 EST
Subject: Chords for Wrapped In Grey
wrapped in grey
by XTC
[|: 3/4 F#m/D E/C# | F#m/D E/C# |F#m/D G/E F#m/D | E/C# | :|]
some folks see the world as a stone
con crete daubed in dull mo no
tone
| Bm | | C#m | |
your heart is a big box of paints
| D | | C#m | C#m/G# |
and others, the canvas we're dealt
| Bm | | C#m | |
your heart is a big box of paints
| D | | E |
|
how coloured the flowers all smelt as they
| D | | C | | Bb |
| G | |
huddled there, in petalled prayer they told me this, as i knelt there
|F#m/D E/C# | F#m/D E/C# | F#m/D G/E F#m/D | E/C# | F |
[|: F# | | Fm | | Ebm |
| D | :|]
awaken you dreamers adrift in your beds
balloons and streamers decorate the inside of your heads
| C# | | Ebm | |
please let some out do it today
| Fm | | /C# |
|
but don't let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in
[|: F#m/D E/C# | F#m/D E/C# |F#m/D G/E F#m/D | E/C# | :|]
grey
some folks pull this life like a
weight
drab and drag ging dreams made of slate
| Bm | | C#m | |
your heart is a big box of paints
| D | | C#m | C#m/G# |
and others, the canvas we're dealt
| Bm | | C#m | |
your heart is a big box of paints
| D | | E |
|
just think how the old masters felt, they call
[|: F# | | Fm | | Ebm |
| D | :|]
awaken you dreamers asleep at your desks
parrots and lemurs populate your unconscious grotesques
| C# | | Ebm | |
please let some out do it today
| Fm | | /C# |
|
but don't let the loveless ones sell you a world wrapped in
| F#m/D E/C# | F#m/D E/C# |F#m/D G/E F#m/D | 4/4 E/C# |
grey
and in the
| D | E | F |}
very least you can stand up naked and grin
From: Kevin <KB305 (at) aol dot com>
Date: Tue, 23 Jul 1996 17:57:06 -0400
Message-ID: <960723175703_244054811 (at) emout16 dot mail dot aol dot com>
Subject: one more time
Wrapped in Grey
voicings: Dmaj7 x5422x
Cmaj7 x3200x
A/C# (add 2) x4220x
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 A/C# add2
Some folks see the world as a stone
Concrete daubed in dull monotone
Bm C#m
Your heart is the big box of paints
Dmaj7 C#sus C#
And others, the canvas we're dealt
Bm C#m
Your heart is the big box of paints
Dmaj7 Esus9 E
How coloured the flowers all smelled
D6 Cmaj7
As they huddled there, in petalled prayer
Bbmaj7 G
They told me this, as I knelt there
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 A/C# add2 C#aug
Gb Gbmaj7/Bb (6x466x) or (6x667x)
Awaken you dreamers
Ebm Dmaj7
Adrift in your beds
Gb Gbmaj7/Bb
Balloons and streamers
Ebm Dmaj7
Decorate the inside of your heads
Dbsus
Please let some out
Ebm7
Do it today
Db/F Dbsus
But don't let the loveless ones sell you
Db Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 A/C# add2
A world wrapped in grey
Some folks pull this life like a weight
Drab and dragging dreams made of slate
Your heart is the big box of paints
And others, the canvas we're dealt
Your heart is the big box of paints
Just think how the old masters felt, they call...
Awaken you dreamers
Asleep at your desks
Parrots and lemurs
Populate your unconscious grotesques
Please let some out
Do it today
Don't let the loveless ones sell you
Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 Cmaj7 Dmaj7 A
A world wrapped in grey
Dm
And in the very least you can
C/E
Stand up naked and
Ab9#11 (??) (x,11,x,11,11,10)
Grin
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