Buds And Spawn Chords by Cardiacs

Tempo:
119.1 bpm
Chords used:

A

F#

E

C#

B

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Cardiacs-Buds and Spawn chords
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[F#]
[Gm] [B] [D]
[F#]
[G#] Caught [F#] in a [G#] field [F#] like [D] a dirty great [A] power, [E] like thunder [F#] and rain
[F#] [D] So lose [A] thy nature [E] when time and [F#] time [G#] again
[F#] [G#] [F#] [D] Safe in [A] a house close [E] to the [F#] pipe he's [G#] [F#] playing
[G#] [F#] Life bears fear, [A] bears hope of [F#] the best
[A#] Warhead and bloody [D] rest, what shape their bones [F] to [C] paste [D] and glue
Starting [G] the [F] beginning [C] of me, [A] you
[A#] Please mum, [A] can I hope that my dad meets mum and [C#] I hope that their peace
[A] Mummy, tell me to do all the things [A#] I do, all [G] the things [A#] I [G]
do
[C#] Screwing my [A] courage to the stick to [C#] the never-bounded [A] race
A [A#] hail, all [G] hail, and [A#] give my life to him [F#] forever
[D] A [A] war's [A#] a call [F] that takes [C#] me straight along, [F] [A#]
[F] [C] lovely love from [F#] my side
[Dm] [Gm]
[B] [Bm] [G#] [D#m] Waiting to [F#m] see which way he [D#m] will jump to [A#] find which hole he's [G#] to creep [F] into
When his [C] all [D]-in-time life's [G] empty to [F] carry [C] on
[A#] When he's away, [C#] day goes by, day [A#] matches old friends' time
[D] His hope and fear [F#] sets [A]
his [E] army [F#] child to [B] tear [A] carrying [E] on in a [C#] different style
[F#] Watch [A] Snowman [E] fire in the [A] demands [B] and for all that [F#] he can spend
[E] Throw the cat cut [A] through the can, [C#m] monster [E] happy, [F#] tragedy man
[A] He's a very special [F#m] man, [B] he's [E] a very [C#] special man
[A] Life's [E] too rest in [C#] difficult care [A] for your pleasure [B] to be there
Distance in [A] a bed or [B] chair, [C#] richy [G#m]
institutional [C#] [F#] man
[G#] Walk [F#] in a [G#] line [F#] of [D] rice, something is [A] stealing, is [E] feeling [F#] happy
[D] Lick wounds, he [A] heals and [E] still feels there's [F#] something
[D] Washing [A] his dirt in [E] the mud and [F#] the [G#] floor
[F#]
[G#] [F#] Safe as [B] [F#m] gates, a wall [D#m] of air and [Gm] noise, a bucket [D] full of everything
He [C#] needs, [A] he [C#] needs
[A] But [A#] [G]
[A#] [G] [C#]
[A] [C#] [A]
[A#] [G] [A#]
[G] [C#] [A] [C#]
[A] [A#] [G]
[A#] [F#] [D]
[A] [A#] [F] [C#] it's him so fine,
[F] [A#] [F] [C] lovely love [F#] from my side
[B]
Overhead, [C#] triplety [E] man, [G] squeak hard in the [Bm] air, for his girl and [E] his man
[B] For sex with a man with [C#] a dip, [B] squeak [G]
hard, fatty man, [Bm] squeak in fatty [E] man
[F#] [G#]
[Bm] [D] Fatty guy,
[F#m] [B] fatty boy, [F#]
[G#] sex in [B] a world, [D] shriek, fatty boy, [F#m] shriek, thin [B] fatty girl
[F#] Needs to take a bite, the bite that [Am] never bites
And [E] find [F#] all the pain and [C#m] the [D] steel [A] in my [B] mind
He just needs to [A] carry [E] on [F#] and grab the phone
[A] And for [F#] her kind of good, shake their [A#] phones
And to please them, they [D] start to begin
[F] They are [C]
[D] many
[G] [F] [C]
[A#] Shriek and dance [C#] to a different night
[A#] Shriek, thin fat girl, [D] shriek, thin fat boy
[F#] So, [A#] red [A] love [E] on your [B] lawn
[F#] Wishing for [Bm] preserver [A] in [E] all of your buds [C#] and spawn
[F#] Watch, [A] sun, land, [E] violin [A] and man
Stand [B] for all that [F#] he can stand, [E] he's a very [A] special man
[C#m] Monster happy, [E] trinity [F#] man
[A] He's a very [B] special man, [E] he's a very [C#] special man
[A]
Q [E].T.P [G#m].Cup, got a [C#] nice chair
[A] For your pleasure [B] to be there, his horse in a [A] better chair
[B]
[F#m] [B] Richie, institutional, [F#] big [A] door [E] hero
[A] Stand [B] for all that he [F#] can stand, [E] he's a very [A] special man
Q [C#m].T [E].P.Cup, got a [F#] flying man
[A] He's a very [B] special man, [E] he's a very [C#] special man
[A]
City [E] shining, [G#m] [C#] fireproof man
Stand [A] for all that [B] he can stand, stand for all that he [A] can [B] stand
[F#m] One star, point [G#m] ten, giving [C#] us ten
Key:  
A
1231
F#
134211112
E
2311
C#
12341114
B
12341112
A
1231
F#
134211112
E
2311
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Learn the basic chords of Cardiacs - Buds And Spawn chords, with this master sequence: A, E, F#, D, A, F#, A, F# and F#. Start with a comfortable 59 BPM and as you become proficient, aim for the song's BPM of 119. Set the capo considering your vocal range and favored chords, aligned with the key: F# Major.

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[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#] Caught [F#] in a [G#] field [F#] like [D] a dirty great [A] power, [E] like thunder [F#] and _ rain
_ [F#] _ [D] So lose [A] thy nature [E] when time and [F#] time [G#] again
[F#] _ _ [G#] _ [F#] _ [D] Safe in [A] a house close [E] to the [F#] pipe he's [G#] _ [F#] playing
[G#] _ [F#] _ Life bears fear, [A] bears hope of [F#] the best
[A#] Warhead and bloody [D] rest, what shape their bones [F] to [C] paste [D] and glue
Starting [G] the [F] beginning [C] of me, [A] you
_ _ [A#] Please mum, [A] can I hope that my dad meets mum and [C#] I hope that their peace
[A] Mummy, tell me to do all the things [A#] I do, all [G] the things _ [A#] I [G] _
do
[C#] Screwing my [A] courage to the stick to [C#] the never-bounded [A] race
A [A#] hail, all [G] hail, and [A#] give my life to him [F#] forever
[D] A [A] war's [A#] a call [F] that takes [C#] me straight along, _ [F] _ [A#] _
_ [F] [C] lovely love from [F#] my _ side
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Gm] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [G#] [D#m] Waiting to [F#m] see which way he [D#m] will jump to [A#] find which hole he's [G#] to creep [F] into
When his [C] all [D]-in-time life's [G] empty to [F] carry [C] on
[A#] When he's away, [C#] day goes by, day [A#] matches old friends' time
[D] His hope and fear [F#] sets _ _ _ [A]
his [E] army _ [F#] _ child to [B] tear _ [A] carrying [E] on in a [C#] different _ _ style _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ Watch [A] Snowman [E] fire in the [A] demands [B] and for all that [F#] he can spend
[E] Throw the cat cut [A] through the can, [C#m] monster [E] happy, [F#] tragedy man
[A] He's a very special [F#m] man, [B] he's [E] a very [C#] special man
[A] Life's [E] too rest in [C#] difficult care [A] for your pleasure [B] to be there
Distance in [A] a bed or [B] chair, _ [C#] richy [G#m]
institutional [C#] _ _ _ [F#] man _ _
_ _ _ _ [G#] Walk [F#] in a [G#] line [F#] of [D] rice, something is [A] stealing, is [E] _ feeling [F#] happy _ _ _
_ _ [D] Lick wounds, he [A] heals and [E] still feels there's [F#] something _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ Washing [A] his dirt in [E] the mud and [F#] the [G#] floor
[F#] _
_ [G#] _ [F#] _ Safe as [B] [F#m] gates, a wall [D#m] of air and [Gm] noise, a bucket [D] full of everything
He [C#] needs, [A] _ he [C#] needs
[A] But [A#] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [C#] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _
[A#] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A#] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [C#] _
_ [A] _ _ _ [A#] _ _ [G] _ _
_ [A#] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [D] _
_ [A] _ [A#] _ [F] [C#] it's him so fine, _ _
[F] _ [A#] _ [F] _ [C] lovely love [F#] from my side
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
_ _ _ Overhead, [C#] _ triplety [E] man, [G] squeak hard in the [Bm] air, for his girl and [E] his man
[B] For sex with a man with [C#] a dip, _ [B] _ squeak [G]
hard, fatty man, [Bm] squeak in fatty [E] man
_ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#] _ _
_ [Bm] _ _ [D] _ _ Fatty guy, _
[F#m] _ [B] fatty boy, _ [F#] _ _ _
_ _ [G#] sex in [B] a world, [D] shriek, fatty boy, [F#m] shriek, thin [B] fatty girl
[F#] Needs to take a bite, the bite that [Am] never bites
And [E] find [F#] all the pain and [C#m] the [D] steel [A] in my [B] mind
He just needs to [A] carry [E] on [F#] and grab the phone
[A] And for [F#] her kind of good, shake their [A#] phones
And to please them, they [D] start to begin
[F] They are [C]
[D] many
_ _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ [C] _
_ [A#] Shriek and dance [C#] to a different night
[A#] Shriek, thin fat girl, [D] shriek, thin fat boy
[F#] So, _ _ [A#] red [A] love _ [E] on your _ [B] lawn
[F#] Wishing for [Bm] preserver [A] in [E] all of your buds [C#] and _ spawn _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ Watch, [A] sun, land, [E] violin [A] and man
Stand [B] for all that [F#] he can stand, [E] he's a very [A] special man _
[C#m] Monster happy, [E] trinity [F#] man
[A] He's a very [B] special man, [E] he's a very [C#] special man
[A]
Q [E].T.P [G#m].Cup, got a [C#] nice chair
[A] For your pleasure [B] to be there, his horse in a [A] better chair
[B] _
_ [F#m] _ [B] Richie, institutional, [F#] _ big [A] door [E] hero
_ [A] _ Stand [B] for all that he [F#] can stand, [E] he's a very [A] special man
Q [C#m].T [E].P.Cup, got a [F#] flying man
[A] He's a very [B] special man, [E] he's a very [C#] special man
[A]
City [E] shining, [G#m] _ [C#] fireproof man
Stand [A] for all that [B] he can stand, stand for all that he [A] can [B] stand
[F#m] One star, point [G#m] ten, giving [C#] us ten _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

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