Song: Delius (Song of summer)
Artist: Kate Bush
Composer: Kate Bush
Album: Never for ever
Tabbed by: DJ
4th April 2013
Inspired by a Ken Russell's 1968 biographical film,
'Song of summer', based on the memoirs of Eric Fenby.
Fenby strived to transcribe Delius's latter works by the blind,
paralysed, composer, who was suffering the effects of syphilis.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Will then sound in recorded key of B)
Keyboard players please use the transpose function set to +2
to display the chords in the key of B.
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C# = x46664 Emaj7 = 021100
Amaj7 = x02120 A = x02220 Emadd9 = 022002
D = xx0232 Bm6 = xx4434 G6 = 355400
E = 022100 C#sus4 = x46674 C = x32010
A/C# = x4222x C#7sus4 = x44404 G = 320033
Strum the Amaj7 chords, and fingerpick the rest of the chords.
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[Intro]
C#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Amaj7 D
(De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Oo---, he's a moody old man, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
'Song of summer' in his hand, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Oo---, he's a moody old man, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
In ...in ...in his hand, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
...In his hand! (De - li - us!)
[Verse 2]
E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta!") | / / |
Emaj7 A E Emaj7 A E
("Humm!") | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta!") | / / |
[Verse 3]
Bm6 C#sus4 Emadd9 C#7sus4
Oo - oo - oo - oo, oo - oo - oo - oo,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Bm6 Amaj7 G6 Amaj7 C
De - li - us------, De - li - us a - mat,
Amaj7 C G
Sy - phi - lis, De - us, Ge - ni - us!
Amaj7 D
Ooo - ah! (De - li - us!)
[Chorus]
Amaj7 D
To be sung of a summer, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Night on the water, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Oo----, on the water! (De - li - us!)
[Verse 4]
E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta!") | / / |
Emaj7 A E
("In 'B', Fenby!") | / / |
Emaj7 A E
("Ta, ta - ta---------!") | / / |
[Verse 5]
Bm6 C#sus4 Emadd9 C#7sus4
Oo - oo - oo - oo, oo - oo - oo - oo,
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
Bm6 Amaj7 G6 Amaj7 C
De - li - us------, De - li - us a - mat,
Amaj7 C G Amaj7
Sy - phi - lis, De - us, Ge - ni - us ! Oo - ah---------!
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Amaj7
To be sung of a summer, night on the water,
Amaj7 Amaj7
Oo----, on the water! (Us!) On the water!