Artist: Kate Bush
Song: The sensual world
Album: The sensual world
Tabbed by: DJ
20th Sept 2014
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
D = xx0232 Gm7 = 353333 Dsus2 = xx0230
C6 = x32210 C/D = xx0010 C = x32010
Bbmaj7 = x13231 Dm7 = xx0211 A7sus4 = x02030
Am7 = x02010 G/D = xx0003
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D C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
Mmm, yes, then I'd taken the kiss of seedcake back from his mouth,
D C6 Bbmaj7
Going deep south, go down, mmm---, yes,
C6 D
Took six big wheels, and rolled our bodies ...off of Howth Head,
C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
Into the flesh, mmm----, yes!
Gm7 Am7
He said I was a flower of the mountain, yes,
Gm7 Am7
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body-------!
D C/D Dm7 G/D
Yes, ...stepping out of the page ...into the sensual world,
D C/D Dm7
Stepping out-------, | / / / / |
G/D D
To where the water and the earth caress,
C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
And the down of a peach says, 'Mmm------, yes!'
D C6 Bbmaj7
Do I look for those millionaires, like a Machiavellian girl would?
D C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
When I could wear ...a sunset, mmm---, yes,
Gm7 Am7 Gm7
And how we'd wished to live in a sensual world,
Am7 Gm7 Am7
You don't need words, just one kiss, then another!
D C/D Dm7 G/D D
Stepping out of the page ...into the sensual world,
C/D Dm7 G/D D
Stepping out of the page ...into the sensual world!
C/D G/D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
C/D G/D Dsus2 C/D
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
D C6
And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech,
Bbmaj7 Am7
Mmm-------, yes, and then he whispered,
Dsus2 C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
'Would I, ...mmm---, yes, be safe, mmm-----, yes, from mountain flowers?'
D C6 Bbmaj7
And at first with the charm a - round him, mmm--, yes,
Am7 Gm7 Am7 Gm7
He loosened it, so if ...it slipped between my breasts,
Am7
He'd rescue it, mmm----, yes!
D C6 Bbmaj7 Am7 D
And his spark took life in my hand ...and, mmm---, yes,
C6 Bbmaj7 Am7 D C6 Bbmaj7 Am7
I said, 'Mmm, yes, ...but not yet, ...mmm----, yes, | / / / / |
D C Bbmaj7 A7sus4 D
Mmm--------, yes, mmm---, yes!