Kite chords by Kate Bush

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice

Kite by Kate Bush

*from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)*

*CAPO 3rd FRET*

(Original Key: Bb majorBb)


Intro:

FF G+G

FF
 Come up,
     G+G
And be a kite.

Verse 1:

A augmentedA
 Beelzebub is,
G+G       D MajorD
 Aching in my belly-o,
A augmentedA
 My feet are heavy,
    E MajorE
And I'm rooting,
   D MajorD
In my wellios.

   A augmentedA
And I want to,
       G+G
Get away and go
   E MajorE
From all these,
    FF    G+G
Mirror windows.

Verse 2:

A augmentedA
 I look at eye level,
G+G     D MajorD
 It isn't good enough,
A augmentedA
 And then I find out,
G+G
 When I take a,
D MajorD
 Good look up.

     A augmentedA
There's a hole,
In the sky with,
 G+G
A augmentedA big eyeball,
E MajorE      FF G+G
 Calling me.

Chorus 1:

G+G
 Come up,
     FF
And be a kite.
G+G
 And fly a,
    A augmentedA
Diamond night.

 FF  Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA di...iamond kite,
 G+G  Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA di...iamond kite,
C minorCm      Bb majorBb
 Ooh, what a diamond!

 FF
A augmentedA diamond kite,
   Eb MajorEb
On a diamond flight.
FF
 Over the lights,
Eb MajorEb
 Under the moon,
FF
 Over the lights,
Eb MajorEb
 Under the moon.
FF
 Over the moon,
Eb MajorEb
 Over the moon.

Interlude:

FF G+G

FF
 Come up,
     G+G
And be a kite.

Verse 3:

A augmentedA
 I feel a rush,
 G+G
A-long my body,
D MajorD
 Like a bullet,
A augmentedA
 I'm 2D,
  E MajorE
Af-ter a push,
  D MajorD
And pull feeling.

   A augmentedA
And I want,
To get back,
  G+G
To safe home,
E MajorE
 I love the,
     FF   G+G
Homeland dome.

Verse 4:

A augmentedA
 I got no limbs,
  G+G
I'm like a feather,
D MajorD
 On the wind,
A augmentedA
 Well I'm not sure,
   E MajorE
If I want to be,
  D MajorD
Up here at all.

    A augmentedA
And I'd like to be,
      G+G
Back on the ground,
   E MajorE
But I don't know,
      FF  G+G
How to get down.

Chorus 2:

G+G
 Come up,
     FF
And be a kite.
G+G
 And fly a,
    A augmentedA
Diamond night.

 FF  Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA di...iamond kite,
 G+G  Eb MajorEb
A augmentedA di...iamond kite,
C minorCm      Bb majorBb
 Ooh, what a diamond!

 FF
A augmentedA diamond kite,
   Eb MajorEb
On a diamond flight.
FF
 Over the lights,
Eb MajorEb
 Under the moon,
FF
 Over the lights,
Eb MajorEb
 Under the moon.
FF
 Over the moon,
Eb MajorEb
 Over the moon.

Coda:

FF G+G

FF
 Come up,
     G+G
And be a kite.

FF G+G

FF
 Come up,
     G+G   A augmentedA
And be a kite.


CHORD DIAGRAMS:
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  FF    G+G    A augmentedA    D MajorD

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 133211 320003 x02220 xx0232

  E MajorE    Eb MajorEb   C minorCm   Bb majorBb

 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE
 022100 66504x x35543 x13331


Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008
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