Not This Time chords by Kate Bush

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Intro:

Bb

Verse 1:
Bb           F              Eb               F
Oh, with a mind that renders everything sensitive,
Bb    F           Eb      F
What chance do I have here?
Bb                  F
Put an end, put an end,
Eb                    F  Eb
Put an end to every dream.
             F            Cm7
When you’re near, I fear you,
        F          Bb    F    Eb      F
And I forget myself.

Chorus:
          Bb          F   Eb   F
But not this time, baby.
   Bb       F   Eb   F
Not this time.
   Bb      F       Eb   F
Not this time  . baby,
Bb F     Eb      F
  . Not this time.

Verse 2:
Bb           F              Eb         F
I don’t know why I give in, but I do every time.
Bb    F           Eb                  F
And here I am wondering why I did it again.
Bb                  F                   Eb                  F
Too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-ay, too-ree-o, too-ree-o’s what I say
Bb  F
To keep me going,
Eb                F
To keep the shit away.

Eb                    F
I don’t know what it is,
                       Cm           F
But every time you’re near, I fear you,
                  Bb
And I forget myself.

Instrumental:
F  Eb  F

Chorus:
         Bb         F    Eb    F
No, not this time, baby.
     Bb              F    Eb    F
Not this time, you won’t.
            Bb   F Eb F
Ohhh  . not this time.
Bb    F    Eb        F    Bb    F    Eb F    Bb    F    Eb    F
       Not this time, darling.
                 Bb
C’mon, we all sing:

                   F          Eb
Too-re-ay, too-re-o, too-re-o-o,
                 F             Bb
Too-re-ay, too-re-o, too-re-o-o,
                  F            Eb     F
Too-re-ay, too-re-o, too-re-o-o,
       Bb     F        Eb    F
Not this time, baby.

       Bb     F        Eb    F
Yeah-yeaaah,
     Bb               F      Eb    F
Not this time, you won't,
      Bb        F Eb F   Bb   F
Not this time, babe, no
Eb   F         Bb       F   Eb    F
Ha-ha-hey, not this time, no
Gm      F        Bb
Yeahhh!