“coffee homeground”
by kate bush
from 1978’s “lionheart”

intro : Cb A F# F#maj7

A#m F#
down in the cellar

D#m F F
you’re getting into making poison .

G# C# F#
you slipped some on the side ,

A#m A
into my glass of wine ,

F# A F A#m
and i don’t want any coffee – – homeground .

F#
offer me a chocolate ,

D#m F A#m
no thanks you spoil my diet , know your game!

G# C#
tell me just how come

F# A#m A
they smell of bitter almonds?

F# G# F A#m
it’s a no – no to your coffee homeground .

( refrain )

A B
pictures of crippin

Bdim B
lipstick – smeared .

A B
torn wallpaper .

Bdim B G# A#
have the walls got ears here?

D#m Fm7 F# C#
you won’t get me with your belladonna – – in the coffee ,

D#m Fm7 F# C# Cb
and you won’t get me with your arsenic – – in the pot of tea ,

D#m Fm7 F# C#
and you won’t get me in a hole to rot – – with your hemlock

G#m D#
on the rocks .

( repeat verse and refrain )

where are the plumbers
who went A – missing here on monday?
there was a tall man
with his companion ,
and i bet you gave them coffee – – homeground .

maybe you’re lonely ,
and only want a little company ,
but keep your recipes
for the rats to eat ,
and may they rest in peace with coffee homeground .

well , you won’t get me with your belladonna – – in the coffee ,
and you won’t get me with your arsenic – – in the pot of tea ,
and you won’t put me in a six – foot plot – – with your hemlock
on the rocks .

( refrain )

you won’t get me with your belladonna – – in the coffee ,
and you won’t get me with your arsenic – – in the pot of tea ,
and you won’t get me in a hole to rot – – with your hemlock
on the rocks .

with your hemlock on the rocks .
“noch ein glas , mein liebchen?”
with your hemlock on the rocks .
“es schmeckt wunderbahr!” *
with your hemlock on the rocks .
“und ???”