artist : kate bush
song : delius ( song of summer )
tabbed by : dj
4th april 2013

inspired by a ken russell’s 1968 biographical film ,
’song of summer’ , which was 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 .

tuning : standard
capo : 2nd fret ( sounds in key of B )

strum the Amaj7 chords , and fingerpick for the rest of the song .

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C#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |

Amaj7 D
( de – li – us! )
Amaj7 D
oo , he’s a moody old man , ( de – li – us! )
Amaj7 D
’song of sum – – mer’ 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! )

E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | ( “ta , ta – ta!” ) | / / |

Emaj7 A E Emaj7 A E
( “hummmm!” ) | / / | ( “ta , ta – ta!” ) | / / |

Bm6 C#sus4 Emsus2 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 D
sy – phi – lis , de – us , ge – ni – us ! ooo – ah! ( de – li – us! )

Amaj7 D
to be sung of a summer , ( de – li – us! )
Amaj7 D
night on the water , ( de – li – us! )
Amaj7 D
ooooooo , on the water! ( de – li – us! )

E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | ( ta , ta – ta! ) | / / |

Emaj7 A E Emaj7 A E
( “in ’b’ , fenby!” ) | / / | ( “ta , ta – ta – – – – – !” ) | / / |

Bm6 C#sus4 Emsus2 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 ! ooo – ah – – – – – – – – – !

Amaj7 Amaj7
to be sung of a summer , night on the water ,
Amaj7 Amaj7
oo , on the water! ( us! ) on the water!

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C# = x46664
Amaj7 = x02120 Emaj7 = 021100 Emsus2 = 022002
D = xx0232 A = x02220 G6 = 355400
E = 022100 Bm6 = xx4434 C = x32010
A/C# = x42220 C#sus4 = x46674 G = 320033