“a coral room”
by kate bush
from “aerial” ( 2005 )
perhaps the saddEst , most poetic song she has ever written . ( stunning ( and
difficult ) chord progressions – as goes for the rest of the album’s songs )
intro : C#m7 A6 F#m11 B/D# C#m Badd9
C#m A A6 F#m11 B/D#
there’s a city ,
F#m11 B/D#
draped in net
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
fisherman net
C# B Badd9 A
and in the half light ,
Am7
in the half light
C#m7 A A6 F#m11 B/D#
it looks like every tower
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
is covered in webs
F#m E B/D#
moving and glistening and rocking
F#m E
its babies in rhythm
B/D# F#m
as the spider of time is climbing
E B/D#
over the ruins
F#m9 G#m7/D# Amaj7#11 Amaj7
F#m9 F#m7 F#m7add11 Eadd11 E
there were hundreds of people living here
Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
sails at the windows
B13/D# A Amaj7 B
and the planes came crashing down
F#m9 F#m7 F#m9 Eadd9 E
and many a pilot drowned
Eadd11 Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
and the speed boats flying above
Aadd9 B
put your hand over the side of the boat
C#m11
and what do you feel?
C#m7 F#m7 F#m11 B/D#
my mother
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
and her little brown jug
F#m7 Eadd9 B/D#
it held her milk
F#m E B/D#
and now it holds our memories
F#m7 Eadd9 Badd11/D# B/D#
i can hear her singing
F#m7/C# Eadd9/B
little brown jug don’t i love thee
Esus2/D#
little brown jug don’t i love thee
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 Eadd9/F#
ho ho ho ,
F#m7 B
hee hee hee
B B6 B B6 B7 B C#m11 Emaj7 C#m11 Emaj9
( little brown jug don’t i love thee )
B6/D# B6/F# B7/F# F#m7add11 E/G# Aadd9
( little brown jug don’t i love thee )
Badd11 Aadd9 E/G# F#m9 F#m7
Eadd9/G# F#m7/A Badd11 F#m7/A
i hear her laughing
Eadd9/G# A9 Emaj7/B Amaj7 Badd11
she is standing in the kitchen
F#m7 Amaj7 Emaj/B Aadd9
as we come in the back door
C#m Amaj7
see it fall
F#m9 F#m F#m9 B/D# B7/D#
see it fall
F#m E B/D#
oh little spider climbing out of a broken jug
F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9 B/D# G#m7/D#
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9
and the pieces will lay there a while
Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D#
in a house draped in net
B13/D# F#m7/A F#m7add11 Badd11 B13
in a room filled with coral
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd11 E Badd11/D#
sails at the window
B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
forests of masts
Badd11/D# F#m7add11/A F#madd11/A F#m7add11/A Badd9 Badd11
put your hand over the side of the boat
F#m9 Badd11/D# Badd9
put your hand over the side of the boat
B11/D#
and what do you feel?
“a coral room”
by kate bush
from “aerial” ( 2005 )
perhaps the saddEst , most poetic song she has ever written . ( stunning ( and
difficult ) chord progressions – as goes for the rest of the album’s songs )
intro : C#m7 A6 F#m11 B/D# C#m Badd9
C#m A A6 F#m11 B/D#
there’s a city ,
F#m11 B/D#
draped in net
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
fisherman net
C# B Badd9 A
and in the half light ,
Am7
in the half light
C#m7 A A6 F#m11 B/D#
it looks like every tower
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
is covered in webs
F#m E B/D#
moving and glistening and rocking
F#m E
its babies in rhythm
B/D# F#m
as the spider of time is climbing
E B/D#
over the ruins
F#m9 G#m7/D# Amaj7#11 Amaj7
F#m9 F#m7 F#m7add11 Eadd11 E
there were hundreds of people living here
Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
sails at the windows
B13/D# A Amaj7 B
and the planes came crashing down
F#m9 F#m7 F#m9 Eadd9 E
and many a pilot drowned
Eadd11 Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
and the speed boats flying above
Aadd9 B
put your hand over the side of the boat
C#m11
and what do you feel?
C#m7 F#m7 F#m11 B/D#
my mother
F#m11 Eadd9 B/D#
and her little brown jug
F#m7 Eadd9 B/D#
it held her milk
F#m E B/D#
and now it holds our memories
F#m7 Eadd9 Badd11/D# B/D#
i can hear her singing
F#m7/C# Eadd9/B
little brown jug don’t i love thee
Esus2/D#
little brown jug don’t i love thee
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 Eadd9/F#
ho ho ho ,
F#m7 B
hee hee hee
B B6 B B6 B7 B C#m11 Emaj7 C#m11 Emaj9
( little brown jug don’t i love thee )
B6/D# B6/F# B7/F# F#m7add11 E/G# Aadd9
( little brown jug don’t i love thee )
Badd11 Aadd9 E/G# F#m9 F#m7
Eadd9/G# F#m7/A Badd11 F#m7/A
i hear her laughing
Eadd9/G# A9 Emaj7/B Amaj7 Badd11
she is standing in the kitchen
F#m7 Amaj7 Emaj/B Aadd9
as we come in the back door
C#m Amaj7
see it fall
F#m9 F#m F#m9 B/D# B7/D#
see it fall
F#m E B/D#
oh little spider climbing out of a broken jug
F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9 B/D# G#m7/D#
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9
and the pieces will lay there a while
Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D#
in a house draped in net
B13/D# F#m7/A F#m7add11 Badd11 B13
in a room filled with coral
F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd11 E Badd11/D#
sails at the window
B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#
forests of masts
Badd11/D# F#m7add11/A F#madd11/A F#m7add11/A Badd9 Badd11
put your hand over the side of the boat
F#m9 Badd11/D# Badd9
put your hand over the side of the boat
B11/D#
and what do you feel?
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