...KITE... by Kate Bush
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*from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)*
*CAPO 3rd FD T*
(Original Key: Bb)
Intro:
FGFG
Come up and be a kite.
Verse 1:
AGD
Beelzebub is aching in my belly-o,
AED
My feet are heavy and I'm rooting in my wellios.
AGEFG
And I want to get away and go, from all these mirror windows.
Verse 2:
AGD
I look at eye level; it isn't good enough,
AGD
And then I find out, when I take a good look up.
AGEFG
There's a hole in the sky, with a big eyeball calling me.
Chorus 1:
FG
Come up and be a kite,
GA
And fly a diamond night.
FEbGEb
A di...iamond kite, a di...iamond kite.
CmBb
Ooh, what a diamond!
FEb
A diamond kite, on a diamond flight.
FEb
Over the lights, under the moon,
FEb
Over the lights, under the moon.
FEb
Over the moon, over the moon.
Interlude:
FGFG
Come up and be a kite.
Verse 3:
AGD
I feel a rush a-long my body, like a bullet,
AED
I'm 2D, af-ter a push and pull feeling.
AGEFG
And I want to get back to safe home, I love the homeland dome.
Verse 4:
AGD
I got no limbs; I'm like a feather on the wind,
AED
Well I'm not sure, if I want to be up here at all.
AGEFG
And I'd like to be back on the ground, but I don't know how to get down.
Chorus 2:
FG
Come up and be a kite,
GA
And fly a diamond night.
FEbGEb
A di...iamond kite, a di...iamond kite.
CmBb
Ooh, what a diamond!
FEb
A diamond kite, on a diamond flight.
FEb
Over the lights, under the moon,
FEb
Over the lights, under the moon.
FEb
Over the moon, over the moon.
Coda:
FGFG
Come up and be a kite.
FGFGA
Come up and be a kite.