The Sensual World Kate Bush
CAPO: 3rd fret (Sounds in the key of F)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
[D] Mmm, yes, [C6]then I'd taken the [Bbmaj7]kiss of seedcake [Am7]back from his mouth,
[D] Going deep south, go d[C6]own, [Bbmaj7] mmm---, yes,
Took [C6]six big wheels, and ro[D]lled our bodies ...off of Howth Head,
I[C6]nto the flesh, [Bbmaj7] mmm-[Am7]---, yes!
He s[Gm7]aid I was a flower of the mo[Am7]untain, yes,
[Gm7] [Am7]
But now I've powers o'er a woman's body-------!
Y[D]es, ...stepping [C/D]out of the [Dm7]page[G/D] ...into the sensual world,
[D] [C/D] [Dm7]
Stepping out-------, | / / / / |
[G/D] To where the wa[D]ter and the earth caress,
[C6] [Bbmaj7] [Am7]
And the down of a peach says, 'Mmm------, yes!'
Do I lo[D]ok for those millionaires, like a Ma[C6]chiavellian [Bbmaj7]girl would?
When I could w[D]ear ...a s[C6]unset, [Bbmaj7] mmm---, [Am7]yes,
And [Gm7]how we'd wished to [Am7]live in a sensual w[Gm7]orld,
[Am7] You don't need w[Gm7]ords, just [Am7]one kiss, then another!
[D] Stepping [C/D]out of the [Dm7]page [G/D] ...into the sensual wo[D]rld,
Stepping [C/D]out of the [Dm7]page [G/D] ...into the sensual wo[D]rld!
| [C/D] / / / / | / / / / | [G/D] / / / / | / / / / |
| [C/D] / / / / | [G/D] / / / / | [Dsus2] / / / / | [C/D] / / / / | / / / / |
[D] And then our arrows of desire rewrite the speech,[C6]
[Bbmaj7] [Am7]
Mmm-------, yes, and then he whispered,
[Dsus2] [C6] [Bbmaj7] [Am7]
'Would I, ...mmm---, yes, be safe, mmm-----, yes, from mountain flowers?'
[D] And at first with the charm a - r[C6]ound him, [Bbmaj7] mmm--, yes,
He lo[Am7]osened it, so[Gm7] if ...it s[Am7]lipped between my b[Gm7]reasts,
He'd rescue [Am7]it, mmm----, yes!
[D] And his spark took life in [C6]my hand [Bbmaj7] ...[Am7]and, m[D]mm---, yes,
I s[C6]aid, [Bbmaj7] 'Mmm, yes, [Am7] ...but not y[D]et, ...mmm-[C6]---, [Bbmaj7] yes, | [Am7] / / / / |
[D] [C] [Bbmaj7] [A7sus4] [D]
Mmm--------, yes, mmm---, yes!
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