Artist: Kate Bush
Song: Delius (Song of summer)
Album: Never for ever
Composer: Kate Bush
Tabbed by: DJ
4th April 2013
Inspired by a Ken Russell's 1968 biographical film,
'Song of summer', 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.
CAPO: 2nd fret (Sounds in key of B)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
C# = x46664
Amaj7 = x02120 Emaj7 = 021100 Emadd9 = 022002
D = xx0232 A = x02220 G6 = 355400
E = 022100 Bm6 = xx4434 C = x32010
A/C# = x4222x C#sus4 = x46674 G = 320033
Strum the Amaj7 chords, and fingerpick the rest of the chords.
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[Intro]
C#
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 1]
Amaj7 D
(De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Oo---, he's a moody old man, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
'Song of summer' 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!)
[Verse 2]
E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta!") | / / |
Emaj7 A E Emaj7 A E
("Hummmm!") | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta!") | / / |
[Verse 3]
Bm6 C#sus4 Emadd9 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!)
{Chorus]
Amaj7 D
To be sung of a summer, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Night on the water, (De - li - us!)
Amaj7 D
Oo----, on the water! (De - li - us!)
[Verse 3]
E A/C# E Emaj7 A E
| / / / / | / / | (Ta, ta - ta!) | / / |
Emaj7 A E Emaj7 A E
("In 'B', Fenby!") | / / | ("Ta, ta - ta-----!")| / / |
[Verse 4]
Bm6 C#sus4 Emadd9 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 ! Oo - ah---------!
[Chorus]
Amaj7 Amaj7
To be sung of a summer, night on the water,
Amaj7 Amaj7
Oo, on the water! (Us!) On the water!
