Artist: Kate Bush
Song: Breathing
Album: Never for ever
Tabbed by: DJ
11th Sept 2014
CAPO: 4th fret (Sounds in the key of Ebm)
Chord names and fret positions are relative to the capo:
Bm = x24432 E4 = 022200 Dsus2 = xx0230 A7sus4 = x02030
G/B = x20033 E = 022100 D = xx0232 A13sus4 = x02032
B7/D# = xx1202 A7/C# = x42020 G6 = 3x0030 Bsus2 = x24422
Em = 022000 A/C# = x4222x Gmaj7 = 3x0032 A7 = x02020
Em/G = 322000
[Chorus - picking pattern]
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
e |---------2------0------2-----|---0-----2-------0-----2-----|
B |---3------------3---------3--|---3--------3----3-----------|
G |---4----------------2--------|------0-------------0--------|
D |------4---------0------------|-----------------------------|
A |---2--------4----------------|-----------------0-----------|
E |-----------------------------|---3-------------------------|
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[Verse 1]
Bm G/B B7/D# Em
Out - side---- ...gets inside,
B7/F# Em/G B7/D# E4 E
Oo, oo -oo, oo, through her skin,
B7/F# Em E4 A7/C# A/C#
I've been out before, but this time it's much safer in!
[Verse 2]
Bm G/B B7/D# Em
Last night----, in the sky,
B7/F# Em/G B7/D# E4 E
Oo, oo -oo, oo, such a bright light,
B7/F# Em E4 A7/C# A/C#
My radar sends me danger, but my instincts tell me to----
[Chorus]
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
...Keep breath - ing, | / / / / | / / / / |
(In - out, in - out, in - out!)
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing ...breathing my mother in,
(In - out, in - out, in - out, in - out!)
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing ...my be - lov - ed in,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing, breathing her nico - tine,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing, breathing the fall-out ...in,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4 E4 Bm
Out - in, out - in, out - in, out - in-------------------!
| / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / | / / / / |
[Verse 3]
Bm G/B B7/D# Em
We've lost our chance, we're the first and last,
B7/F# Em/G B7 E4 E
(Oo, hoo -oo!) After the blast,
B7/F# Em E4 A7/C# A/C#
Chips of Plutonium are twinkl - ing in every lung!
[Verse 4]
Bm G/B B7/D# Em
I love my ...Be - loved,
B7/F# Em/G B7/D# E4 E
Oo, oo -oo, oo, all and every - where,
B7/F# Em E4 A7/C# A/C#
Only the fools blew it, you and me knew life it - self..
[Chorus]
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
...Is breath - ing,
(In - out, in - out, in - out!)
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing ...breathing my mother in,
(In - out, in - out, in - out, in - out!)
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing ...my be - lov - ed in,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing, breathing her nico - tine,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Breath - ing, breathing the fall-out ...in,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
Out - In, out - in, out - in, out - in,
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4 Bsus2
Out - In, out - in, out - in, out - out - out - out!
[Break]
[For narration - see bottom of page*]
[Riff fades in under narration]
Bm Dsus2 D G6 Gmaj7 A7sus4 A13sus4
e |---------2------0------2-----|---0-----2-------0-----2-----|
B |---3------------3---------3--|---3--------3----3-----------|
G |---4----------------2--------|------0-------------0--------|
D |------4---------0------------|-----------------------------|
A |---2--------4----------------|-----------------0-----------|
E |-----------------------------|---3-------------------------|
[Verse 5]
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(What are we going to do with - out...?)
Oo------------, please...
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(What are we going to do with - out...?)
Oh------, let me breathe,
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(What are we going to do with - out...?)
Oh-------, breathe in deep,
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm Bsus2 D
(We are all going to die with - out...)
Oh-----, leave me something to breathe,
G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(What are we going to do with - out...?)
Oh-----, leave me something to breathe,
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(We are all going to die with - out...?)
Oh-----, God, please, give us something to breathe,
Bm Bsus2 D G6 A7sus4 A7 Bm
(What are we going to do with - out...?)
Oh-----, life ...is... breathing!
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[* Narration in the break ]
('In point of fact, it is possible to tell the difference between) ...a small
nuclear explosion, and a large one, by a very simple method.
The calling card of a nuclear bomb is the blinding flash that is far more
dazzling than any light on Earth, brighter even than the sun itself,
and it is by the duration of this flash that we are able to determine
the size of the weapon.
After the flash, a fireball can be seen to rise, sucking up under it the
debris, dust and living things around the area of the explosion,
and, as this ascends, it soon becomes recognisable as the familiar
mushroom cloud. As a demonstration of the flash duration test, let's try and
count the number of seconds for the flash emitted by a very small bomb;
then a more substantial medium-sized bomb; and finally, one of our very
powerful 'high-yield' bombs.'
