Artist: Simon Dupree & The Big Sound
Song: Kites
Composers: Hal Hackady & Lee Pockliss
Tabbed by: DJ
5th June 2014
Am = x02210 or x07555 C/G = 3x2013 F = 133211
G/A = x05433 or x09787 Fmaj7 = 133210 E7 = 022120
G = 320003 Asus2 = x02200 A4 = x02230
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[Intro]
e |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
B |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
G |------------------|------------------|------------------|
D |------------------|------------------|------------------|
A |------------------|------------------|------------------|
E |------------------|------------------|------------------|
(Am)
e |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
B |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
G |------------------|------------------|
D |------------------|------------------|
A |--0-----0-0-------|--0-----0-0-------|
E |----------------0-|----------------0-|
[Verse 1]
Am
I will fly a yellow paper sun in the sky,
G/A Am
When the wind is ...high, when the wind is ...high,
Am
I will float a silken silver moon near your window,
G/A Am
If your night is ...dark, if your night is ...dark!
[Chorus]
G C/G G
In letters of gold, on a snow white kite,
Fmaj7 G
I will write, 'I------ love you!'
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 F E7
And send it soaring high a - bove you, for all to read-----!
e |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
B |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
G |------------------|------------------|
D |------------------|------------------|
A |------------------|------------------|
E |------------------|------------------|
[Verse 2]
Am
I will scatter rice paper stars in your heaven,
A4 Am G/A Am
If there are no ...stars if there are no ...stars,
Am
All of these, and seven wonders more, will I fly,
A4 Am G/A Am
When the wind is ...high, when the wind is ...high!
[Chorus]
G C/G G
In letters of gold, on a snow white kite,
Fmaj7 G
I will write, 'I------ love you!'
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 F E7
And send it soaring high a - bove you, for all to read-----!
e |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
B |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
G |------------------|------------------|
D |------------------|------------------|
A |------------------|------------------|
E |------------------|------------------|
[Break]
Am A4 Am
e |--0---------------|------------------------|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0-------------|
B |--1---------------|------------------------|--1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--h3-1----|
G |--2------0--0-h2--|--0-h2-0----------------|--2--2--2--2--|--2--2----------2--|
D |--2--/3-----------|---------3--2--2-p0--3--|--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-------------|
A |--0---------------|------------------------|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0-------------|
E |------------------|------------------------|--------------|-------------------|
G G4 G Am
e |---3--3--3--3---|---3--3--3-------------|---0--0--0--0---|---0--0--0--0---| x2
B |---0--0--0--0---|---0--0--0--h1--0------|---1--1--1--1---|---1--1--1--1---|
G |---0--0--0--0---|---0--0--0---------0---|---2--2--2--2---|---2--2--2--2---|
D |---0--0--0--0---|---0--0--0-------------|---2--2--2--2---|---2--2--2--2---|
A |---2--2--2--2---|---2--2--2-------------|---0--0--0--0---|---0--0--0--0---|
E |---3--3--3--3---|---3--3--3-------------|----------------|----------------|
[Chorus]
G C/G G
In letters of gold, on a snow white kite,
Fmaj7 G
I will write, 'I------ love you!'
Am Asus2 Am Asus2 F E7
And send it soaring high a - bove you, for all to read-----!
e |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
B |--5---5---5---5---|--5---5---5---5---|
G |------------------|------------------|
D |------------------|------------------|
A |------------------|------------------|
E |------------------|------------------|
[Coda]
Am A4 Am
e |--0---------------|------------------------|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0-------------|
B |--1---------------|------------------------|--1--1--1--1--|--1--1--1--h3-1----|
G |--2------0--0-h2--|--0-h2-0----------------|--2--2--2--2--|--2--2----------2--|
D |--2--/3-----------|---------3--2--2-p0--3--|--2--2--2--2--|--2--2-------------|
A |--0---------------|------------------------|--0--0--0--0--|--0--0-------------|
E |------------------|------------------------|--------------|-------------------|
G G4 G Am
e |---3--3--3--3---|--3--3--3------------|---0--0--0--0---|--0--0--0--0--| [Repeat
B |---0--0--0--0---|--0--0--0--h1--0-----|---1--1--1--1---|--1--1--1--1--| Coda]
G |---0--0--0--0---|--0--0--0---------0--|---2--2--2--2---|--2--2--2--2--|
D |---0--0--0--0---|--0--0--0------------|---2--2--2--2---|--2--2--2--2--|
A |---2--2--2--2---|--2--2--2------------|---0--0--0--0---|--0--0--0--0--|
E |---3--3--3--3---|--3--3--3------------|----------------|--------------|
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The 'Chinese' verse was read by the actress Jacqui Chan, who couldn't actually
speak the language, so the lyric had been transcribed for her phonetically.
She did her best, and it sounds wonderfully evocative, but, from most reports,
the result was mostly gibberish, and Chinese speakers have not been able to really
understand what she was attempting to say either.
