Kate Bush – James And The Cold Gun (Ukulele)

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----------------------------............. *from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)* (Original Key: Bbm) Intro: Am7 G/A, Dm7 (x4) Verse 1:
Am  G/A    Dm7      Am   G/A  Dm7
     James, come on home.

Am      G/A       Dm7
 You've been gone too long, baby.

Am  G/A           Dm7  Am    G/A  Dm7
 We can't let our hero die a-lone.

            Am      G/A   Dm7
We miss you day and night,

Am   G/A          Dm7
 You left town to live by the rifle.

Am   G/A        Dm7
 You left us to fight,

       E7
But it just ain't right, to take away the light.
Bridge 1:
F         C      G           Dm
 Remember Genie, from the ca-sino?

F              C                G
 She's still a-waiting, in that big brass bed.

F              C          G            Dm
 The boys from your gang, are knocking whisky back,

F               C               G
 'Till they get out of hand and wish they were dead.

F             Dm             C              G               Fmaj7
 They're only lonely for the life that they led, with their old friends.
Chorus 1:
Am    G  F     E7      Am  G  F
 Ooh...   wooh-hoo-ooh-hoo,

         E7           Am   G  F
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo hoo,

         E7      (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C      Dm       F            E7       (Am)
 James, are you selling your soul to a cold gun?
Interlude: Am G/A, Dm7 (x2) Verse 2:
Am     G/A  Dm7        Am    G/A  Dm7
 Where,      lies your heart?

Am        G/A          Dm7
 It's not there in the buckskin baby.

Am        G/A          Dm7
 It's not there in the gin,

               Am    G/A      Dm7
That makes you laugh long and loud.

         Am      G/A   Dm7
You're a coward, James;

Am      G/A       Dm7
 You're running a-way from humanity.

Am      G/A     Dm7
 You're running out on reality.

E7
 It won't be funny, when they rat-a-tat-tat you down.
Bridge 2:
F         C      G           Dm
 Remember Genie, from the ca-sino?

F              C                G
 She's still a-waiting, in that big brass bed.

F              C          G            Dm
 The boys from your gang, are knocking whiskey back,

F               C               G
 'Till they get out of hand and wish they were dead.

F             Dm             C              G               Fmaj7
 They're only lonely for the life that they led, with their old friends.
Chorus 2:
Am    G  F     E7      Am  G  F
 Ooh...   wooh-hoo-ooh-hoo,

         E7           Am   G  F
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo hoo,

         E7      (C)
Wooh-hoo-hoo-hoo, hoo.

C      Dm       F            E7     Dm               Am   G/A, Dm7
 James, are you selling your soul... to... a cold... gun?
Outro: Am G/A, Dm7 (Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- Am7 G/A Dm7 E7 F C G Dm Fmaj7 EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE x02210 x00003 xx0211 020100 133211 x32010 320003 xx0231 x03210 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2008 ([email protected])