Kate Bush – Them Heavy People (Guitar)

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-----------------------............. *from 'The Kick Inside' (1978)* (Original Key: G#) Intro:

G            Dm7   G           Dm7
 Rolling the ball, rolling the ball,

G            Dm7      C
 Rolling the ball, to me.

G            Dm7   G           Dm7
 Rolling the ball, rolling the ball,

G            Dm7      C
 Rolling the ball, to me.

Verse 1:

C             G           F
 They arrived at an incon-venient time;

C      G           F
 I was hiding in a room in my mind.

C             G/B     G  D       A/C#   A
 They made me look at my-self; I saw it well.

F             Em7           A
 I'd shut the people out of my life.

Verse 2:

C         G              F
 So now I take the oppor-tunities;

C          G         F
 Wonderful teachers, ready to teach me.

C            G/B   G    D          A/C# A
 I must work on my mind, for now I rea -lise;

F      G          Em7          A
 Every-one of us, has a Heaven inside.

Chorus 1:

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot,

G           F            Dm
 Them heavy people, help me.

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.

Bridge 1:

G            Dm7   G           Dm7
 Rolling the ball, rolling the ball,

G            Dm7      C
 Rolling the ball, to me.

G            Dm7   G           Dm7
 Rolling the ball, rolling the ball,

G            Dm7      C
 Rolling the ball, to me.

Verse 3:

C          G                F
 They open doorways, that I thought were shut for good.

C             G         F
 They read me Gurdjieff and Jesu.

C              G/B   G  D           A/C#     A
 They build up my bo-dy; break me e-motional-ly.

F            G           Em7               A
 It's nearly killing me; but what a lovely feeling!

Verse 4:

C           G               F
 I love the whirling of the dervishes,

C           G         F
 I love the beauty or rare innocence.

C                  G/B     G
 You don't need no crystal ball;

D                 A/C#  A
 Don't fall for a magic wand.

F          G           Em7            A
 We humans got it all; we perform the miracles.

Chorus 2:

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot,

G           F            Dm
 Them heavy people, help me.

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.

Coda:

G             Dm7          G            Dm7
 Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the...

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot,

G           F            Dm
 Them heavy people, help me.

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.

G             Dm7          G            Dm7
 Rolling the, rolling the, rolling the, rolling the...

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot,

G           F            Dm
 Them heavy people, help me.

G           F          C       Dm
 Them heavy people hit me in a soft spot.

(Repeat to Fade) CHORD DIAGRAMS: --------------- G Dm7 C F G/B EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE 320003 xx0211 x32010 133211 x20033 D A/C# A Em7 Dm EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE EADGBE xx0232 x4222x x02220 022030 xx0231 Tabbed by Joel from cLuMsY, Bristol, England, 2007 ([email protected])