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Never Be Mine
By Kate Bush
From 1989's "The Sensual World"
Cm7sus4   Bbadd9  
I   look at you and see 
Gm7sus4My life that Cm7sus4might have been.
CmYour face just ghosBbtly in the smoke. Gm7  
They're setting fire tAbmaj9o the cornfields Bbsus2  
                    Abmaj9  Bbsus2+4
As you're taking me home. 
Cm7sus4       Bbadd9  
The smell of burning fields
Fmsus4Will now mean you Gm7sus4and here. 
CmThis is Bbadd9where I want to be. Fm7  
This is whGm7at I need. Cm  
This is whBbadd9ere I want to be. Ab  
This is whaGm7t I need. Cm  
This is wheBbadd9re I want to be,
Fm7But I know that this will never be mine. Fm7  Eb/G  Bb  
Fm7Ooh,    Eb/Gthe tBbhrill and the hurting. Fm7  Eb/G  
The thrilBbl and the hurting. 
   Fm7         Eb/G                          BbFm7sus4     
     I know that this will never be mine. 
CmI want you as Bbadd9the dream, 
Abadd9Not the reBbadd9ality. 
CmThat clumsy goodBbadd9bye-kiss could fool me,Gm7  
But I'm looking back over my shoulAbmaj9der Bbsus2  
At you, happGm7y without me. 
(Repeat chorus)
This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be. 
This is what I need. 
This is where I want to be, 
But I know that this will never be mine. 
Ooh, the thrill and the hurting 
Will never be mine. 
The thrill and the hurting, 
It will never be mine. 
It can never be. 
        Fm7         Eb/GThe thBbrill and the hurting Fm7  Eb/G  Bb  
Ad libs- to end:
Fm7     Eb/G      Bb        Fm7     Eb/G     Bb

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Never Be Mine

by Kate Bush

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Chords in this song · guitar

Bbadd9

Gm7

Abmaj9

Bbsus2

Fm7

Eb/G

Abadd9

Never Be Mine

By Kate Bush

From 1989's "The Sensual World"

Bbadd9

Cm7sus4

I look at you and see

Gm7sus4 Cm7sus4

My life that might have been.

Cm Bb Gm7

Your face just ghostly in the smoke.

Abmaj9 Bbsus2

They're setting fire to the cornfields

Abmaj9 Bbsus2

As you're taking me home.

Bbadd9

Cm7sus4

The smell of burning fields

Fmsus4 Gm7sus4

Will now mean you and here.

Cm Bbadd9 Fm7

This is where I want to be.

Gm7 Cm

This is what I need.

Bbadd9 Ab

This is where I want to be.

Gm7 Cm

This is what I need.

Bbadd9

This is where I want to be,

Fm7 Fm7 Eb/G Bb

But I know that this will never be mine.

Fm7 Eb/G Bb Fm7 Eb/G

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting.

The thrill and the hurting.

Fm7 Eb/G Bb

Fm7sus4

I know that this will never be mine.

Cm Bbadd9

I want you as the dream,

Abadd9 Bbadd9

Not the reality.

Cm Bbadd9 Gm7

That clumsy goodbye-kiss could fool me,

Abmaj9 Bbsus2

But I'm looking back over my shoulder

Gm7

At you, happy without me.

(Repeat chorus)

This is where I want to be.

This is what I need.

This is where I want to be.

This is what I need.

This is where I want to be,

But I know that this will never be mine.

Ooh, the thrill and the hurting

Will never be mine.

The thrill and the hurting,

It will never be mine.

It can never be.

Fm7 Eb/G Bb Fm7 Eb/G Bb

The thrill and the hurting

Ad libs- to end:

Fm7 Eb/G Bb Fm7 Eb/G Bb

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