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A Coral Room

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"A Coral Room"
By Kate Bush
From "Aerial" (2005)
Perhaps the saddest, most poetic song she has ever written. (Stunning (and 
difficult) chord progressions- as goes for the rest of the album's songs)
Intro:        C#m7     A6F#m11        B/D#      C#m  Badd9  
                          C#m        A       A6F#m11            B/D#  
There's a city, 
                    F#m11         B/D#  
draped in net
                     F#m11            Eadd9        B/D#  
Fisherman net
C#And in the half light, B  Badd9  A  
in the half lightAm7  
                                            C#m7            A           A6F#m11          B/D#  
It looks like every tower
                      F#m11                     Eadd9  B/D#  
Is covered in webs
F#mMoving and glistenEing and rockingB/D#  
      F#mIts babies in rhythmE  
As the B/D#spider of time is climbinF#mg
    EOver the ruinsB/D#  
      F#m9  G#m7/     D#Amaj7#11    Amaj7  
                      F#m9      F#m7F#m7add11   Eadd11   E  
There were hundreds of people living here
Badd11/D#Sails at the B13/D#windowsB7add11/D#  Badd11/D#  B7add11/D#  
B13/           D#                        A          Amaj7  B  
And the planes came crashing down
And maF#m9ny a pilF#m7ot droF#m9wnedEadd9  E  
Eadd11And the sBadd11/D#peed boats fB13/D#lying abovB7add11/D#eBadd11/D#  B7add11/D#  
Put your hand Aadd9over the side of the boatB  
C#m11And what do you feel?
             C#m7       F#m7F#m11          B/D#  
My mother 
                                     F#m11           Eadd9  B/D#  
and her little brown jug
It held her milkF#m7  Eadd9  B/D#  
And now it holds our mF#memoriesE  B/D#  
                                       F#m7       Eadd9Badd11/     D#        B/D#  
I can hear her singing
F#m7/                                             C#  Eadd9/B  
“Little brown jug don't I love thee”
Esus2/                                              D#  
“Little brown jug don't I love thee”
   F#m7         F#m9      F#m7  Eadd9/F#  
Ho ho ho, 
F#m7hee hee heBe
                      B     B6       B    B6     B7            BC#m11          Emaj7C#m11    Emaj9  
(Little brown jug don't I love thee)
B6/            D#  B6/   F#  B7/   F#F#m7add11        E/G#     Aadd9  
(Little brown jug don't I love thee)
Badd11         Aadd9       E/G#      F#m9  F#m7  
   Eadd9/    G#  F#m7/    ABadd11    F#m7/A  
I hear her laughing
Eadd9/  G#     A9  Emaj7/   B     Amaj7Badd11   
She is standing in the kitchen
         F#m7     Amaj7  Emaj/    B  Aadd9  
As we come in the back door
See it falC#mlAmaj7  
                  F#m9       F#m     F#m9      B/D#  B7/D#  
See it fall
Oh little spider F#mclimEbing out of a brokB/D#en jug
     F#m9       F#m7       E      Eadd9      B/D#  G#m7/D#  
 F#m7And the piecF#m9es will lay there F#m7a while E  Eadd9  
In a houBadd11/D#se draped in B13/D#netB7add11/D#  Badd11/D#  
   B13/   D#  F#m7/   AF#m7add11   Badd11   B13  
In a room filled with coral
    F#m7      F#m9      F#m7      EEadd11         EBadd11/D#  
Sails at the window
B13/D#Forests of B7add11/D#mastsBadd11/D#  B7add11/D#  
Badd11/    D#F#m7add11/    AF#madd11/     AF#m7add11/     A      Badd9Badd11
Put your hand over the side of the boat
                              F#m9Badd11/              D#  Badd9  
Put your hand over the side of the boat
                                          B11/D#  
And what do you feel?

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A Coral Room

by Kate Bush

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

C#m7

B/D#

C#m

Badd9

Eadd9

Am7

F#m

F#m9

G#m7

Amaj7

F#m7

B13

Aadd9

Esus2

Emaj7

"A Coral Room"

By Kate Bush

From "Aerial" (2005)

Perhaps the saddest, most poetic song she has ever written. (Stunning (and

difficult) chord progressions- as goes for the rest of the album's songs)

C#m7 A6 B/D# C#m Badd9

Intro: F#m11

C#m A A6 B/D#

F#m11

There's a city,

B/D#

F#m11

draped in net

Eadd9 B/D#

F#m11

Fisherman net

C# B Badd9 A

And in the half light,

Am7

in the half light

C#m7 A A6 B/D#

F#m11

It looks like every tower

Eadd9 B/D#

F#m11

Is covered in webs

F#m E B/D#

Moving and glistening and rocking

F#m E

Its babies in rhythm

B/D# F#m

As the spider of time is climbing

E B/D#

Over the ruins

F#m9 G#m7 D# Amaj7

/ Amaj7#11

F#m9 F#m7 E

F#m7add11 Eadd11

There were hundreds of people living here

Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#

Sails at the windows

B13 D# A Amaj7 B

And the planes came crashing down

F#m9 F#m7 F#m9 Eadd9 E

And many a pilot drowned

Eadd11 Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#

And the speed boats flying above

Aadd9 B

Put your hand over the side of the boat

C#m11

And what do you feel?

C#m7 F#m7 B/D#

F#m11

My mother

Eadd9 B/D#

F#m11

and her little brown jug

F#m7 Eadd9 B/D#

It held her milk

F#m E B/D#

And now it holds our memories

F#m7 Eadd9 D# B/D#

Badd11/

I can hear her singing

F#m7 C# Eadd9 B

/ /

“Little brown jug don't I love thee”

Esus2 D#

“Little brown jug don't I love thee”

F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 Eadd9 F#

Ho ho ho,

F#m7 B

hee hee hee

B B6 B B6 B7 B Emaj7 Emaj9

C#m11 C#m11

(Little brown jug don't I love thee)

B6 D# B6 F# B7 F# E/G# Aadd9

/ / / F#m7add11

(Little brown jug don't I love thee)

Aadd9 E/G# F#m9 F#m7

Badd11

Eadd9 G# F#m7 A F#m7 A

/ / Badd11 /

I hear her laughing

Eadd9 G# A9 Emaj7 B Amaj7

/ / Badd11

She is standing in the kitchen

F#m7 Amaj7 Emaj B Aadd9

As we come in the back door

C#m Amaj7

See it fall

F#m9 F#m F#m9 B/D# B7 D#

See it fall

F#m E B/D#

Oh little spider climbing out of a broken jug

F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9 B/D# G#m7 D#

F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E Eadd9

And the pieces will lay there a while

Badd11/D# B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D#

In a house draped in net

B13 D# F#m7 A B13

/ / F#m7add11 Badd11

In a room filled with coral

F#m7 F#m9 F#m7 E E D#

Eadd11 Badd11/

Sails at the window

B13/D# B7add11/D# Badd11/D# B7add11/D#

Forests of masts

D# A A A Badd9

Badd11/ F#m7add11/ F#madd11/ F#m7add11/ Badd11

Put your hand over the side of the boat

F#m9 D# Badd9

Badd11/

Put your hand over the side of the boat

B11 D#

And what do you feel?

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