Kate Bush
Babooshka
Tabbed by: Lewis Tobia
Email: lewist_tobia@hotmail.com
Tuning: Standard
This is mainly played on the piano so is fairly awkward on the guitar so I shuffled the
around a bit, need a capo to play in the right key. This is only the chord structure,
for acoustic.
Capo on 6th Fret
Intro
[Dm] [G] [A] Babooshka
Verse
[Am]She wanted to test her husband,
[G]She new e[F]xactly what to [A]do,
[Am]A pseudonym [G]to fool him,
[Dm]She couldn't [G]have made a [A]worse move.
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/k/kate_bush/babooshka_crd.html ]
[Am]She sent him scented letters,
[G]And he re[F]cieved them with a [A]strange delight,
[A]Just like [A]his wife.
[Dm]But how she [G]was before the [A]tears,
[Dm]And how she [G]was before the [Am]years flew by,
[Dm]And how she [G]was when she was [Dm]beauti[Cm7]ful.
[F]She signed the letter:
Chorus
[Am]All [C]yours,Ba[Dm]booshka,Baboo[Am]shka,Baboo[Dm]shka-ya-ya
[Am]All [C]yours,Ba[Dm]booshka,Baboo[Am]shka,Baboo[Dm]shka-ya-ya[G]
Babooshka
Babooshka
Verse (Same chords as Verse 1)
She wanted to take it further,
So she arranged a place to go,
Too see if he,
Would fall for her incognito.
And when he laid eyes on her,
He got the feelings they had met before,
Uncanny how she
Reminds him of his little lady,
Capacity to give him all he needs,
Just like his wife before she freezed on him,
Just like his wife when she was beautiful,
He shouted, I'm...
