Hounds Of Love Chords

by Kate Bush
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Difficulty: intermediate
Tuning: E A D G B E
Key: F
Capo: no capo
Author DiddyD [a] 15,207. Last edit on Feb 6, 2025

Chords

F
C
Bbmaj7
Dm
Am
Fsus2
Fsus2/D
Bb6
Dsus2

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Song: Hounds of love
Artist: Kate Bush
Composer: Kate Bush
Album: Hounds of love
 
Tabbed by DJ  11th Sept 2014
 
IGNORE THE CHORD BOX DIAGRAMS that the website
displays, they are generated automatically from a
generic database and often don't show the best
option for a particular chord progression. Just use
the voicings suggested in the text column numbers
 
F      = xx3211   Fsus2   = xx3011
C      = x32010   Fsus2/D = xx0011
Bbmaj7 = x13231   Bb6     = x13333 or xx3333
Dm     = xx0231   Dsus2   = xx0230
Am     = x02210
 
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[Intro]
(It's in the trees!  It's coming!)
 
[Verse 1]
F                C                     Bbmaj7
    When I was a child, running in the night,
                     F                   Dm
Afraid of what might be ...hiding in the dark,
              Bbmaj7                            Dm
Hiding in the street, and of what was following me,
            C                   Bbmaj7
(Doo - doo, doo - doo, doo, d'- doo!)
              Am
Now hounds of love are hunting
 
[Pre-Chorus]
Dm               Bbmaj7                  Am
    (Urh - urh!  Urh - urh!  Urh,  urh - urh!)
            C
I've always been a coward,
Dm               Bbmaj7                  Am
    (Urh - urh!  Urh - urh!  Urh,  urh - urh!)
            C                    Dm
And I don't know what's good for me
 
[Chorus]
           F   Fsus2   Dm
Oh, here I go,
     Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7 Bb6
It's coming   for me through the trees,
F      Fsus2    Dm        Fsus2/D   Bbmaj7    Bb6
   Oh, help me, someone!  Help me,  please!
F      Fsus2   Dm         Fsus2/D   Bbmaj7    Bb6
   You take my shoes off,
Fsus2/D      Bbmaj7    Bb6
         And throw--------- them in the lake,
            F  Fsus2  Dm        Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7  Bb6
And I'll be---     ...two steps on the   water
 
[Verse 2]
F             C             Bbmaj7
    I found a fox caught by dogs,
                         F
He let me take him in my hands,
           C                    Bbmaj7
His little heart ...it beats so fast,
                              F                Dm
And I'm ashamed of running a- way from nothing real,
             Bbmaj7
I just can't deal with this,
                    Dm
I'm still afraid to be there...
            C                   Bbmaj7
(Doo - doo, doo - doo, doo, d'- doo!)
              Am
...Among your hounds of love
 
[Pre -Chorus]
Dm               Bbmaj7                  Am
    (Urh - urh!  Urh - urh!  Urh,  urh - urh!)
              C
And feel your arms surround me,
Dm               Bbmaj7                  Am
    (Urh - urh!  Urh - urh!  Urh,  urh - urh!)
            C
I've always been a coward,
Dm               Bbmaj7                  Am
    (Urh - urh!  Urh - urh!  Urh,  urh - urh!)
        C                    Dm   Dsus2
I never know what's good for me
 
[Chorus]
           F  Fsus2  Dm        Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7  Bb6
Oh, here I go,        ...don't let me   go,
        F     Fsus2  Dm
Hold me down,
            Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7      Bb6
It's coming for me   through the trees,
F       Fsus2    Dm        Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7   Bb6
    Oh, help me, darling,  help me, please,
F       Fsus2   Dm         Fsus2/D
    And take my shoes off,
    Bbmaj7   Bb6
And throw-------- them in the lake,
            F  Fsus2 Dm        Fsus2/D  Bbmaj7  Bb6
And I'll be----   ...two steps on the   water
                                F
(Doo - doo, doo - doo, doo, d'- doo!)
 
[Coda]
F     Fsus2             Dm
    I don't know what's good for me,
  Fsus2/D           Bbmaj7
I don't know what's good for me,
Bb6
      I need love-love-love!  Love-love-love!
F      Fsus2    Dm    Fsus2/D   Bbmaj7  Bb6
Yeah,  your...  yeah, your...   your    love,
                F         Fsus2     Dm        Fsus2/D
(Doo - doo, d'- doo!) And take your shoes off,
    Bbmaj7                    Bb6
And throw them in the lake!
F          Fsus2       Dm
    Do you know what I really need?
       Fsus2/D     Bbmaj7
Do you know what I really need?
Bb6                                    F
     Love-love-love!  Love-love-love!  Yeah!
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3 comments
maguri
This is a tough one; I'll have to practise so the chords in the chorus flow smoothly ... Thank you!
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stumackenzie95
Tip for everyone here struggling with it: I think this would be a lot easier if you transpose the F up to C and put a Capo on the 5th fret :)
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