B Bm/A G B
The night doesn't like it looks just like your face on the moon to me
Bm/A G B
And I won't let you do what you want to do it's
F#m/A G F#m
funny how even now you're laughing
3/4
E C#/E# F#m
I won't let you do it
Verses 2+3
B Bbm/A G B
If you go I'll let the law know and the'll head you off when you touch the ground
In Malta catch a swallow for all of the guilty to set them free
F#m/A G B
Ohh, please don't go through with this I don't like the sound of it, it's
Wings fill the window and they beat and bleed, they
F#m/A G F#m
funny how even now you're miles away
hold the sky on the other side of borderline
3/4
E C#/E# F#m E C#/E# F#m
I won't let you do it I won't let you do it
5/4
E C#/E# F#m E C#/E#
I won't let you go through with it
4/4
G F#m/A B
Meet them over at Dover
I'll just pilot the motor
Take them over the water
(2.only):
Like a swallow flying to Malta
https://www.coveralia.com/acordes/night-of-the-swallow-kate-bush.php
6/8
G A Bm F#m/A
With a hired plane and no names mentioned
G A Bm F#m/A
Tonight's the night of the flight be- fore you know I'll be over the
Bm F#m/A G A Bm
water like a swallow There's no risk I'll wisk them
F#m/A G A
up in the moonlight and though pigs can fly they'll never
Bm F#m/A Bm F#m/A
find me posing as the night and I'm home before the
G (1. F#m/A and to 2. "In Malta...")
morning
2.
A Bm Bm/A
Give me a break Oh let me try give me something to show for my
G F#m/A Bm Bm/A
mis'rable life give me something to take would you break even my wings Like a swallow
Bm F#m G
Let me let me go ...with a hired plane
instrumental between:
F#m/A Bm Bm/A G F#m/A Bm Bm/A
Bm F#m G
Let me let me go ...with a hired plane
end:
4/4
Bm F#m G B
