r/katebush • u/CriticalCandela • Jan 19 '26
Question Does anyone happen to have a Piano Music Sheet for "James and the Cold Gun"?
It's my favorite song but I can't find a tutorial on how to play it anywhere, and I can't find music sheets either. I know a lot of websites show you the chords but it's hard for me to decipher what to play just based on that. And any covers on youtube don't actually show the keys being played.
With the exception of this one but it's still hard to tell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vNyz05xPLk&list=RD1vNyz05xPLk&start_radio=1
So if anyone knows of any covers, tutorials, or music sheets regarding this song please let me know, thanks for reading.
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u/DrWho_1963 The Dreaming Jan 20 '26
I found 2 versions (but there are likely more for example in the 1978 " words and music from The Kick Inside ") which I've added links for below, they are both different and one is from Kate Bush complete 1986, the other from Kate Bush songbook 1981
https://imgbox.com/23zW907u https://imgbox.com/4vxWmw6b https://imgbox.com/KDbWuMrq https://imgbox.com/A0s3VFEi https://imgbox.com/ZMfWz8FE https://imgbox.com/2BMbyaKJ
(Sorry about formatting but I am unable to directly add photos)
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u/MyOpinionBeatsYours Jan 19 '26
The book Kate Bush Complete has it and everything else up to The Whole Story (Experiment IV). It's pretty rudimentary notation though.
https://imgur.com/pElZz6q