Bruce Cockburn - The Coming Rains
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by Bruce Cockburn
from “The Charity Of Night”
Tablature by Jonathan Tieszen and Steve Meger
Tuning F A C G C F
Chords:
F 0 3 0 2 0 0
F6sus2 0 5 5 0 0 0
Fsus4add9 0 1 0 0 0 0
Dm7#5 0 5 0 3 0 0
Fsus2 0 3 0 0 0 0
Cadd11 7 7 0 0 0 0
Dm9 9 8 9 9 0 0
A#add9 5 5 5 5 0 0
Gm7add11 2 1 2 0 0 0
Fmaj7sus2 0 7 7 0 0 0
C#dim 0 4 4 0 4 0
Dm9 0 5 5 0 5 0
Bmb6b5 0 2 2 0 2 0
Bbm5 5 4 5 0 5 0
Intro:
F F6sus2
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f| |-----------------0---0---0---0-|-------------------------------| |
c| |-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------------| |
G|4|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----x-----------0-------------|4|
C|4|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|4|
A| |-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-| |
F| |-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------| |
All
Verse:
Coda F Fsus4add9
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|-----------------2-------2---2-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----------------0-------0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----------------3-------3---3-|-----1-------1---1-------1---1-|
|-0------0----------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
day the mountains rose behind the
Dm7#5 F Fsus4add9
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|-----3-------3---3-------3---3-|-----2-------2---2-------0-----|
|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0-----|
|-----5-------5---5-------5---5-|-----3-------3---3-------1-----|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
veil of smoke from burn ing fields.......
F
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|-----------------0---0---0-----|-----------------0-------0---0-|
|-----------------3---3---3-----|-----------------3-------3---3-|
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|-----------------3---3---3-----|-----------------3---3---3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0-|
And
F Fsus4add9
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|-----2-------2---2-------2---2-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----3-------3---3-------3---3-|-----1-------1---1-------1---1-|
|-0------0----------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
road dust dye........ing black skin bronze.... and
Dm7#5 F Fsus4add9
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|-----3-------3---3-------3---3-|-----2-------2---2-------0-----|
|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0-----|
|-----5-------5---5-------5---5-|-----3-------3---3-------1-----|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
the road rol....ling like a ro.....ugh sea.........
F
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|-----------------0---0---0-----|-----------------0-------0---0-|
|-----------------3---3---3-----|-----------------3-------3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0-------0-------0---0-|
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|-----------------0---0---0-----|-----------------0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------3---3---3-----|-----------------3---3---3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0-|
It’s
Cadd11
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|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------0---0-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0-------0---0-|
|-----------------7---7---7---7-|-----7-------7---7-------7---7-|
|-7-------7---------------------|-7-------7---------------------|
qui.....et now just crickets and a
Dm9
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|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----9-------9---9---9---9---9-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----9-------9---9---9---9---9-|
|-----------------7---7---7---7-|-----8-------8-----------------|
|-7-------7---------------------|-9-------9---------------------|
dog fight some where in the far aw..
A#add9
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|-------------0---0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------0---0-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5-------5---5-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5-------5---5-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5-----------------|
|-5-------5---------------------|-5-------5---------------------|
ay...........
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|-------------0---0---0---0---0-|-----------------0---0---0---0-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5---5---5---5-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5---5---5---5-|
|-------------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5-----------------|
|-5-------5---------------------|-5-------5---------------------|
In my
F Fsus4. Dm7#5 F
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|-----------------2-------2---2-|-0/s/3-------2-----------2---2-|
|-----------------0-------0---0-|-0---0-------0-----------0---0-|
|-----------------3-------3---3-|-1/s/5-------3-----------3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-------------------------------|
he.....art I hold your pho to....graph and the
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|1. Gm7add11
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|-----------------------------0-|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|
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|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------1---0---1-----|-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
thought of you comes on like the feel of the
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| F F6sus2
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| |-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------------| |
|4|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----x-----------0-------------|4|
|4|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|4|
| |-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-| |
| |-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------| |
coming rains
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|2. Gm7add11
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|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------1---0---1-----|-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
thought of you comes on like the feel of the
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| F F6sus2
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|*|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----x-----------0-------------|
|*|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|
| |-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|
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coming rains (1st time only)
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|-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----3-------3---3---3---3---3-| |
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------| |
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|3., 4. Gm7add11
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|-1-------1-------1---0---1-----|-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
thought of you comes on like the feel of the
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| F F6sus2
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|-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|
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coming rains (lyrics 4th verse only)
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|-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----3-------3---3---3---3---3-|
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(3rd verse) In the
(4th verse) and the
Bridge:
Fmaj7-3
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|-----------------7---7---7---7-|-----7-------7-------7---7-----|
|-----------------7---7---7---7-|-----7-------7-------7---7-----|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
to.......wn ne.......on flickers in the
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|-----7-------7---7---7---7---7-|-----7-------7---7---7---7---7-|
|-----7-------7---7---7---7---7-|-----7-------7---7---7---7---7-|
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ruins
C#dim
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|-----------------4---4---4---4-|-----------------4---4---4---4-|
|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|
|-----4-------4---4---4---4---4-|-----4-------4---4---4---4---4-|
|-----4-------4---4---4---4---4-|-----4-------4---4---4---4---4-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
seven crows swoop past the lucious
Dm9
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|-----------------5---5---5---5-|-----------------5---5---5---5-|
|----0--------0---0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|
|----5--------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5---5---5---5-|
|----5--------5---5---5---5---5-|-----5-------5---5---5---5---5-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
moon
Bmb6b5
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|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----2-------2---2---2---2---2-|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----2-------2---2---2---2---2-|
|-2-------2---------------------|-2-------2---------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
If I had wings like those there’d be no
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|------2------2---------------2-|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
|------0------0---------------0-|-----0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|------2------2---------------2-|-----2---2---2---2---2---2---2-|
|-2-------2-------0---1-h-2-----|-------------------------------|
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waiting I’d come
Bbm6
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|-----------------1---1---1---1-|-----1-------1---1---1---1---1-|
|-0-------0-------0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1-|-1-------1-------1---1---1---1-|
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panting to your door and slide like
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|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|-0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0-|
|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|-1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1-|
|-1-------1-------1-------1-----|-1-------1-------1-------1-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
s smoke in to your room..............
F F6sus2 D.S. al Coda
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f| |-----------------0---0---0---0-|-------------------------------| |
c| |-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------------| |
G|4|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----x-----------0-------------|4|
C|4|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|4|
A| |-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-| |
F| |-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------| |
All
@ F Fsus4. Dm7#5 F
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|-----------------2-------2---2-|-0/s/3-------2-----------2---2-|
|-----------------0-------0---0-|-0---0-------0-----------0---0-|
|-----------------3-------3---3-|-1/s/5-------3-----------3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-------------------------------|
time for planting’s coming soon and the
Gm7add11
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|-----------------------------0-|-------------------------0---0-|
|-----------------------------0-|-------------------------0---0-|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------1---0---1-----|-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
thought of you comes on like the feel of the
F F6sus2
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|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-------------------------------|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----------------0-------------|
|-----------------2---2---2---2-|-----x-----------0-------------|
|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|
|-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----x-------4-s-5---5---5-p-0-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
coming rains
F
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|-----------------0---0---0---0-|-----0-------0---0---0---0---0-|
|-----------------3---3---3---3-|-----3-------3---3---3---3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-0-------0---------------------|
F Fsus4. Dm7#5 F
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|-----------------2-------2---2-|-0/s/3-------2-----------2---2-|
|-----------------0-------0---0-|-0---0-------0-----------0---0-|
|-----------------3-------3---3-|-1/s/5-------3-----------3---3-|
|-0-------0---------------------|-------------------------------|
Gm7add11
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|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
|-1-------1-------1---0---1-----|-------------------------------|
|-2-------2-------2---0---2-----|-------------------------------|
F
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