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To Raise The Morning Star
By Bruce Cockburn
From “Stealing Fire”

Transcribed by Jonathan Tieszen

Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B e)
Chords:
Dm	0  5  7  7  6  5  (ADGBE barred at 5th fret) 
Gm    0  10 12 12 11 10 (ADGBE barred at 10th fret)
F	10 x  10 10 10 x  (fret low E with middle finger, DGB with ring finger) 
C     0  3  5  5  5  x   

Intro:
         Dm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .     
|---------5--------------------|
|---------6---8---6---5---6----|
|-------------9---7---5---7----| 
|------------------------------|  
|------------------------------| 
|------------------------------| 
Bruce plays this starting with a Dm chord fretted (barring the DGBE strings 
at the 5th fret with his index finger), slides the chord up two frets to catch 
the second chord in the run and then slides back down to the Dm to play the 
rest, keeping the DGBE strings barred the whole time.

   Gm                              F
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||---------11--10------11--10----|-----10------10--10------10----||
|*---------12--10------12--10----|-----10------10--10------10----3|
|*---------12--10------12—-10----|-----10------10--10------10----3|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-0-----------------------------|-10----------------------------||


   Gm                              F 
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------11--10------11--10----|-----10—-10--10--10------10----|
|*---------12--10------12--10----|-----10--10--10--10------10----|
|*---------12--10------12—-10----|-----10--10--10--10------10----|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-0-----------------------------|-10----------------------------|


Verse:
   Gm                              F
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||---------11--10------11--10----|-----10------10--10------10----||
|*---------12--10------12--10----|-----10------10--10------10----3|
|*---------12--10------12—-10----|-----10------10--10------10----3|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------||
||-0-----------------------------|-10----------------------------||

   Gm                              F  
   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||---------11--10------11--10----|-----10--10--10--10------10----|
|*---------12--10------12--10----|-----10--10--10--10------10----|
|*---------12--10------12—-10----|-----10--10--10--10------10----|
||-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
||-0-----------------------------|-10----------------------------|


Chorus:
  Dm                              C
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|-0---------------0-------------|-0---------------0-------------|
                               
                                 
  Dm                              C      Dm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . | ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|---------5---------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|-5-------6---8---6---5---6-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|-5-----------9---7---5---7-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7—----|-5-----------------------------|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|-5-----------------------------|
|-0---------------0-------------|-------------------------------|

  Dm                              C                         
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|-0---------------0-------------|-0---------------0-------------|

 Dm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|-------------------------------|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|-----5---5-------5-------7-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|-----5---5-------5-------7-----|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|-5s7---------7-----------------|
|-0---------------0-------------|-------------------------------|

  Dm                              C                             
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|-0---------------0-------------|-0---------------0-------------|
                               
                                 
  Dm                              C       Dm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   . | ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|---------5---------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|-5-------6---8---6---5---6-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|-5-----------9---7---5---7-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7—----|-5-----------------------------|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|-5-----------------------------|
|-0---------------0-------------|-------------------------------|


  Dm                              C
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------6---6-------6---6-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------7---7-------7---7-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|---------5---5-------5---5-----|---------5---5-------5---5-----|
|-0---------------0-------------|-0---------------0-------------|

  Dm                              C                      Dm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------6-----------------|-----5-------5---5-------6-----|
|-5-------7---7-------5---7-----|-----5-------5---5-------7-----|
|-5-------7-----------5---7-----|-----5-------5---5-------7-----|
|-------------------------------|-3-----------------------5-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


Solo:

  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------5~~-------|-------------5-----------------|
|-----------------5-------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------5-----------------|---------------------5---5-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5-/-6---------------6---------|-----6---------------6---------|
|-------------5-----------------|-------------------------------|
|---------5-------------------5-|-------------5-----------5-----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|








  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------6---6-p-5-------6-|-6-p-5-------5---5-------6---5-|
|-------------7---7-p-5-------7-|-7-p-5-------5---5-------7---5-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-0-----------------------------|-------------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-5-------6---6-----------6-----|-5---5---5---5-------5-------6-|
|-5-------7---7-----------7-----|-5---5---5---5-------5-------7-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|---------------------8-------8-|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------6-----|-6---6-------8---8-------10----|
|---------------------7---------|-7---7-------9---9-------10----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------8-----------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-8-------10--10--10--8-------8-|-----10------10----------10----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-9-------10--10--10--9-------9-|-----10------10----------10----|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|



  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-------------12--12-p10------12|-12------12--12--10—-8---5---8-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----10------12--12-p10------12|-12------12--12--10—-9---7---9-|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|


  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .  
|-----8---8---5---3---1---3-----|-5-------1-------3-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----9---9---7---5---2---5-----|-7-------2-------5-------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
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