Bruce Cockburn - Rainfall

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Rainfall  - Bruce Cockburn
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>From "Further Adventures Of".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean.

Tuning: CACGCE.
Capo: 5th fret.
Timing: 4/4.


INTRO:
   C6                C6                F/C               F/C
4/4, . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||-----0-------0---|---0-----0---0---|---1-----1-1---1-|-----1---1---1---|
||-----0-------0---|---0-----0---0---|---0-----0-0---0-|-----0---0---0---|
||-------0-------0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-----2---|---2-----2---2---|
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
||---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
||-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|


  C6                C6                F/C               F/C
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-0h1---0-----0---|---0-----0---0---|---1-----1-1---1-|-----1---1---1---||
|-0-----0-----0---|---0-----0---0---|---0-----0-0---0-|-----0---0---0---||
|-0h2-----0-----0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-----2---|---2-----2---2---||
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------||
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||



VERSE 1: (fingerpick similar to Intro)
 C6          C6
 Rainfall on rolling green
 F/C            F/C        C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Wavy lines and peacock sheen
 C6          C6
 Rainfall on rolling green
 F/C                  F/C    C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Prettiest world I've ever seen


BRIDGE:
   F                 F7                F                 F7
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||---5p0-------3p0-|-------3p0-----0-|---5p0-------3p0-|-------3p0-----0-|
||---0---5p0---0---|-5p0---0---5p0---|---0---5p0---0---|-5p0---0---5p0---|
||-----------5-----|-----5-----------|-----------5-----|-----5-----------|
||-------5p0-------|-5p0-------5p0---|-------5p0-------|-5p0-------5p0---|
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||-5---------------|-----------------|-5---------------|-----------------|


  F                 F7                 C6                C6
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .    , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|---5p0-------3p0-|-------3p0-------|--0---------------|-------0-----0---|
|---0---5p0---0---|-5p0---0---5p0---|-/7---------------|-------0-----0---|
|-----------5-----|-----5---------0-|--------0---0-----|-------0---------|
|-------5p0-------|-5p0-------5p0---|------0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|----------0-------|---------0-------|
|-5---------------|-----------------|--0---------------|-0---------------|


  F/C               F/C
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-1-1---1-----1---|---1-----1---1---||
|-0-0---0-----0---|---0-----0---0---||
|-2---------2---2-|---2---2-----2---||
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
|---------0-------|---------0-------||
|-0---------------|-0---------------||



VERSE 2:
 C6                    C6
 Faces and places in a highway land
 F/C               F/C       C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Beads strung on a silver strand
 C6               C6
 Quicksilver in a calloused hand
 F/C                   F/C     C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Never a place for the Son of Man


BRIDGE (as before)


SOLO:
   C6                C6                D7sus4/C          D7sus4/C
   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
||--10p7-----0-----|---0-------0-----|---7p5-----0-----|---0-------------|
||-------9-----0---|-----0-------0---|-------7-----0---|-------0---------|
||--------10----10-|------10---------|---------7-----7-|-----------------|
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
||---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
||-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|


  C6                C6               D7sus4/C          D7sus4/C
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . ,   .
|--10p7-----0-----|---0-------0----|---7p5-----0-----|---0---------------|
|-------9-----0---|-----0-------0--|-------7-----0---|-------0-----0h2p0-|
|--------10----10-|------10--------|---------7-----7-|-----------0-------|
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0--|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0-----|
|---------0-------|---------0------|---------0-------|---------0---------|
|-0---------------|-0--------------|-0---------------|-0-----------------|


  C6                C6                F/C               F/C
  , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
|-0-----0-----0---|---0-----0---0---|---1-----1-1---1-|-----1---1---1---||
|-0-----0-----0---|---0-----0---0---|---0-----0-0---0-|-----0---0---0---||
|-0-------0-----0-|-------0-------0-|-------2-----2---|---2-----2---2---||
|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---||
|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------||
|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||



VERSE 3:
 C6           C6
 Born under a rainbow sign
 F/C              F/C        C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Flash of wave in space and time
 C6               C6
 Molten glass and hearts that shine
 F/C              F/C     C6   C6   F/C   F/C
 Stone to gold in fire refined


BRIDGE (twice, first time without last two (F/C) bars)


OUTRO: (as for first 4 bars of Intro, end on a C6 chord)


--------------------------------
 John Kean
 keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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