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January in the Halifax Airport Lounge - Bruce Cockburn
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From "Joy Will Find A Way".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Thanks to Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com) for suggestions.
Drop-D tuning.
Capo 1st fret.
4/4 time.
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Distant times in distant lands
There's a crisis in the outer world
In life so delicate and strange
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Worthless money changing hands
In the sky the smoke trails curl
Understanding seldom comes in range
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2---------------| |-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0-------1-----| |---0---0---0-----|---0---0---0-----|---------------2-|-------2---------| |-----2-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------| |-2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Changing them to what? I wonder
Some Winnipeg boys are Cypress bound
We stumble through familiar scenes
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----3-----|-2---------------| |-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0---1---------| |---0---0---0-----|---0---0---0-----|---------------2-|-----------2-----| |-----2-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------| |-2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
As in the dust a jet plane thunders
I hope they live to touch home ground
Never thinking what it means
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|-7p5-------------| |---3-------3-----|-6b--------6-----|-6/7-------------|------/7---------| |-------4---------|-------7-------7-|-----------------|-----------7-----| |-----5-------5---|-----8-------8---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------| |-5-------5-------|-8-------8-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
Carries every feeling into blue
I hope we live to touch if just once more
In this cluttered landscape to be loved
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|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|----------------|| |-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---3-----|-----3-3--------|| |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|-2h4-------4p2--|| |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4--|| |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0------|| |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0--------------||
I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom
I need you like the river needs the shore
I need you like I need the stars above
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1,2.-------------------------------------------------------------------.
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I need you like I need the stars above
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