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Date: Wed, 12 Nov 1997 09:25:41 +1300
From: "Kean, John" <keanj@agresearch.cri.nz>
Subject: TAB: Rainfall - Bruce Cockburn
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)
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John Kean
keanj@agresearch.cri.nz
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