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Sunwheel Dance

Bruce Cockburn
TabTuningOpen E
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From miotto@hpmarla2.cern.ch Tue Aug 16 17:17:44 EDT 1994

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From: miotto@hpmarla2.cern.ch (Alessandro Miotto)

Subject: TAB: Sunwheel dance (Bruce Cockburn)

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SUNWHEEL DANCE (Bruce Cockburn)

performed in "Sunwheel Dance"

open E tuning: EBEG#BE

tabbed from score on album cover

I just added the bass line and the ending.

This piece is not difficult, excluding a couple of bars with a

barre' on the 5th fret and a lot of legatos: it is better to play

it in open D with a capo on the 2nd fret.

It is nice to play it before Kottke's "Cripple Creek".

E ||---------------|---------------|
B ||---------------|---------------|
G#||---------------|---------------|
E ||-----0-------0-|-----0-------0-|
B ||---------------|---------------|
E ||-0-------0-----|-0-------0-----|

| | | | | | | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-4p3h4-0-2p0-----|-0---------------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-------------2p0-|---2p0-----------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0---0---0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |_| | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-0---0-----------|-----------------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|---4---4-2p0-----|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-------------1p0-|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-2p0-4p2-0---0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |_| | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |

||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||-----------------|---------1p0-----|---------1p0-----|-----------------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------2p0-|-----0-------2p0-|---------0---0---||
||---4---0---4---0-|---4---0---------|---4---0---------|-2p0-5p4---------||
||-7-------0-------|-0---------------|-7---------------|-----------------||

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

||-0---0h2-4---4---|-7---7---9-------|-5h7--p5---------|---------0-------||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----9---7h9-5h7-|-----7-----------||
||---0-------0-----|---0-------------|-----------------|-6h8-------------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----5-------5---|-----5-------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-5-------5-------|-5-------0-------||

|_| |_| |_| | |_| | | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |

||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----0-------||
||-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-------------0---||
||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |_| | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

 |-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-4p3-4p0-2p0-----|-0---------------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-------------2p0-|---2p0-----------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-------0---------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0---0---0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

||-----0---4p0-----|-0-5-----4-------|-----0---4p0-----|-0-2-----0-------||
||-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-7-----5-------|-0h2-0---5p0-----|-0-4-----0-------||
||-0h1---0-------0-|-----------------|-0h1---0-------0-|---3-----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-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----------------|
 |-5-----------5---|-3-----------3---|-1-----------1---|-1p0-----0-------|
 |-------5---------|-------4---------|-------2---------|-----2p0-----0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|

|_|_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| |_| |_| |_| | |

 |-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----|-----------------|--------12.------||
 |---0-----0-----0-|---0-----0-----0-|-----------------|--------12.------||
 |-5-----------5---|-3-----------3---|-1p0-------------|--------12.------||
 |-------5---------|-------4---------|-----2p0---------|-0---------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|---------2p0-5p4-|-----------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----0-----------||

|_|_| |_|_| |_| |_|_| |_|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

Alessandro Miotto - miotto@dxcern.cern.ch

From shocky@bmers125.bnr.ca Wed Aug 17 16:38:00 EDT 1994

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From: shocky@bmers125.bnr.ca (Steve Pringle)

Subject: Re: TAB: Sunwheel dance (Bruce Cockburn)

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Great contribution Alessandro. I noticed one small mistake just from memory.

|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

should be

|-----0---2p0-----|-4p0-----5-------|-----0---2p0-----|-0-----0---------|
 |-0h2---0-------0-|-------0---------|-0h2---0-----2p0-|---4b------------|
 |-----------------|-------------5---|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----0-------0---|-----0-------5---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------5-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|

|_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | | |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| |_| | |

I know its trivial but that's how bruce plays it.

Bruce is my favourate acoustic guitar player, at least his 1960 1970's stuff. Do

have any other tab for his other stuff, ie: spring song, keep it open - you know,

stuff off of his Going To The Country album.

Thanks a lot

Later,

Steve.

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Spotted a wrong chord, or know a capo position that sounds closer to the record?

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