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Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 12:49 +1200 (NZST)
From: "Kean,John" <keanj@agresearch.cri.nz>
Subject: TAB: You Point To The Sky - Bruce Cockb
You Point To The Sky - Bruce Cockburn
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From "High Winds White Sky".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Tune all strings down 1 semitone.
Bracketed notes are not played on some repeats.
4/4 time.
A
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||--------12-------------12--|----------12--------------| ||-(10)------------10--------|----10----------10----10--| ||*--------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----| ||*--------------------------|--------------------------| ||---0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------| ||---------------------------|--------------------------|
A6
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|-------12-------------12--|----------12---------------|| |-10-------------10--------|----10----------10----10---|| |--------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----*|| |--------------------------|--------------------------*|| |--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0------------|| |--------------------------|---------------------------||
A
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||--------12-------------12--|----------12--------------| ||-(10)------------10--------|----10----------10--------| ||*--------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----| ||*--------------------------|--------------------------| ||---0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------| ||---------------------------|--------------------------|
You point to the
You point to the
Dmaj7 E
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|-9-----9-----9---|-------9---------|-7-----7---------| |---7-------7-----|---7-------7-----|---5-------5-----| |-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----4-------4---| |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
sky The sky is re-
sea I see what
A
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|-------12-------------12--|----------12--------------| |----------------10--------|----10----------10--------| |--------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----| |--------------------------|--------------------------| |--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------| |--------------------------|--------------------------|
fle- ted in your
see- ms to be so
Dmaj7 E
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|-9-----9-----9---|-------9---------|-7-----7---------| |---7-------7-----|---7-------7-----|---5-------5-----| |-----7-------7---|-----7-------7---|-----4-------4---| |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|
eyes And I want to
real Bound by empty
C#m Bm
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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----5-----5-----|-4-------4h5-----|-3---------3-----| |-----6---------6-|-4-----4-4h6-----|-4-------------4-| |-----6-------6---|-----6-------6---|-----4-------4---| |-4-------4-------|-4-------4-------|-2-------2-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
fly-
sky-
Em
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|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-------3p2-----2-| |-2-------2h3-----|-----------------|-----------3p0---| |-2-----2-2h4-----|-----------------|-----------------| |-----4-------4---|-----2-------2---|-----2-------2---| |-2-------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| |-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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|-p0-----------0---|-----------------|| |------------------|-----------------|| |------------------|-----------------|| |------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|| |------------------|-----------------|| |--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||
Em D/F#
$ , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
||-3-----------2---|-5-----2---------|-2-------------2-| ||-----------------|---------3-------|-----------------| ||-----------------|-----------2-----|-----------2-----| ||-----2-------2---|-----2-------0---|-----0-------0---| ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| ||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-2-------2-------|
On a car- pet of brown leaves
On a tow- er of grey earth
Here we tum- ble down the path
G
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|-------2---------|-3-----------2-5-|-------2---------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------3-------| |---2-------2--p0-|-----------0-----|-------------2---| |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-------2-------|-3-------3-------|-3-------3-------|
We re- trace the steps of
Far a- bove the spray-struck
Co- mic beg- gars trading
D6/A C
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|-2---------------|-----------------|-0-----0---------| |---------------0-|-------0---0-----|-----1-----1-----| |-----------2-----|---2-----------2-|---0---------0---| |-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|-----------------| |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-3-------3-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
change Construct a
stone We climb to-
laughs For scraps
Bm Asus2
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|-----------------|-0-----0---------|-------5---------| |-3-----3---------|-----0-----0-----|-----0-----0-----| |-----4-----4-----|---2---------2---|---2---------2---| |---4---------4---|-----------------|-----------------| |-2-------2-------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
tapestry of what will come
ward the melting point of time
from the tables of the wise
E
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|-------5---------|-6----------------|| |-----0-----0-----|------------------|| |---2---------2---|-----------------*|| To |-----------------|-6---------------*|| Coda |-0-------0-------|-7----------------|| |-----------------|----(0)--0---0----||
A
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||-------12-------12--------|----12--------9-10-12-----| ||-10-------------------10--|-------10-12--------------| ||--------9-----------9-----|--------9-----------9-----| ||--------------------------|--------------------------| ||--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------| ||--------------------------|--------------------------|
D E
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|-10-----9---------|-----------------|---------4h5-7/9-| |--7----------10---|--10-----8p7-----|-5---5h7---------| |--------9-----7---|---7---7-----7---|-4---------------| |--0-----0-----0---|-----0---0-------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-----------------| |------------------|-----------------|-0---0-----------|
A
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|-12-------12----------12--|-------10p9---9h10p9-------| |-10-------------10--------|----10-----10-------10-----| |--------9-----------9-----|--------9------------9-----| |--------------------------|---------------------------| |--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0------------| |--------------------------|---------------------------|
D E
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|-10-----9---------|-----------------|-----4h5p4--4-----0-| |--7----------10---|--10-----8p7-----|-5--------5---5-----| |--------9-----7---|---7---7-----7---|-4---4----------7---| |--0-----0-----0---|-----0---0-------|--------------------| |------------------|-----------------|--------------------| |------------------|-----------------|-0------------------|
C#m Bm
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|---------------4-|----------------------|------------------| |-------5---------|-----4h5p4--4h5p4-----|-3-----3--p2--2---| |-6---------6-----|---6------6-------6---|------------4-----| |-----6-------6---|-----6------------6---|-----4--------4---| |-4-------4-------|-4----------4---------|-2-------2--------| |-----------------|----------------------|------------------|
Em
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|-------------------|-------0-----0---|-----------------| |---2-------0-------|-----------3-----|-------------0-3-| |-------4p2-----0---|-----------------|-0---0h2---------| |-----4-------------|-2---2-------2---|--h4-2-------2---| |-2---------2-------|-----------------|-----------------| |-------------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|
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|--------0-----2---|-----2-----------|| |------------------|-----------3p0---|| |------------------|---------------0-|| D.S. $ |------2-------2---|-----2-------2---|| al Coda |------------------|-----------------|| |--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------||
Coda
Am E7 Am
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||-5---7---8--10---|-8-------7-----5-|-5---------------|| ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| ||-5---7---9--10---|-9-------7-------|-5---------------|| ||-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|| ||-0---------------|-----------------|-0---------------|| ||-----------------|---------0-------|-----------------||
\\\\ John Kean
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