Rainfall
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Rainfall - Bruce Cockburn
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>From "Further Adventures Of".
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---
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-0--------------- -0--------------- -0--------------- -0---------------
C6 C6 F/C F/C
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-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---
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VERSE 1: (fingerpick similar to Intro)
C6 C6
Rainfall on rolling green
F/C F/C C6F/C
Wavy lines and peacock sheen
C6 C6
Rainfall on rolling green
F/C F/C C6F/C
Prettiest world I've ever seen
BRIDGE:
F F7 F F7
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---0---5p0---0--- -5p0---0---5p0--- ---0---5p0---0--- -5p0---0---5p0---
-----------5----- -----5----------- -----------5----- -----5-----------
-------5p0------- -5p0-------5p0--- -------5p0------- -5p0-------5p0---
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-5--------------- ----------------- -5--------------- -----------------
F F7 C6 C6
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---0---5p0---0--- -5p0---0---5p0--- -/7--------------- -------0-----0---
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-------5p0------- -5p0-------5p0--- ------0-------0--- -----0-------0---
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F/C F/C
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-1-1---1-----1--- ---1-----1---1---
-0-0---0-----0--- ---0-----0---0---
-2---------2---2- ---2---2-----2---
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VERSE 2:
C6 C6
Faces and places in a highway land
F/C F/C C6 F/C
Beads strung on a silver strand
C6 C6
Quicksilver in a calloused hand
F/C F/C C6F/C
Never a place for the Son of Man
BRIDGE (as before)
SOLO:
C6 C6 D7sus4/C D7sus4/C
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-------9-----0--- -----0-------0--- -------7-----0--- -------0---------
--------10----10- ------10--------- ---------7-----7- -----------------
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-0--------------- -0--------------- -0--------------- -0---------------
C6 C6 D7sus4/C D7sus4/C
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-------9-----0--- -----0-------0-- -------7-----0--- -------0-----0h2p0-
--------10----10- ------10-------- ---------7-----7- -----------0-------
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C6 C6 F/C F/C
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-0-----0-----0--- ---0-----0---0--- ---0-----0-0---0- -----0---0---0---
-0-------0-----0- -------0-------0- -------2-----2--- ---2-----2---2---
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VERSE 3:
C6 C6
Born under a rainbow sign
F/C F/C C6 F/C
Flash of wave in space and time
C6 C6
Molten glass and hearts that shine
F/C F/C C6 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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