Rainfall

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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, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

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C6 C6 F/C F/C

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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

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F F7 C6 C6

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F/C F/C

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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

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C6 C6 D7sus4/C D7sus4/C

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C6 C6 F/C F/C

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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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