-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Birmingham Shadows - Bruce Cockburn-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Tabbed by: Daniel ReillyE-mail: joppadaydream@gmail.comThe song is the work and creation of Bruce Cockburnfrom the album Charity of Night.Tuning: StandardCapo 2nd fretVerse:Em7 Em7 Asus4|--------------------------------|------------0-------0-------0---| |----------------3-----------3---|----3-----------3-------3-------| |----------------0-----------0---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----0---------------------------| |0---------------0-------0---0---|--------------------------------|(lyrics spoken over riff above)BirminghamJust behind the mountainSparse streelamps glow in hot half-moon hazeShadows shorten into little black pools that elongate behindWe walk, talk some, laugh someWorked hard, now wired, and hanging outI'm curious what you might be all aboutCurious, too, what that dark-shape in the hard shining cruiser might doAnd you have no idea what you're gettingout of of your own curiosity and tense energyTattoo on chest like the key to the puzzle of your pumping heartWearing your shadows all over your sleeveWearing the role of young upstartChorus:G6 A7sus4add6 Dsus2 Asus4|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------3-----------3---3-------|3---------------3---------------| |4---6-------6-------4---0-------|2---------------2---------------| |5-------------------5---4-------|0---------------2---------------| |------------------------0-------|----------------0---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G6 A7sus4add6Birmingham shadows fall.Dsus2 Asus4You show a little, I let something show tooG6 A7sus4add6It's now or not at allDsus2 Asus4Out on the road, it's always instant get-to-know-youverse 2:Em7 Em7 Asus4|--------------------------------|------------0-------0-------0---| |----------------3-----------3---|----3-----------3-------3-------| |----------------0-----------0---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----0---------------------------| |0---------------0-------0---0---|--------------------------------|(lyrics spoken over repeated riff above)Under velvet trees, towering like the sides of a wellBefore the empty two office blocksWhich we're admonished not to enterPoliceman studies us, finds us confusingMore amusing than threatMoves on, bemusedPavement spirals down ahead like the fossil of a giant shellAlong the kingdom's midnight marchesI wear my shadows where they're harder to seeBut they follow me everywhereI guess that should tell me that I'm travelling toward lightI guess something you sang made me remember thatI guess I'm saying thanks for thatChorus:G6 A7sus4add6 Dsus2 Asus4|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------3-----------3---3-------|3---------------3---------------| |4---6-------6-------4---0-------|2---------------2---------------| |5-------------------5---4-------|0---------------2---------------| |------------------------0-------|----------------0---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G6 A7sus4add6Birmingham shadows fall.Dsus2 Asus4You show a little, I let something show tooG6 A7sus4add6It's now or not at allDsus2 Asus4Out on the road, it's always instant get-to-know-youverse 3:Em7 Em7 Asus4|--------------------------------|------------0-------0-------0---| |----------------3-----------3---|----3-----------3-------3-------| |----------------0-----------0---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----0---------------------------| |0---------------0-------0---0---|--------------------------------|(lyrics spoken over repeated riff above)Got a head full of horrors and a heart full of nightAt home in the darkness, but hungry for dawnI only remember scenes, never the stories I liveThe good things about that is, it's easy to forgiveCan't make assumptions about any of thisWe're nomads following our own songlinesWho knows what could strike before we meet again?But if I fall down and dieWithout saying goodbyeI give you this: you'll have lost a friendChorus:G6 A7sus4add6 Dsus2 Asus4|0-------------------------------|--------------------------------| |3-------3-----------3---3-------|3---------------3---------------| |4---6-------6-------4---0-------|2---------------2---------------| |5-------------------5---4-------|0---------------2---------------| |------------------------0-------|----------------0---------------| |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|G6 A7sus4add6Birmingham shadows fall.Dsus2 Asus4You show a little, I let something show tooG6 A7sus4add6It's now or not at allDsus2 Asus4Out on the road, it's always instant get-to-know-youVerse (1st 4 lines only) slowed down:Em7 Em7 Asus4|--------------------------------|------------0-------0-------0---| |----------------3-----------3---|----3-----------3-------3-------| |----------------0-----------0---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----2---------------------------| |----------------2-----------2---|----0---------------------------| |0---------------0-------0---0---|--------------------------------|BirminghamJust behind the mountainSparse streelamps glow in hot half-moon hazeShadows shorten into little black pools that elongate behind...the fade out...
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