Tablature waiting for the moon - Bruce Cockburn

          



 

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  Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 18:30:15 -0700 (PDT)

  Subject: CRD: : "Waiting for the Moon" by Bruce Cockburn

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  WAITING FOR THE MOON  - Bruce Cockburn 1983 "Trouble With Normal

  

  This transcription is not in retail transcription books.

  Transcribed by Stephen Cody, Vancouver, August 1994.

  

  DEFs:

    E: 033200

    A: 577600

    B: 799800

  F#m: 244200

  G#m: 466400

  C#m: 046630

  

  

  CHART:

  

  intro:

  run1     F#m     run2    F#m     run2    E 

  |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// |

  

  verse:

   E      E       run1    F#m     F#m            F#m

  |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// | //// | //// | ////||

  leather.....wall                kids.......ball

  

   E   C#m   B    E    A       A       G#m     G#m

  |  //  // |  //  // |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// ||

  land here land there,  Quick....     spots...     grow...

  

  chorus:

   F#m     run2    F#m     run2    F#m  E

  |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //// |  //  // ||

  ohhh...  waiting.....

  

  

  run1:

  

       E 

  

       /     /     /    /

  |-------------------------|

  |----2-0------------------|

  |----1-1---2-1----2---2---|

  |----2-2---2-2----2---4---|

  |----2-2---2-2----2---4---|

  |---------------------2---|

       |_|   |_|    |   ring

       pinch-----

  

  

  

  

  

  

  

  run2:  (chorus)

  

        F#m G#m  F#m E  F#m - ring    

         /       /      /   /

  |---------------------0--------|

  |---------------------0--------|

  |------2--4----2--1---2--------|

  |------4--6----4--2---4--------|

  |------x--x----x--x---4--------|

  |---------------------2--------|

         |__|    |__| 

       wait-ing for the moon

  

  F#m G#m F#m E  F#m - ring    

         /       /      /    /    

  |---------------------0------0--|--0----

  |---------------------0------0--|--0----

  |------2--4----2--1---2------2--|--1----

  |------4--6----4--2---4------4--|--2----

  |------x--x----x--x---4------4--|--2----

  |---------------------2------2--|--0----

         |__|    |__| 

       wait-ing for the moon   to    show

  

  

  

  LYRICS: this song is about an impending American gun boat invasion

  as tourists watch from the shoreline of a Central American beach.

  

  Body lies fluid in the static heat

  Thoughts buzzing like flies around the meat

  Land here  Land there  Quick circles in the air

  I'm riding smooth

  But just a little slow

  

  chorus:

  Waiting for the moon

  Waiting for the moon  to show

  

  Leather faced old man by the cafe wall

  Kids in the surf, splashing with a soccer ball

  Gaze thru  Curved lense

  Trying to identify  the sky's end

  Little spots on the horizon

  Into gunboats grow   [to chorus]

  

  Might be a party, might be a war

   6 lines more (you've seen 95%) 

  When those faceless soldiers come ashore

  Speculation ends in wasted time

  May as well go, and have a glass of wine

  Cause whatever's comin'

  There's no place else to go  [to chorus]^Z

   


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 Waiting for the moon, de Bruce cockburn 

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