Chords for Bruce Cockburn - 8 - Tokyo - Humans (1980)

Tempo:
103.65 bpm
Chords used:

F#

C#

B

G#

E

Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Bruce Cockburn - 8 - Tokyo - Humans (1980) chords
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[C#] [F#]
[C#] [F#]
[F#]
They're getting prepared to haul a car out of the river.
[B] Noise and smoke and concrete seem to be going on forever.
Grinding gears and drivers [C#] getting high on exhaust.
I'm [B] thinking about the [F#] water down [E] below and what got [F#] lost.
[C#] [F#]
The Jinko [C#] Jingles Space Torpedo Beams.
[B] Comic book [F#] violence and escaping steam.
Grey suited [C#] businessmen fizzing against a wall.
[B] Up to crumbling guardrail.
[E] Motion car [C#m]
[F#] phone!
[B] Tokyo, [C#] I never can sleep in [G#] your arm.
[F#] Mine [B] keeps on
[C#] ringing like a fire [G#] alarm.
[F#] Me and all these other dice
[C#] bouncing around in [G#] the cup.
[F#] Did you have to show me that accident scene?
[C#] Didn't I get enough?
[G#] Shaking up, still I'm [B] gonna miss [G#m] you.
[F#] [C#]
[B] [F#]
Dragon of good fortune [C#] struggles with the trickster fox.
[B] Energy and patience, [F#] the power of the buck.
The night I'm fighting along the [C#] dark red edge of dawn.
I [B] know somebody will be crying [E] and somebody will be [F#] gone.
[B] Tokyo, [C#] I never can sleep in [G#] your arm.
[F#] Mine keeps on
[C#] ringing like a fire [G#] alarm.
[F#] Me and all [B] these other dice
[C#] bouncing around in the [G#] cup.
[F#] Did you have to show me [B] that accident scene?
Didn't [C#] I get enough?
Shaking [G#] up, still I'm gonna [B] miss [G#m] you.
[D#m]
[F#]
[F#]
[C#]
[B] www.circlelineartschool.com.
Key:  
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
B
12341112
G#
134211114
E
2311
F#
134211112
C#
12341114
B
12341112
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To start learning Bruce Cockburn - Tokyo chords, centre your learning around these elemetal chords sequence: B, C#, G#m, F#, B, G# and F#. Kick off your practice at a gentle 52 BPM, then escalate to the song's tempo of 104 BPM. Considering the song's key of C# Minor, position your capo to suit your vocal and chord preferences.

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_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
They're getting prepared to haul a car out of the river.
[B] Noise and smoke and concrete seem to be going on forever.
Grinding gears and drivers [C#] getting high on exhaust.
I'm [B] thinking about the [F#] water down [E] below and what got [F#] lost.
_ _ _ [C#] _ _ [F#] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The Jinko [C#] Jingles Space Torpedo Beams.
[B] Comic book [F#] violence and escaping steam.
Grey suited [C#] businessmen fizzing against a wall.
[B] Up to crumbling guardrail.
[E] Motion car [C#m]
[F#] phone!
_ _ _ [B] Tokyo, _ [C#] I never can sleep in [G#] your arm. _ _
[F#] Mine _ _ [B] keeps on _
[C#] ringing like a fire [G#] alarm. _ _ _
[F#] Me and all these other dice _
[C#] bouncing around in [G#] the cup. _ _
[F#] Did you have to show me that accident scene?
[C#] Didn't I get enough?
[G#] Shaking up, still I'm [B] gonna _ _ miss _ _ [G#m] you. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
Dragon of good fortune [C#] struggles with the trickster fox.
[B] _ Energy and patience, [F#] the power of the buck.
The night I'm fighting along the [C#] dark red edge of dawn.
I [B] know somebody will be crying [E] and somebody will be [F#] gone.
_ _ _ [B] Tokyo, _ [C#] I never can sleep in [G#] your arm. _ _
[F#] Mine _ keeps on _
[C#] ringing like a fire [G#] alarm. _ _ _
[F#] Me and all [B] these other dice _
[C#] bouncing around in the [G#] cup. _ _
[F#] Did you have to show me [B] that accident scene?
Didn't [C#] I get enough?
Shaking [G#] up, still I'm gonna [B] _ _ _ miss _ _ [G#m] you.
_ _ _ [D#m] _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ _ _ www.circlelineartschool.com. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Facts about this song

Featured within the album Anything Anytime Anywhere is this song, written by Bruce Cockburn.

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