Chords for Bruce Cockburn | Tokyo
Tempo:
104.1 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F#m
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[E] [B] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
Getting prepared [B] to haul a car out of [E] the [A] river.
Noise and smoke and concrete seem [E] to be going on forever.
Grinding gears and drivers [B] getting [E] high on exhaust.
[A] I'm thinking about the water [D] down below and what got [E] lost.
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
Fetching co-jingle and space torpedo [A] beams.
Comic [E] book violence and escaping steam.
Gray suited businessmen pissing against a wall.
[A] Cut to crumbling [D] guardrail.
Slow motion car [A] fall.
[E] [A] Tokyo, [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
[E] Mind [A] keeps on [B] ringing like a fire [F#m] alarm.
[E] Me and all these [A] other dice [E] [B] bouncing around in [F#m] the cup.
[E] Did you have to show me that [A] accident scene?
[E] Didn't I [B] get enough shaking [F#m] up?
Still I'm [A] gonna miss [F#m] you.
[E] The
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
dragon of good fortune [B] struggles with [E] the trickster [A] fox.
Energy and [E] patience and the power of the buck.
Tonight I'm flying headlong to meet the dark red edge of dawn.
I [A] know somebody will be [D] crying and somebody will be [E] gone.
Oh, [A] Tokyo, [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
[E] Mind [A] keeps on [B] ringing like a fire [F#] alarm.
[F#m] [E] Me and all [A] these other dice [B] bouncing around in the [F#] cup.
[E] Did you have to show me [A] that accident scene?
Didn't [B] I get enough [F#m] shaking up?
Still I'm gonna [A] miss [F#m] you.
[F#] [F#m] [E] [B] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
Getting prepared [B] to haul a car out of [E] the [A] river.
Noise and smoke and concrete seem [E] to be going on forever.
Grinding gears and drivers [B] getting [E] high on exhaust.
[A] I'm thinking about the water [D] down below and what got [E] lost.
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
Fetching co-jingle and space torpedo [A] beams.
Comic [E] book violence and escaping steam.
Gray suited businessmen pissing against a wall.
[A] Cut to crumbling [D] guardrail.
Slow motion car [A] fall.
[E] [A] Tokyo, [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
[E] Mind [A] keeps on [B] ringing like a fire [F#m] alarm.
[E] Me and all these [A] other dice [E] [B] bouncing around in [F#m] the cup.
[E] Did you have to show me that [A] accident scene?
[E] Didn't I [B] get enough shaking [F#m] up?
Still I'm [A] gonna miss [F#m] you.
[E] The
[A] [E]
[B] [E]
[A] [E]
dragon of good fortune [B] struggles with [E] the trickster [A] fox.
Energy and [E] patience and the power of the buck.
Tonight I'm flying headlong to meet the dark red edge of dawn.
I [A] know somebody will be [D] crying and somebody will be [E] gone.
Oh, [A] Tokyo, [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
[E] Mind [A] keeps on [B] ringing like a fire [F#] alarm.
[F#m] [E] Me and all [A] these other dice [B] bouncing around in the [F#] cup.
[E] Did you have to show me [A] that accident scene?
Didn't [B] I get enough [F#m] shaking up?
Still I'm gonna [A] miss [F#m] you.
[F#] [F#m] [E] [B] [E]
[A] [E]
[A] [E]
Key:
E
A
B
F#m
D
E
A
B
[E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ Getting prepared [B] to haul a car out of [E] the [A] river.
Noise and smoke and concrete seem [E] to be going on forever.
_ Grinding gears and drivers [B] getting [E] high on exhaust.
[A] I'm thinking about the water [D] down below and what got _ [E] lost.
_ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ Fetching co-jingle and space torpedo [A] beams.
Comic [E] book violence and escaping steam.
Gray suited businessmen pissing against a wall.
[A] Cut to crumbling [D] guardrail.
Slow motion car [A] fall.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] Tokyo, _ [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
_ [E] Mind _ [A] keeps on _ [B] ringing like a fire [F#m] alarm.
_ _ [E] Me and all these [A] other dice _ [E] [B] bouncing around in [F#m] the cup.
_ [E] Did you have to show me that [A] accident scene?
[E] Didn't I [B] get enough shaking [F#m] up?
Still I'm [A] gonna _ _ _ _ _ miss [F#m] _ you. _ _ _
[E] _ _ The _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ dragon of good fortune [B] struggles with [E] the trickster [A] fox.
Energy and [E] patience and the power of the buck.
Tonight I'm flying headlong to meet the dark red edge of dawn.
I [A] know somebody will be [D] crying and somebody will be [E] gone.
Oh, _ _ [A] Tokyo, _ [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
_ [E] _ _ Mind [A] keeps on _ [B] ringing like a fire [F#] alarm.
_ [F#m] _ [E] Me and all [A] these other dice _ [B] bouncing around in the [F#] cup. _
[E] Did you have to show me [A] that accident scene?
Didn't [B] I get enough [F#m] shaking up?
Still I'm gonna [A] _ miss _ _ _ _ [F#m] you.
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ Getting prepared [B] to haul a car out of [E] the [A] river.
Noise and smoke and concrete seem [E] to be going on forever.
_ Grinding gears and drivers [B] getting [E] high on exhaust.
[A] I'm thinking about the water [D] down below and what got _ [E] lost.
_ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ Fetching co-jingle and space torpedo [A] beams.
Comic [E] book violence and escaping steam.
Gray suited businessmen pissing against a wall.
[A] Cut to crumbling [D] guardrail.
Slow motion car [A] fall.
[E] _ _ _ _ [A] Tokyo, _ [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
_ [E] Mind _ [A] keeps on _ [B] ringing like a fire [F#m] alarm.
_ _ [E] Me and all these [A] other dice _ [E] [B] bouncing around in [F#m] the cup.
_ [E] Did you have to show me that [A] accident scene?
[E] Didn't I [B] get enough shaking [F#m] up?
Still I'm [A] gonna _ _ _ _ _ miss [F#m] _ you. _ _ _
[E] _ _ The _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ dragon of good fortune [B] struggles with [E] the trickster [A] fox.
Energy and [E] patience and the power of the buck.
Tonight I'm flying headlong to meet the dark red edge of dawn.
I [A] know somebody will be [D] crying and somebody will be [E] gone.
Oh, _ _ [A] Tokyo, _ [B] I never can sleep in [F#m] your arms.
_ [E] _ _ Mind [A] keeps on _ [B] ringing like a fire [F#] alarm.
_ [F#m] _ [E] Me and all [A] these other dice _ [B] bouncing around in the [F#] cup. _
[E] Did you have to show me [A] that accident scene?
Didn't [B] I get enough [F#m] shaking up?
Still I'm gonna [A] _ miss _ _ _ _ [F#m] you.
_ [F#] _ _ [F#m] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [E] _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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