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16 Oct 10 - 06:56 PM (#3008689) Subject: Tune Add: Rose Above the Sky: Cockburn From: Lonesome EJ I have been a Bruce Cockburn fan for a long time, and had never been able to find a chord cheat sheet for The Rose Above the Sky, which is one of my favorite songs of his. Here is a link to a Youtube audio of the song. Anyway, in case anyone would like the information, here is my interpretation... The Rose Above the Sky (D)Something jewelled slips (C]away (D)Round the next bend with a [C)splash (D)Laughing at the hands I hold (C]out (D)Only air within their (C]grasp (Em)All you can do is praise the (A)razor (Em)For the fineness of the (D)slash 'Til the Rose above the (C)sky (G)Opens(D) And the light behind the (C)sun Takes (G)all(D) Gutless arrogance and rage Burn apart the best of tries You carry the weight of inherited sorrow From your first day till you die Toward that hilltop where the road Forever becomes one with the sky 'Til the Rose above the sky Opens And the light behind the sun Takes all Ozone on the midnight wind Got me thinking of the sea And the mercies of the currents that brought Me to you and you to me And in the silence at the heart of things Where all true meetings come to be I see the Rose above the sky Open And the light behind the sun Takes all |
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16 Oct 10 - 07:38 PM (#3008712) Subject: RE: Tune Add: Rose Above the Sky: Cockburn From: Tim Chesterton I'd change it slightly: The Rose Above the Sky (D)Something jewelled slips (C9]away (D)Round the next bend with a [C9)splash (D)Laughing at the hands I hold (C9]out (D)Only air within their (C9]grasp (Em)All you can do is praise the (Am)razor (Em)For the fineness of the (D)slash 'Til the Rose above the (Am)sky (C9) (G)Opens(D) And the light behind the (Am)sun (C9) Takes (G)all(D) |
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17 Oct 10 - 07:31 PM (#3009479) Subject: RE: Tune Add: Rose Above the Sky: Cockburn From: Lonesome EJ Hi Tim Yes, interesting changes! I still hear the C major in Cockburn's version, but really like the C9. The line that goes (Em)All you can do is praise the (Am)razor sounds less like an A on re-listening, but I hear something more like an Asus than Am. The Chorus we are in full agreement on. Thanks for the modifications! Ernie |
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17 Oct 10 - 07:41 PM (#3009483) Subject: RE: Tune Add: Rose Above the Sky: Cockburn From: Tim Chesterton Ernie, it's years since I've played it, and I was posting my chords from memory. You may well be right about the C. I think that A minor may actually be an A minor 7. T. |
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23 May 11 - 01:56 PM (#3159252) Subject: RE: Tune Add: Rose Above the Sky: Cockburn From: GUEST,Simon Donato-Woodger Are you in standard tuning? This is a finger picking song right? Sorry for these stupid questions, I'm a beginner, but I really want to learn this song. |