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You Point to the Sky  Bruce Cockburn

You Point To The Sky - Bruce Cockburn
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From "High Winds White Sky".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Tune all strings down 1 semitone.
Bracketed notes are not played on some repeats.
4/4 time.
[A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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[A6], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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[A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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You point to the
You point to the
[Dmaj7], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [E], . , . , . , .
 
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sky The sky is re-
sea I see what
[A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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fle- ted in your
see- ms to be so
[Dmaj7], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [E], . , . , . , .
 
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eyes And I want to
real Bound by empty
[C#m], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [Bm], . , . , . , .
 
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fly-
sky-
, . , . , . , . [Em], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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 -2-------2h3----- ----------------- -----------3p0---
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 -----4-------4--- -----2-------2--- -----2-------2---
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, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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$ [Em], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [D/F#], . , . , . , .
 
 -3-----------2--- -5-----2--------- -2-------------2-
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On a car- pet of brown leaves
On a tow- er of grey earth
Here we tum- ble down the path
, . , . , . , . [G], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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We re- trace the steps of
Far a- bove the spray-struck
Co- mic beg- gars trading
[D6/A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [C], . , . , . , .
 
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change Construct a
stone We climb to-
laughs For scraps
[Bm], . , . , . , . [Asus2], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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tapestry of what will come
ward the melting point of time
from the tables of the wise
, . , . , . , . [E], . , . , . , .
 
 -------5--------- -6----------------
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 ---2---------2--- -----------------* To
 ----------------- -6---------------* Coda
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[A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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[D], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [E], . , . , . , .
 
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[A], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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[D], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [E], . , . , . , .
 
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[C#m], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [Bm], . , . , . , .
 
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 -------5--------- -----4h5p4--4h5p4----- -3-----3--p2--2---
 -6---------6----- ---6------6-------6--- ------------4-----
 -----6-------6--- -----6------------6--- -----4--------4---
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 ----------------- ---------------------- ------------------ 

, . , . , . , . [Em], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
 
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Coda
[Am], . , . , . , . , . , . [E7], . , . [Am], . , . , . , .
 
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\\\\ John Kean
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A A6 Am Asus2 Bm C C#m D D/F# D6/A Dmaj7 E E7 Em G
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