Waiting for the Moon Bruce Cockburn
Return-Path: <br/> Date: Sun, 28 Aug 1994 18:30:15 -0700 (PDT)<br/> Subject: CRD: : "Waiting for the Moon" by Bruce Cockburn<br/> To: nevada guitar archive <br/> <br/> WAITING FOR THE MOON - Bruce Cockburn 1983 "Trouble With Normal<br/> <br/> This transcription is not in retail transcription books.<br/> Transcribed by Stephen Cody, Vancouver, August 1994.<br/> <br/> DEFs:<br/> E: 033200<br/> A: 577600<br/> B: 799800<br/> F#m: 244200<br/> G#m: 466400<br/> C#m: 046630<br/> <br/> <br/> CHART:<br/> <br/> intro:<br/> run1 F#m run2 F#m run2 E <br/> | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// |<br/> <br/> verse:<br/> E E run1 F#m F#m F#m<br/> | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | ////||<br/> leather.....wall kids.......ball<br/> <br/> E C#m B E A A G#m G#m<br/> | // // | // // | //// | //// | //// | //// ||<br/> land here land there, Quick.... spots... grow...<br/> <br/> chorus:<br/> F#m run2 F#m run2 F#m E<br/> | //// | //// | //// | //// | // // ||<br/> ohhh... waiting.....<br/> <br/> <br/> run1:<br/> <br/> E <br/> <br/> / / / /<br/> |-------------------------|<br/> |----2-0------------------|<br/> |----1-1---2-1----2---2---|<br/> |----2-2---2-2----2---4---|<br/> |----2-2---2-2----2---4---|<br/> |---------------------2---|<br/> |_| |_| | ring<br/> pinch-----<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> run2: (chorus)<br/> <br/> F#m G#m F#m E F#m - ring <br/> / / / /<br/> |---------------------0--------|<br/> |---------------------0--------|<br/> |------2--4----2--1---2--------|<br/> |------4--6----4--2---4--------|<br/> |------x--x----x--x---4--------|<br/> |---------------------2--------|<br/> |__| |__| <br/> wait-ing for the moon<br/> <br/> F#m G#m F#m E F#m - ring <br/> / / / / <br/> |---------------------0------0--|--0----<br/> |---------------------0------0--|--0----<br/> |------2--4----2--1---2------2--|--1----<br/> |------4--6----4--2---4------4--|--2----<br/> |------x--x----x--x---4------4--|--2----<br/> |---------------------2------2--|--0----<br/> |__| |__| <br/> wait-ing for the moon to show<br/> <br/> <br/> <br/> LYRICS: this song is about an impending American gun boat invasion<br/> as tourists watch from the shoreline of a Central American beach.<br/> <br/> Body lies fluid in the static heat<br/> Thoughts buzzing like flies around the meat<br/> Land here Land there Quick circles in the air<br/> I'm riding smooth<br/> But just a little slow<br/> <br/> chorus:<br/> Waiting for the moon<br/> Waiting for the moon to show<br/> <br/> Leather faced old man by the cafe wall<br/> Kids in the surf, splashing with a soccer ball<br/> Gaze thru Curved lense<br/> Trying to identify the sky's end<br/> Little spots on the horizon<br/> Into gunboats grow [to chorus]<br/> <br/> Might be a party, might be a war<br/> 6 lines more (you've seen 95%) <br/> When those faceless soldiers come ashore<br/> Speculation ends in wasted time<br/> May as well go, and have a glass of wine<br/> Cause whatever's comin'<br/> There's no place else to go [to chorus]^Z<br/> </div> </div> <div class="breadcrumbs">
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