Tornado '87 The Rural Alberta Advantage
Standard tuning.
Capo on 5. All chords relative to capo.
This is a great Canadian song about a tornado that devastated Edmonton on July 31st, 1987.
That day has come to be known as Black Friday.
This is the strumming pattern used in the first line,
of which variations are used throughout the song.
The same patterns for the chords are used,
but with different chord progressions.
[Am] [C] [G] [Dm]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
e|--0-----0---0---0---------------------------------------0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0---| B|--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1---1---1---------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---| G|--0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---| D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0-----| A|--------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---------------------| E|--------------------------------------3-----3---3---3-----------------------|
This just details the pattern for F.
[Dm] [F]
[E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E] [E]
...-0-0-0-0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--| ...-3-3-3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--| ...-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--| ...---0---3-----3---3---3----| ...--------------------------| ...--------------------------|
[Am] Oh lord I l[C]ost you I h[G]eld you[Dm] tight
Oh [Am]I will h[C]old on to your lo[G]ve in the nig[Am]ht
And the bl[C]ack sky will c[G]ome before our[Dm] eyes
Oh [F]I, let's l[C]ie down in the bas[G]ement to[Dm]night
[F]Oh
[Am] Oh lord I've f[C]ound you, I h[G]eld you[Dm] tight
Oh I[Am], and the bu[C]ildings are p[G]ulled into the [Am]sky
And our h[C]earts shakin i[G]n
This summer[Dm] night, oh [F]I
Let's l[C]ie down in the bas[G]ement to[Dm]night
[F]Oh
[Am] I let you go[C], I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es to take you fro[G]m me
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] I let you g[C]o, I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es, black sky com[G]es, black sky com[Dm]es and I hold you
[Am] Oh lord I've f[C]ound you I h[G]eld you[Dm] tight
Oh I[Am] and the bl[C]ack skies ab[G]ove our eyes to[Am]night
And our he[C]arts breakin i[G]n the end to[Dm]night, oh [F]I
Let's l[C]ie down in the bas[G]ement t[Dm]onight
[F]Oh
[Am] I let you go[C], I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es to take you fro[G]m me
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] I let you g[C]o, I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es to take you fro[G]m me
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
(Single strums)
[Am] Oh lord I l[C]ost you, I h[G]eld you[Dm] tight
Oh [Am]I
And the bl[C]ack sky will c[G]ome for us ton[Am]ight
And our he[C]art's shakin i[G]n the empty ni[Dm]ght, oh [F]I
Let's l[C]ie down in the bas[G]ement to[Dm]night
[F]Oh
[Am] I let you go[C], I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es to take you fro[G]m me
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] I let you g[C]o, I let you go[G],
I let you kno[Dm]w that I hold you
[Am] Black sky com[C]es, black sky com[G]es, black sky com[Dm]es and I hold you
[Am]
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