Chord/Tab song: You Point to the Sky

You Point To The Sky - Bruce Cockburn
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From "High Winds White Sky".

Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean ([email protected]).

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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$ [Em], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . [D/F#], . , . , . , .

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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

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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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, . , . , . , . [Em], . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

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Coda
[Am], . , . , . , . , . , . [E7], . , . [Am], . , . , . , .

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