Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon Tabs & Lyrics by Bruce Cockburn

Thoughts on a Rainy Afternoon

guitar tabs lyrics

Bruce Cockburn

Tabbed by Joe (tabs at stype dot org)

One of my favorite Bruce Cockburn songs. This is as much as I was able to figure out.

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Verse:| Rain rings trash can

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bells and what do you know

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My alley becomes a cathedral

Repeat verse progression

2nd verse:
Eyes can be archways
To enter or leave by
Vacuums replaced by a crystal


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Jesus Don't let Toronto take my song away

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(From here it basically goes into the verse chords again but higher up the neck.
I never figured that part out entirely. I think a 2nd guitar comes in, too)

It's easy to love if
You let yourself love it
But like a moth's wing it's easily crushed

Jesus don't let tomorrow take my love away