• Song:

    Rocky World

  • Artist:

    Daniel Lanois

  • Album:

    For the Beauty of Wynon...

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From: snd0@gov.nt.ca (Shaun Dean)
Subject: CRD:Rocky World - Daniel Lanois

Rocky World - Daniel Lanois

G (320003@1)          Bmin (x2022x@1)     C (x32010@1)        GMy (320003@1)hands are wrapped in your raven hair
       G (320003@1)   Bmin (x2022x@1)        CIn (x32010@1)the faded picture on the back stair
        C (x32010@1)              Bmin (x2022x@1) CWe (x32010@1)were narrow, we were steady, trembling and ready
   C (x32010@1)             D (xx0232@1)        GTo (320003@1)give it Hell in this rocky world

G (320003@1)           Bmin (x2022x@1)            C (x32010@1)         GYou (320003@1)said do I look like I could be a strong mother
    G (320003@1)            Bmin (x2022x@1)    CAnd (x32010@1)raise the good side of a young daughter
       C (x32010@1)   Bmin (x2022x@1)     CIn (x32010@1)the hotel Shangri-La let me tell you
          C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)        GI've (320003@1)been thinking of her in this rocky world

G (320003@1)        Bmin (x2022x@1)       C (x32010@1)         GChicago (320003@1)is heavy, but I can't turn around
    G (320003@1)            Bmin (x2022x@1)         CI'm (x32010@1)smuggling that whiskey, every flesh and pound
C (x32010@1)        Bmin (x2022x@1)     CMichigan (x32010@1)I worry, and Susie I'm sorry
       C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)         GThat (320003@1)I lost you out there in the rocky world

          C (x32010@1)        Bmin (x2022x@1)     CWould (x32010@1)you build me a building a chapel up there
       G (320003@1)        Bmin (x2022x@1)       CAt (x32010@1)the top of the hill in the still blue air
         C (x32010@1)          Bmin (x2022x@1)  CNear (x32010@1)the weather vane, by the track and train
        C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)       GI'll (320003@1)be looking for you in the rocky world

G (320003@1)           Bmin (x2022x@1)     C (x32010@1)        GShe's (320003@1)turning twenty and out on the make
G (320003@1)          Bmin (x2022x@1)          CPounding (x32010@1)the blacktop with a habit to shake
       C (x32010@1)          Bmin (x2022x@1)        CShe's (x32010@1)looking for a manger in the eyes of a stranger
C (x32010@1)                 D (xx0232@1)        GDown (320003@1)on the streets of a rocky world

G (320003@1)         Bmin (x2022x@1)     C (x32010@1)        GJenny (320003@1)has religion she sings in a church
      G (320003@1)      Bmin (x2022x@1)    CShe's (x32010@1)made a decision to colour her hair
    C (x32010@1)               Bmin (x2022x@1)         CThe (x32010@1)Black man cut the sugar cane she watches the rain
     C (x32010@1)          D (xx0232@1)            GIn (320003@1)a building far from the rocky world

          C (x32010@1)      Bmin (x2022x@1)         CYeah (x32010@1)I'll tell you something I'll never forget
    G (320003@1)          Bmin (x2022x@1) CThe (x32010@1)sight of you in silhouette
        C (x32010@1)        Bmin (x2022x@1)    COutside (x32010@1)Sault Ste. Marie you really threw me
         C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)        GWhen (320003@1)you pulled me down to your rocky bed

     G (320003@1)         Bmin (x2022x@1)C (x32010@1)       GIn (320003@1)a crowded room I stood there empty
G (320003@1)            Bmin (x2022x@1)     CLooking (x32010@1)for salvation and glory be
       C (x32010@1)            Bmin (x2022x@1)     CWhen (x32010@1)a shot turned my head and I saw you instead
     C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1)       GWalk (320003@1)into my rocky world


Alright, there we go...Anybody else out there have more Lanois tunes to
share?

Shaun

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