Transcription from "Bruce Cockburn: All the Diamonds", published by OFC
Publications, P.O. Box 4061, Station E, Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada K1S 5B1
Drop D Tuning (tune bass string down from E to D. )
Capo 2nd fret if you want to play along with Bruce.
The trick here is to finger the bass notes with your thumb.
[Verse]
D D
E|--------5-----------5-----|--------5--------5--------|
B|--------7-----------7-----|--------7-----5--7-p5-----|
G|-----7-----7-----7-----7--|-----7-----7-----------7--|
D|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
G6 G6
E|--0--------------0--------|--0--------------0--------|
B|--------0--------0--------|--------0--------0--------|
G|-----7-----7-----------7--|-----7-----7-----------0--|
D|--------7-----------7-----|--------7-----------7-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--5-----------5-----------|--5-----------5-----------|
[Chorus]
Em7 Em7
E|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
B|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|-----0-----0-----0-----0--|
D|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--2-----------2-----------|--2-----------2-----------|
Dadd9 Dadd9
E|--------0-----------0-----|--------0-----------0-----|
B|--------3-----------3-----|--------3-----------3-----|
G|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|-----2-----2-----2-----2--|
D|--------4-----------4-----|--------4-----------4-----|
A|--------------------------|--------------------------|
D|--0-----------0-----------|--0-----------0-----------|
Putting it together:
[Intro] D D G6 G6 D D G6 G6
[Verse 1]
D D
Sun's up, uh huh, looks okay
G6 G6
The world survives into another day
D D
And I'm thinking 'bout eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
D D
Had another dream about lions at the door
G6 G6
They weren't half as fright'ning as they were before
D D
But I'm thinking 'bout eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
[Verse 2]
D D
Walls windows trees, waves coming through
G6 G6
You be in me and I'll be in you
D D
Together in eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
D D
Up among the firs where it smells so sweet
G6 G6
Or down in the valley where the river used to be
D D
I got my mind on eternity
G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
[Chorus]
Em7 Em7
And I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are, m-hm
Dadd9 Dadd9 Em7 Em7 Dadd9 Dadd9
wondering where the lions are aah aah
[Verse 3]
D D
Huge orange flying boat rises off a lake
G6 G6
Thousand year old petroglyphs doing a double take
D D
Pointing a finger at eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
I'm sitting in the middle of this ecstasy
D D
Young men marching, helmets shining in the sun
G6 G6 D
Polished and precise like the brain behind the gun (should be!)
D
They got me thinking 'bout eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
[Chorus]
Em7 Em7
And I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are, m-hm
Dadd9 Dadd9 Em7 Em7 Dadd9 Dadd9
wondering where the lions are aah aah
[Verse 4]
D D
Freighters on the nod on the surface of the bay
G6 G6 D
One of these days they're gonna sail away
D
Gonna sail into eternity
G6 G6 D D G6 G6
Some kinda ecstasy got a hold on me
[Chorus]
Em7 Em7
And I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are
Dadd9 Dadd9
I'm wondering where the lions are
Em7 Em7
I'm wondering where the lions are, m-hm
Dadd9 Dadd9 Em7 Em7 Dadd9 Dadd9
wondering where the lions are aah aah
