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Gavin's Woodpile chords by
Bruce Cockburn
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Key: E minor•
Intro 1
Em
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Verse 1
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Working out on Gav_ in's woodpile
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Safe with_ in the harmony
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G
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Am
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of kin
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Visions begin to crowd my eye_ s
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Esus4
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A
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Like a meteor shower
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Bm
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in the autum_ n skies
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And the soil beneath me seems to moan
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With a sound like the wind
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Bm
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through a hollow bone
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And my mind fills with fig_ ures like
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C
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Lappish runes of power_

And log slams on rough- hewn log
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Bm
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G
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And a voice from somewhere
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scolds a bark_ ing dog
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Verse 2

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I remember a bleak- eye_
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d pris_ oner
Dsus2
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Esus4
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In the Stoney Mountain life- suspension
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home
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You drink and fight and damage someone
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Bm
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And they throw you away for some
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Am
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years of boredom
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One year done and five more to go
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No job wait_ ing so no parole
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And over and over they tell you
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C
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that you're noth_ ing
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An_ d I toss another log
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on Gavin's woodpile
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Bm
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And wonder at the lamp- warm
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Am
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window's welcome smile
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Verse 3

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I remember crack_ ling embers
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Colored windows shin_
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D
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D
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Em
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ing through the rain
Am
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C
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Like the colored slicks on
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The Eng_ lish River two
D
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Bm
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Death in the marrow and
Esus4
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death in the liver
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And some government gambler

with his mouth full of steak
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Saying, "If you can't eat the fish,
Bm
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D
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fish in some other lake
Am
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To watch a people die,
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it is no new thing"

And the stack of wood grows

higher and higher
Bm
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And a help_ less rage seems
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Am
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D
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to set my brain on fire
Em
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Verse 4
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And everywhere the free space fills
C
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Like a punctured diving
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suit and I'm

Paralyzed in the face of it all
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Cursed with the curse of these mod_ ern times
Interlude 1
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Em
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Distant
Verse 5
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mountains,
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blue and li_ quid
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D
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Luminous like a thick_ ening of
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sky
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Flash in my mind like a stairway to life
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A train whistle cuts through the
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Am
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scene like a knife

Three hawks wheel in a dazzling sky
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A slow motion jet makes

them look like a lie
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And I'm left to con_ clude there's
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no human answer near
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But there's a narrow path

to a life to come
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That ex_ plodes into sight with
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Am
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the power of the sun
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Verse 6
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A mist rises as the sun

goes down

And the light that's left forms

a kind of crown

The earth is bread, the sun is wine
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It's a sign of a hope that's ours for all time
Outro 1
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Chords

  • Em

  • Dsus2

  • C

  • D

  • G

  • Am

  • Bm

    2

  • Esus4

  • A

  • F

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What is the original key of Gavin's Woodpile?

The original key of Gavin's Woodpile by Bruce Cockburn is E minor.

What are the main chords for Gavin's Woodpile?

The primary chords used in Gavin's Woodpile are Em, Dsus2, C, D, G, Am.

Do I need a capo to play Gavin's Woodpile?

No capo is required for this song.

Is Gavin's Woodpile beginner-friendly on guitar?

Yes, this version uses open chords like Em, Dsus2, C, D, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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The tempo of Gavin's Woodpile is approximately 78 beats per minute.

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