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Isn't That What Friends Are For? easy guitar chords by
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn

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Intro 1
D
A
Em

D
Em
D
A

Em

D

Verse 1
Dsus2

Heavy
Em

northern autumn sky

Mist- hung forest, dark spruce,
G
D

bright maple
Dsus2

And the great lake rolling forever to
D
Dsus2

the narrow gray beach
Em
D
Verse 2


I look west along the red road
Dsus2

of the frail sun
D

Where it hovers between shelf
Em

of cloud and spiky trees

Receding shore
G
Verse 3
D

Dsus2
D

The world is full of seasons of anguish,
Em

of laughter

And it comes to mind to
G
D

write you this
Verse 4
D

Nothing is sure
Dsus2
D
Dsus2
Em

Nothing is pure

And no matter who we think we are
G

Everyone gets his chance
Em
D

to be nothing
Em

Verse 5
D

Dsus2

Love's supposed to heal, but it
D

breaks my heart to feel
Em

The pain in your voice

But you know, it's all going somewhere
D

And I would crush my heart

and throw it in the street

If I could pay for your choice
Em
D

Verse 6
A

D
Em
D
A

Isn't that what friends are for?
D

Isn't that what friend
Em
A
Em

s are for?
D
Verse 7

Em

We're the insect life of paradise

Crawl across leaf or among

towering blades of grass
D

Glimpse only sometimes the amazing

breadth of heaven
Em

Verse 8
D


You're as loved as you were

Before the strangeness

swept through

Our bodies, our houses,
Em
A
Em

our streets
D

When we could speak without codes

And light swirled around like

Wind- blown petals

Our feet
Em
Verse 9
D


I've been scraping little shavings

off my ration of light

And I've formed it into a ball, and
Em

each time I pack a bit more onto it

I make a bowl of my hands and I
D

scoop it from its secret cache

Under a loose board in the floor

And I blow across it and I send it to you
Em

Against those moments when

The darkness blows under

your door
D
Verse 10
A

D

Isn't that what friends are
Em
G
Em
D

for?
A

D
Em
D
A

Isn't that what friends are for?
D

Isn't that what friends are
Em
Asus4
Em

for?
Outro 1
D
A

Em
D


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  • Asus4

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