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Tibetan Side Of Town chords by
Bruce Cockburn
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Key: D minor•
Intro 1
Am
Am

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Bb
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Bm
Bm
2

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Verse 1

Through rutted winding
Bsus4
Bsus4
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Am
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streets of Kathmandu

Dodging crowded humans, cows, dogs,
Bm
Bm
2

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rickshaws

Storefronts constellated pools
Bsus4
Bsus4
2

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of blue- white
Am
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Bright against darkening
Bm
Bm
2

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walls
Verse 2

The butterfly sparkle in my
Bsus4
Bsus4
2

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lasered eye still seems
Am
Am

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To hold that last shot of red sun through

haze over jumbled roofs
Bm
Bm
2

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Everything moves like slow

fluid in this atmosphere

Thick as dreams
Am
Am

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With sewage, incense,
D
D

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dust and fever and the smoke of brick kilns and cremations
Verse 3
C
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Tom Kelly's bike rumbles down
Am
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Bm
Bm
2

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We're going drinking on the Tibetan
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Am

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D
D

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C
C

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side of town
Interlude 1
Bm
Bm
2

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Am
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Bm
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2

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Verse 4

Beggar with withered legs sits sideways
Am
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on skateboard, grinning

There's a joke going on somewhere

but we'll never know
Bm
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2

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Those laughing kids with hungry

eyes must be in on it, too
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With their clinging memories

of a culture crushed
Bm
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2

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By Chinese greed
Verse 5

Pretty young mother by the

temple gate
Am
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Covers her baby's face

against diesel fumes
Bm
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2

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That look of concern,

you can see it still
Am
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Not yet masked by the hard

lines of a woman's

Struggle to survive
D
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Hard
Verse 6
C
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bargains going down
Am
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Bm
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2

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Am
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When you're living on the Tibetan side of town
Interlude 2
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D
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C
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Bm
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2

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Am
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Asus4
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Asus4
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Bm
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2

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Verse 7

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2

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Big red Infield Bullet lurches

to a halt in the dust
Am
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Last blast of engine leaves
Asus4
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a ringing in the ears
Bm
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That fades into the rustle of bare

feet and slapping sandals
Am
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And the baritone moan of long

bronze trumpets
Bm
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2

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Muffled by monastery walls
Verse 8
Bm
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Prayer flags crack like

whips in the breeze
Am
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Sending to the world,

tonight the message blows east
Bm
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Dark door opens to warm yellow
Bsus4
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room and there
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Are these steaming jugs of hot millet beer
Am
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And I'm sucked into the

scene like this liquor up
Verse 9

This bamboo straw
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D
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C
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Sweet tungba sliding down
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Bm
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Am
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Drinking on the Tibetan side
D
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C
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Bm
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of
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town
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • Am

  • Bb

  • Bm

    2

  • Bsus4

    2

  • D

  • C

  • Asus4

Capo: 5

Transpose: 0

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The original key of Tibetan Side Of Town by Bruce Cockburn is D minor.

The primary chords used in Tibetan Side Of Town are Dm, Eb, Em, Esus4, G, F.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 5 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like Dm, Eb, Em, Esus4, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Tibetan Side Of Town is approximately 176 beats per minute.

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