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Understanding Nothing easy guitar chords by
Bruce Cockburn
Bruce Cockburn

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Intro 1
Em
D
Em

Bm

Em
Bm
Em

Bm
Em

Bm
Em
Bm

Em

Verse 1
Em

High above valley,
Bm

Above deep shade coloured
Em

with the calls of cuckoos,

The ring of coppersmith's hammer

high in the hiss of the wind
Bm
Em

Wind filled with spirit s and bright

with the jangle of horse bells

After a crisp night crammed

with stars
Verse 2

It's morning
Em


Over the scratched- up soil,
G
Bm

scorched- earth wasted,
Em

Long shadows lead women
Bm

bearing water
Em

I watch the sway of skirts,

Think of moist spice forests -
Verse 3
Em

Too many pictures

Swirling

Vertigo

Momentum of civilizations

Threw me too far over this time-

simple landscape

And I hang here

In this mountain light

A balloon blown full of darkness -

Got to let this ballast go
D

Got to float upward
Dsus4

Till I burst
Verse 4
D

Weavers' fingers flying on
Dsus4
D
Em

the loom
D

Dsus4
D

Patterns shift too fast to be
Em
C

discerned
Bm

All these years of thinking
G
Bm
Am

Ended up like this

In front of all this beauty
Em

Understanding nothing
Interlude 1
Em

Verse 5
Em

Rhododendrons in bloom, sharp against

Spring snow
Bm
Em

Remind me of another time
Bm
Em

In japanese temple -

There was a single orange

blossom
G
Bm
Em

At the wrong time of year -
Bm

Seemed like a sign -
Em

When I looked again
Verse 6

It was gone
D

Dsus4
D

Weavers' fingers flying on the
Dsus4
D
Em

loom
D


Patterns shift too fast to be
Em
C
Bm

discerned
Am
Em

C


All these years of thinking
Bm
Am

Ended up like this in front of

all this beauty

Understanding nothing
Em
Outro 1
C
Bm

Am
Em


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Chords
  • Em

  • D

  • Bm

    2
  • G

  • Dsus4

  • C

  • Am

Capo: 2

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