roll up this ad to continue
Intro: F Bb F All day mountains rose behind a veil of smoke from burning fields Bb F Dm F And road dust dyeing black skin bronze and the road rolling like a rough sea C Dm Bb It's quiet now, just crickets and a dog fight somewhere in the far away F In my heart I hold your photograph Gm F And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains Bb F Hot breeze ran its fingers through the long grass of a thatched roof eave Bb They stuck me in the only chair they had while they cooked cassava F And a luckless hen C Dm They asked for one well three lanterns and 200 litres of fuel and Bb I said, 'Who, me?' F And the time for planting's coming soon Gm F And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains Instrumental Bb F Bb F C Dm Bb F Gm F Dm F C In the town neon flickers in the ruins F Gb Db F Seven crows swoop past the luscious moon Dm F If I had wings like those there'd be no waiting Bm D Eb F I'd come panting to your door and slide like smoke into your room Bb F All day the mountains rose behind a veil of smoke from burning fields Bb F And road dust dyeing black skin bronze and the road rolling like a rough sea C Dm Bb It's quiet now, just crickets and a dog fight somewhere in the far away F In my heart I hold your photograph Gm F And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains F And the time for planting's coming soon Gm F And the thought of you comes on like the feel of the coming rains Outro: Gm F
Written by Bruce Cockburn
unlimited access to hundreds of video lessons and much more starting from
* regarding the bi-annualy membership