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"We Three Kings" /
"Journey Of The Magi"
(medley)
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unreleased live
(Bruce Cockburn/Rob Wasserman/Lou Reed/Rosanne Cash, 1992)
written by
John Henry Hopkins ("We Three Kings")
T.S. Eliot ("Journey Of The Magi")
performed by
Bruce Cockburn: guitar
Rob Wasserman: bass
Lou Reed: lyric reading on "Journey Of The Magi"
Rosanne Cash: vocals on "We Three Kings"
Dec 20, 1992
Howard Schwartz Recording Studio, NY
(Christmas with Cockburn)
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Star of wonder, star of night
ooohhh
Guide us through thy perfect light
A cold coming we had of it
Just the worst time of the year
For a journey and such a long journey
The ways deep
and the weather sharp
The very dead of winter
And the camels galled, sore-footed, refractory
Lying down in the melting snow
There were times when we regretted
the summer palaces on slopes
the terraces, and the silken girls
bringing sherbet
Then the camel men cursing and grumbling
And running away
and wanting their liquor and women
And the night-fires going out
and the lack of shelters
And the cities, hospital
and the towns unfriendly
And the villages dirty and charging high prices
a hard time we had of it
At the end we preferred to travel all night
Sleeping in snatches
With the voices singing in our ears, saying
That this was all folly
Then at dawn
we came down to a temperate valley
Wet
below the snow line, smelling of vegetation
With a running stream and a water mill
beating the darkness and three trees on the low sky
And an old white horse galloped away in the meadow
Then we came to a tavern with vine-leaves over the lintel
Six hands at an open door dicing for pieces of silver
and feet kicking
the empty wineskins
But there was no information and so we continued
and arrived at evening, not a moment too soon
Finding the place, it was
you may say
satisfactory
All this was a long time ago, I remember
And I would do it again
but set down
This set down
This
Were we led all that way for Birth
or Death?
There was a Birth, certainly
We had evidence and no doubt
I had seen birth
and death
But had thought they were
different
this Birth
was Hard
and bitter agony for us
like Death
our death
We returned to our places
these Kingdoms
But no longer at ease here
in the old dispensation
With an alien people
clutching their gods
I should be glad of another death
Star of wonder, star of night
ooohhh
Guide us through thy perfect light
intro {Dm7..C/A#}{C/A#...{Dm7..C/A#}{C/A#...
{Dm7}{Dm7}{D#(onA)/A}{Dm...
{Dm7..C/A#}{C/A#...{Dm7..C/A#}{C/A#...
{Dm7}{Dm7}{D#(onA)/A}{Dm...
"We Three Kings"
{C..
{F/Dm}{A#/F}{F/Dm}{A#/F} (Star ...)
{F/Gm.Gm.Am}{A#.A#.Am/Gm.Gm.Am}{F/Dm}{D#/Dm... (Guide ...)
"Journey Of The Magi" (Lou Reed's lyric reading)
* guitar and bass improvisation (key in Dm)
"We Three Kings"
{C..
{F/Dm}{A#/F}{F/Dm}{A#/F} (Star ...)
{F/Gm.Gm.Am}{A#.A#.Am/Gm.Gm.Am}{F/Dm}{D#/Dm... (Guide ...)
* intro (1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
{Dm7.. C.. A#...
*1d --7-----8p7--5----7p5--3-------------
2B --6----------5---------3--------3/---
3G --5----------5---------3-------------
4D -------------------------------------
5A -------------------------------------
*6D -------------------------------------
{C / A#...
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--5---5h6---5---3--------------------------------
--5---5-----5---3--------------------------------
--5---5h7---5---3--------------------------------
-----------------------0-0-0-----0-0-0-0--0--0---
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{Dm7.. C.. A#...
--7-----8p7--5----7p5--3-------------
--6----------5---------3--------3/---
--5----------5---------3-------------
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--0----------------------------------
{C / A#...
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--5---5h6---5---3--------------------------------
--5---5-----5---3--------------------------------
--5---5h7---5---3--------------------------------
-----------------------0-0-0-0--0--0-------------
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{Dm7} {Dm7}
---3-----3---5-----5---7-----7---10-\-8---7---
---1-----1---3-----3---6-----6----8-\-6---6---
---2-----2---4-----4---5-----5---10-\-8---5---
------0---------0---------0-------------------
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--0-------------------------------------------
{D#(onA) / A} {Dm...
--5-----7p5--3-----2---0------------------
--4----------2-----2---3-------3--3-------
--3----------2-----2---2-----0------------
-----------------------0----------3-------
--0--0-------0-----0----------------------
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{Dm7.. C.. A#...
--7-----8p7--5----7p5--3-------------
--6----------5---------3--------3/---
--5----------5---------3-------------
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{C / A#...
---------------------------------------------
--5---5h6---5---3----------------------------
--5---5-----5---3----------------------------
--5---5h7---5---3----------------------------
---------------------------------------------
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{Dm7.. C.. A#...
--------7------7h8p7--5---5h7p5--3-------------
--------6-------------5----------3--------3/---
--------5-------------5----------3-------------
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--0--------------------------------------------
{C / A#...
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--5---5h6---5---3--------------------------------
--5---5-----5---3--------------------------------
--5---5h7---5---3--------------------------------
-----------------------0-0-0-0-0--0--0-----------
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{Dm7} {Dm7}
---3-----3---5-----5---7-----7---10-\-8---7---
---1-----1---3-----3---6-----6----8-\-6---6---
---2-----2---4-----4---5-----5---10-\-8---5---
------0---------0---------0-------------------
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--0-------------------------------------------
{D#(onA) / A} {Dm...
--5-----7p5--2h3-------2---0----------------
--4----------2---------2---3----------------
--3----------2---------2---2-----0h2-0h2----
---------------------------0----------------
--0--------------0-----0--------------------
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* intro: detailed chord progression for
"{Dm7}{Dm7}{D#(onA)/A}{Dm..." part
(1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
______ ______ ______ __________________________
| / / / / / / | / / / / / / |
{Dm7 / G(onD)} {Dm7 / Fsus2(onD). D#sus2(onD). Dm7
*1d --3---------5----------7--------10------------8------------7---
2B --1---------3----------6---------8------------6------------6---
3G --2---------4----------5--------10------------8------------5---
4D --0---------0----------0---------0------------0------------0---
5A ---------------------------------------------------------------
*6D ---------------------------------------------------------------
________ ______________ ______ ______
| / / / / / / | / / / / / / |
{D#(onA) / Aaug. Aaug. A} {Dm...
--5-----------3-------------2-----0------------------
--4-----------2-------------2-----3------------------
--3-----------2-------------2-----2------------------
----------------------------------0------------------
--0-----------0-------------0------------------------
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* "We Three Kings" (1st and 6th string downtuned to D)
{C..
*1d --2-------5--------
2B --1-------5--------
3G --0-------0--------
4D -------------------
5A -------------------
*6D -------------------
Star of wonder, star of night
{F / Dm} {A# / F}
--3-------3----3-------------3------------3-----------
--1-------1----1-------1-----1-------3----1-----------
--2-------2----2-------------2------------2-----------
--3---3--------3---3---------3---3--------3---3---3---
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ooohhh
{F / Dm} {A# / F}
--3-------3----3-------------3------------3-----------
--1-------1----1-------1-----1-------3----1-----------
--2-------2----2-------------2------------2-----------
--3---3--------3---3---------3---3--------3---3---3---
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{F /Gm. Gm. Am} {A#. A#. Am / Gm. Gm. Am}
--3-------3----5-------7-----8-------7----5-------7---
--1-------1----3-------5-----6-------5----3-------5---
--2-------2----3-------5-----7-------5----3-------5---
--2-------2----0-------7-----8-------7----5-------7---
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Guide us through thy perfect light
{F / Dm} {D# / Dm...
--3-------3----3-------------3------------0-----------
--1-------1----1-------1-----4------------3-----------
--2-------2----2-------------3------------2-----------
--3---3--------3---3----------------------0-----------
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*** please note ***
h - hammer on
p - pull off
b - bend string up
r - release bend
/ - slide up
\ - slide down
v - vibrato
^ - harmonics
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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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