Bruce Cockburn - If a tree falls

IF A TREE FALLS As recorded by Bruce Cockburn (From the 1988 Album BIG CIRCUMSTANCE) Words and Music by Bruce Cockburn Transcribed by Slowhand Gtr I (D A D G B E) - 'Bruce Cockburn - Electric Guitar w/ Dropped D-Tuning' Intro Q=160 D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------2---2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2-----|-2-2-2---2-2-------|| |-----------3---3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3---3-3------o|| |-----------2---2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2-------|| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|---------------0---|| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------o|| |-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----|| 1st - 5th Verses $ D E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E |-----------2---2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2-----|-2-2-2---2-2------| |-----------3---3-|---3-3-3-3-3---3-|-3-3-3---3-3---3-|-3-3-3---3-3------| |-----------2---2-|---2-2-2-2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2---2-|-2-2-2---2-2------| |-----------------|-----------------|---------------0-|---------------0--| |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------| |-0-0-0-0-0---0---|-0---0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0---|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0----| 1. 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Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi- bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff Tablature Legend ---------------- h - hammer-on p - pull-off b - bend pb - pre-bend r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately) /\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere") s - legato slide S - shift slide - natural harmonic [n] - artificial harmonic n(n) - tapped harmonic ~ - vibrato tr - trill T - tap TP - trem. picking PM - palm muting \n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip \n - tremolo bar down n/ - tremolo bar up /n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip = - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls <> - volume swell (louder/softer) x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash Misc Legend ----------- | - bar || - double bar ||o - repeat start o|| - repeat end *| - double bar (ending) : - bar (freetime) $ - Segno & - Coda Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths Rain forest Mist and mystery Teeming green Green brain facing lobotomy Climate control centre for the world Ancient cord of coexistence hacked by parasitic greedhead scam - From Sarawak to Amazonas Costra Rica to Mangy BC hills - Cortege rhythm of falling timber What kind of currency grows in these new deserts These brand new flood plains? If a tree falls in the desert does anybody hear? If a tree falls in the desert does anybody hear? Does anybody hear the forest fall? Cut and move on Cut and move on Take out trees Take out wildlife at a rate of a species every single day Take out people who've lived like this for a hundred thousand years Inject a billion burgers worth of beef - Grain eaters - methane dispensers - Through thinning ozone Wave fall on wrinkled earth Gravity, light, ancient refuse of stars Speak of a drowning But this, this is something other Busy monster eats dark holes in the spirit world Where wild things have to go To disappear Forever If a tree falls in the desert does anybody hear? If a tree falls in the desert does anybody hear? Does anybody hear the forest fall?