Bruce Cockburn - Lovers in a dangerous time
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Tuning: E A D G B E
These chords are based off his 2011 performance here https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKjgJ3oLJqE
Chords - Verse/Chorus
Asus2 Bsus/F# C#m7/G# E
e|--0------0--------0--------0--|
B|--0------0--------0--------0--|
G|--2------4--------6--------1--|
D|--2------4--------6--------2--|
A|--0------2--------4--------2--|
E|--X*-----X*------ X*-------0--|
*Bruce mutes the low E with his middle finger.
Chords - Bridge
Bsus4 C#m7 Asus2* Emaj7/G# F#7sus4 E5
e|--0------0-----0-------0---------0--------0---|
B|--0------0-----0-------0---------0--------0---|
G|--11-----13----9-------8---------6--------4---|
D|--9------11----7-------6---------4--------2---|
A|--X------X-----X-------X---------X--------X---|
E|--X------X-----X-------X---------X--------X---|
[Verse 1]
Asus2 Don't the hours grow sBsus/F#horter as the days go C#m7/G#by
Asus2 You never get to sBsus/F#top and open your C#m7/G#eyes
Asus2 One day you're wBsus/F#aiting for the sky to C#m7/G#fall
Asus2 The next you're dBsus/F#azzled by the C#m7/G#beauty of it all E
[Chorus]
When you're Asus2loversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time E
Asus2LoversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time
[Verse 2]
Asus2 These fragileBsus/F# bodies of touch andC#m7/G# taste
Asus2 This vibrant Bsus/F#skin -- this hair like C#m7/G#lace
Asus2 Spirits Bsus/F#open to the thrust oC#m7/G#f grace
Asus2 Never a bBsus/F#reath you can afford to C#m7/G#waste E
[Chorus]
When you're Asus2loversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time E
Asus2LoversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time
When you're Asus2loversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time E
Asus2LoversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time
[Bridge]
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* Emaj7/G# F#7sus4 E5
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* C#m7 Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* Emaj7/G# F#7sus4 E5
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2*
Asus2 Bsus/F# C#m7/G#
[Verse 3]
Asus2 When you're Bsus/F#lovers in a dangerous tC#m7/G#ime
Asus2 Sometimes you're Bsus/F#made to feel as if your love's aC#m7/G# crime
Asus2 But nothing worth Bsus/F#having comes without some kind of fC#m7/G#ight
Asus2 Got to kick at the Bsus/F#darkness 'til it bleeds daC#m7/G#ylight E
[Chorus]
When you're Asus2loversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time E
Asus2LoversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time
When you're Asus2loversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time E
Asus2LoversBsus/F# in a dangerous C#m7/G#time
[Bridge Outro]
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* Emaj7/G# F#7sus4 E5
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* C#m7 Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2* Emaj7/G# F#7sus4 E5
Bsus4 C#m7 Bsus4 Asus2*