Lovers in a dangerous time - BNL
Transcribed by Richard Sibley.
Feel free to email me at richard at vaultworld dot com!
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This is a cover of Bruce Cockburn's song. A harder song
to find, but it appears on "Disc One: All Their Greatest Hits".
I've seen basic transcriptions for this song, but
nothing as complete as what follows.
Here are the basics of the song. As always, listen to
the song to understand and hear exactly what is going on.
The transcription may not be exact, but I think it's pretty close.
LEGEND: [Chorus] means "Chorus" is being defined
(Chorus) means to play the already defined "Chorus"
{} are used to specify remarks
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Guitar Capo 3
[Intro] {Guitar and bass/cello played at the same time}
[Guitar - Riff 1]
E|:-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------:|
B|:-------------------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------:|
G|:-------------------|---------0-0---0---|-----0h2---0---x-x-|-----0h2---0---x-x-:|
D|:---------0---0---0-|-----0h2-----2---2-|---------3---3-x-x-|---------3---3-x-x-:|
A|:-----0h2-------2---|-0-0---------------|-3-3---------------|-3-3---------------:|
E|:-3-3-------3-------|-------------------|-------------------|-------------------:|
[Bass/cello part transcribed for guitar]
E|-------|------|----|-------|-----|------|------------|---------|------|
B|-------|------|----|-------|-----|------|------------|---------|------|
G|-------|------|-5~~|~~~----|-7~~~|/9--9-|-9~\7--7~\5-|-5-4-----|------|
D|---5~~-|-7~~~-|----|-----7-|-----|------|------------|-----5---|------|
A|-------|------|----|-------|-----|------|------------|-------3-|------|
E|-------|------|----|-------|-----|------|------------|---------|-3~~~-|
[Verse 1] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1}
Don't the hours grow shorter as the days go by
You never get to stop and open your eyes
One day you're waiting for the sky to fall
And next you're dazzled by the beauty of it all
[Chorus] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1}
Lovers in a dangerous time
Lovers in a dangerous time
[Verse 2] {Guitar continues playing Riff 1}
These fragile bodies of touch and taste
This vibrant skin, this hair like lace
Spirits open to the thrust of grace
Never a breath you can afford to waste
(Chorus) x2 {Guitar starts playing variations
on the chords similar to Riff 1}
[Bass/cello solo] {Guitar repeat Riff 2 throughout
while bass/cello does lead}
[Guitar - Riff 2]
| | | |
E|:--------------------:|
B|:-----0h1---0--------:|
G|:---0-----0---0---0--:|
D|:---------------0----:|
A|:--------------------:|
E|:--------------------:|
[bass/cello lead transcribed for guitar]
E|-------|------|----|--------|----|-----|-------|-----------------|-------|
B|-------|------|----|--------|----|-----|-------|-------------5-6~|~~--8~~|
G|-------|------|----|--------|----|---4-|-4~-2~~|~~-4-5-5h7-5-----|-------|
D|-------|------|----|------2-|-5~~|~~---|-------|-----------------|-------|
A|-------|------|-3~~|~~--3---|----|-----|-------|-----------------|-------|
E|----3~~|-5~~~-|----|--------|----|-----|-------|-----------------|-------|
...
E|---5~~----|---------|----|---------|---------|---------|----------|-----|
B|~~----5~~-|-8~~-----|----|-5-----5-|---------|---------|----------|-----|
G|----------|------5~~|~~~-|----7----|-7--5--7-|-5--4----|----------|-----|
D|----------|---------|----|---------|---------|-------5~|~~~-------|-----|
A|----------|---------|----|---------|---------|---------|----5---2-|-----|
E|----------|---------|----|---------|---------|---------|----------|-3~~-|
[Verse 3] {Guitar continues chords variations similar to Riff 1}
{Begin speeding up}
When you're lovers in a dangerous time
Sometimes you're made to feel as if your love's a crime
But nothing worth having comes without some kind of fight
You gotta kick at the darkness 'til it bleeds daylight
(Chorus) x2 {Guitar continues chords variations similar to Riff 1}
[Outro] {Guitar continues chords variations similar to Riff 1}
We-eeeeee were lovers in a dangerous time
We-eeeeee were lovers in a daa-aaangerous time Luh-luh-
luuvers Luh-luh-luuvers Luh-luh-luuveeeeeeers
{Begin fade}
Uuuuhhhhh-oooooooooo-oooooooooo Luh-luh-
luuvers in a dangerous time