#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------## BURDEN OF THE ANGEL BEAST Bruce Cockburn 1994, "Dart to the Heart" Transcribed by Stephen Cody Coderre There are no commercial trans. of this song. This trans. is my own version. The solo runs are my invention loosely based on the riffs in the song. DEFs: drop D tuning: 6th str. 1 tone down G5: 550030 G6: 0x9780 D9/G: 020230 Asus4/7: 002233 Em6add3: 222033 CHART: verse: D G5 D G5 D G5 | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// | //// :| (2x) chorus: Em6add3 Asus4/7 A D | //// | // // :| (2x) | //// solo: (my own) - see tab D run D9/G D run G6 D run D9/G | // // | // // | // // | //// | // // | //// | Em6add3 run A run D | // // | // // | //// | out jam: Em6add3 Asus4/7 A | //// | // // :| SOLO TABS: common riffs: D: G5: / / / / / / / / |-2--2--3_2-2_0--|------------------| |-3--3--3--------|-3--3-----3---3---| |-2--2--2--------|-------0_4--0_4---| [top 3 strings - riff off chords above] D: D9/G:(1st end) G6:(2nd end) / / / / / / / / | --------- |----0- |---------------| | --------- : |----3- |-2/8----8!--8--| | --4_0---0 |----2- |-3/7--------7--| | ------4-- |------ |-------0----9--| | --------- : |-2--2- |---------------| | --0-0-0-0 |-0--0- |---------------| / / p p p p / / // / / / / / / |--2---2-------------|-----0---|-3-----|-0----------|-2--| |--3---3-------------|-----3---|-3-----|-2---2/3/5!-|-3--| |--2---2-------------|-----2---|-0-----|-2----------|-2--| |----------3-3--2-0--|---------|-2--4/5|-2----------|-0--| |--------------------|-2!--2---|-2-----|-0---0/2/4!-|-0--| |--0-------0-0--0-0--|-----0---|-2--2/5|------------|-2--| LYRICS: From the lying mirror to the movement of stars Everybody's looking for who they are Those who know, don't have the words to tell And the ones with the words, don't know too well [chorus] Could be famine, could be the feast Could be the pusher, could be the priest Always ourselves we love the least That's the burden of the Angel Beast Birds of paradise, birds of prey Here tommorrow, gone today Cross my forehead, cross my palm Don't cross me, or I'll do you harm [to chorus] [solo] We go crying, we go laughing Never understand, the time we were passing Kill for money, die for love Whatever was God thinking of [to chorus] [out jam]