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#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------#
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CHORDS:     Dxx0232
	F6?  020230
	E?   x4x450  (regular E also works alright here)
	    B024400
	    Ax02220
TUNING: standard
VERDSE 1:  down F6at the bus station
	  Eshark griBns and sandpaper conversation
	  Dmen's faces F6women's bodies on the magazine stand
	  and a Eheadline about Bsarajevo and tehran
VERDSE 2:  they F6are radiant angels they are earthly slaves
	  Ethey are prBedators moving in their endless days
	  Ddays oF6f striving nights of novacaine
	  Enever going tBo bring them freedom from their pain
CHODRUS:   i'm a F6lo-----ner
	  witAh a lonerB's point of view
	  Di've alwF6ays been a lo-----ner
	  now i'm in lovAe with yBou
VERDSE 3:  F6wild shadows acid verbs
	  Eeyelids Bopening dans mon coeur
	  Dtu me touchF6e comme la pression
	  Edes etoiles sBur les tenebres
VERDSE 4:  iF6n the elevator and empty hall
	  Ehow'm i Bever going to hear you when you call
	  Di'm alF6ways living and i always die
	  Eon the evenBt horizon of your eye
CHORUS again
hope this ok. works for me. brilliant song from the best songwriter AND
guitar player there is. enjoy.
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I watched as the best of my generation
abandoned their dreams and settled
for making a little money. 		-Dan Bern

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Loner

by Bruce Cockburn

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#-----------------------------PLEASE NOTE-------------------------------------#

#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------#

CHORDS: xx0232

? 020230

E? x4x450 (regular E also works alright here)

024400

x02220

TUNING: standard

D F6

VERSE 1: down at the bus station

E B

shark grins and sandpaper conversation

D F6

men's faces women's bodies on the magazine stand

E B

and a headline about sarajevo and tehran

D F6

VERSE 2: they are radiant angels they are earthly slaves

E B

they are predators moving in their endless days

D F6

days of striving nights of novacaine

E B

never going to bring them freedom from their pain

D F6

CHORUS: i'm a lo-----ner

A B

with a loner's point of view

D F6

i've always been a lo-----ner

A B

now i'm in love with you

D F6

VERSE 3: wild shadows acid verbs

E B

eyelids opening dans mon coeur

D F6

tu me touche comme la pression

E B

des etoiles sur les tenebres

D F6

VERSE 4: in the elevator and empty hall

E B

how'm i ever going to hear you when you call

D F6

i'm always living and i always die

E B

on the event horizon of your eye

CHORUS again

hope this ok. works for me. brilliant song from the best songwriter AND

guitar player there is. enjoy.

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I watched as the best of my generation

abandoned their dreams and settled

for making a little money. -Dan Bern

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