Bruce Cockburn – Radium Rain (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro]
Bm Em F#m x 2 
(arpeggiated)
[Verse 1]
Bm                                       Em
They're hosing down trucks at the border

F#m                 Bm Em F#m
under a rainbow sign

Bm                               Em
The raindrops falling on my head

F#m              Bm Em F#m
burn into my mind

G
On a hillside in the distance

Em
there's a patch of green sunshine
[Chorus]
           Bm    F#m7   Bm
Ain't it a shame

           F#m7    Bm   F#m7
Ain't it a shame

N.C.               Bm  Em  F#m
About the radium rain
[Verse 2]
Bm                     Em
Everyday in the paper

F#m                           Bm Em F#m
you can watch the numbers rise

Bm                                 Em
No such event can overtake us here,

F#m                Bm Em F#m
we're much too wise

G
In the meantime don't eat anything that grows

Em
and don't breathe when the cars go by
[Chorus]
           Bm    F#m7   Bm
Ain't it a shame

           F#m7    Bm   F#m7
Ain't it a shame

N.C.               Bm  Em  F#m
About the radium rain
[Verse 3]
Bm                                       Em
Big motorcycle rumbles out of the rain

F#m                           Bm Em F#m
Like some creation of the mist

Bm                                           Em
There's a man on a roof with a blindfold on

F#m                           Bm Em F#m
And a hand grenade in his fist

G
I walk stiff, with teeth clenched tight

Em
Filled with nostalgia for a clean wind's kiss
[Chorus]
           Bm    F#m7   Bm
Ain't it a shame

           F#m7    Bm   F#m7
Ain't it a shame

N.C.               Bm  Em  F#m
About the radium rain
[Verse 4]
Bm                                            Em
A flock of birds writes something on the sky

F#m                           Bm Em F#m
In a language I can't understand

Bm                                       Em
It's God's graffiti but it don't say why

F#m                             Bm Em F#m
So much evil seems to land on man

G
When everyone I meet just wants to live and love

Em
And get along as best they can
[Chorus]
           Bm    F#m7   Bm
Ain't it a shame

           F#m7    Bm   F#m7
Ain't it a shame

N.C.               Bm  Em  F#m
About the radium rain
[Outro] (repeat until end) Bm Em F#m