FOR MUSICIANS
-- Tabs, Chords & Tunings: The Embers Of Eden --
Transcribed by Steve Meger

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Disclaimer: The following tab is intended for private enjoyment and educational purposes and should not be read as an encouragement for members of the general public to play the song live. The lyrics and music of "The Embers Of Eden" are the intellectual property of Bruce Cockburn, his management, and record companies, etc,.


INTRODUCING THIS TAB

The Embers Of Eden was transcribed from the Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu album


Tuning & Chords:

Drop F# tuning  (low EADF#BE high)
h  hammer-on
p  pull-off


 F#m7     244320
 FmMaj7b5 133200
 Bm       x2000x
 E5       0222xx
 C#m9sus  x44200

 C#m9     x46000
 B5       x24000
 A6       x04xxx
 F#5      2440xx
 E9       0440xx
 F#m7sus  244300
 E        022200

Intro and verses:

   F#m7
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
||--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------||
||--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-------2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2-------||
||--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------||
||-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------||
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
||2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------0---||
                                                           (repeat)


Verses:

   FmMaj7b5 (whatever!)
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
||--------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
||------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
||2-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|(3)------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---|

   F#m7
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |---------------------------------|0-------------------------------||
 |-------------------------0-------|--------------------------------||
 |3--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 (4)-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |---------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |2---2---2---2---2---2----2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---||
                                                           (repeat)

  Bm
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |0-----------------------2-------|3-------------------------------|
 |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
 |0-----------------------2-------|4-------------------------------|
 |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|





   F#m7                            E5
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |2---------------0---------------|--------------------------------|
 |3---------------2-----------3---|2-------------------------------|
 |----------------------------4---|2-------------------2-------2---|
 |--------------------------------|2---------------------2h4-----4-|
 |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|0---0---0---0---0---------------|

   F#m7                             C#m9sus
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
 |2-----------------------2-------|-------0-------0----------------|
 |3-----------------------3-------|--2p0-----0h2-----3p0-----------|
 |4-----------------------4-------|-----------------------4--------|
 |4-------------------------------|4---------------------------4---|
 |2---2---2---2---2---2---2---2---|--------------------------------|

 F#m7
 ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
|--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------||
|--2-2-2-2-2-2---2-------2-------|--2-2-2-2-2-2---2---2---2-------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------||
|-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------0---||
                                                          (repeat)

Verse:

You knelt on the carpet crimson and stained
light trickled over your black dress like rain
your lips were hot
my shocked heart screamed
and I can't scrape my eyes free of this dream

We each occupied the same space/time
matter antimatter tangled like vines
and the awful tolling
and the cold rain outside
and I cannot scrape this dream off my eyes

Refrain:
      C#m9      B5 A6 B5    F#5   E9 F#5 E9 F#5   F#5
The embers  of  Eden        burn

C#m9         B5 A6 B5       F#5   E9 F#5 E9 F#5   F#5
you can even see  it   from space

C#m9                  B5 A6 B5    F#5   E9 F#5 E9 F#5   F#5
the great and winding wall      between us

         E                     F#m7sus
seem to copy the lines of your face


Guitar solo:  (F#m aeolian mode, based on A major scale, centered on C#)

 ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|2-4-5-4-2-4---etc.--------------|
|--------------------------------|

Refrain:

Ending:

  E5
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------2-x-----------------------|------x-2---2h3p2---------------|
||------2-x---------------2-------|------x-2-----------4p2---2-----|
||------2-x-----------2h4-----4---(2)----x-2---------------4---2h4-|
||0-----------0---0---------------|0-------------------------------|

  F#m7sus    (retard here last time)
 ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
|--0-----------------------------|--0-----------------------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------0-------|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0---0---0-------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3---3---3-------||
|-(4)----------------------------|-(4)----------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|2-------------------2-------0---|2---------------------------2---||
                                              (repeat twice, then)

  E5
  ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .    ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |------2-x-----------------------|------x-2---2h3p2-2-------------|
 |------2-x---------------2-------|------x-2-----------4p2---2-----|
 |------2-x-----------2h4-----4---(2)----x-2---------------4---2h4-|
 |0-----------0---0---------------|0-------------------------------|

  F#m7sus             (retard)
 ,   .   ,   .   ,   .   ,
|--0-----------------------------|0-------------------------------||
|--0-0-0-0-0-0---0-------0-------|0-------------------------------||
|--3-3-3-3-3-3---3-------3-------|3-------------------------------||
|-(4)----------------------------|4-------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|4-------------------------------||
|2-------------------2-------0---|2-------------------------------||



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