Tornado 87 chords by The Rural Alberta Advantage

Capo on 5.  All chords relative to capo.

This is a great Canadian song about a tornado that devastated Edmonton on July 31st, 1987.
That day has come to be known as Black Friday.


This is the strumming pattern used in the first line,
of which variations are used throughout the song.
The same patterns for the chords are used,
but with different chord progressions.

    Am                C                 G                 Dm
 E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E
e|--0-----0---0---0---------------------------------------0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0---|
B|--1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-----1---1---1---------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3---|
G|--0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0---2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2---|
D|--2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-----0---0---0-----|
A|--------------------3---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-0h2-2-2-2-2-0-0-0---------------------|
E|--------------------------------------3-----3---3---3-----------------------|

This just details the pattern for F.

    Dm    F
    E E E E   E E E E E E E
...-0-0-0-0h1-1-1-1-1-0-0-0--|
...-3-3-3-1---1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|
...-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
...---0---3-----3---3---3----|
...--------------------------|
...--------------------------|





Am          C          G      Dm
 Oh lord I lost you I held you tight
   Am      C                G            Am
Oh I will hold on to your love in the night
          C             G             Dm
And the black sky will come before our eyes
   F         C                 G       Dm
Oh I, let's lie down in the basement tonight
F
Oh


Am             C            G      Dm
 Oh lord I've found you, I held you tight
    Am          C            G              Am
Oh I, and the buildings are pulled into the sky
         C             G
And our hearts shakin in
           Dm         F
This summer night, oh I
       C                 G       Dm
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F
Oh


Am           C             G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                 G
  Black sky comes to take you from me
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am          C              G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                G                Dm
  Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you


Am             C           G      Dm
 Oh lord I've found you I held you tight
    Am         C           G              Am
Oh I and the black skies above our eyes tonight
          C             G           Dm        F
And our hearts breakin in the end tonight, oh I
       C                 G      Dm
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F
Oh


Am           C             G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                 G
  Black sky comes to take you from me
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am          C              G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                 G
  Black sky comes to take you from me
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you


(Single strums)
Am          C           G      Dm
 Oh lord I lost you, I held you tight
   Am
Oh I
          C             G             Am
And the black sky will come for us tonight
          C             G             Dm      F
And our heart's shakin in the empty night, oh I
       C                 G       Dm
Let's lie down in the basement tonight
F
Oh



Am           C             G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                 G
  Black sky comes to take you from me
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am          C              G
 I let you go, I let you go,
             Dm
I let you know that I hold you
Am             C                G                Dm
  Black sky comes, black sky comes, black sky comes and I hold you