Biography:
Tom Cochrane, D.Mus (hon), (born May 14, 1953) is a Canadian singer and songwriter, whose story-telling songs have earned him the nickname "The thinking man's rocker." His best known song is the hit single "Life Is a Highway." He has also performed with the band Red Rider (alternatively known as Tom Cochrane & Red Rider)
Cochrane was born in Lynn Lake, Manitoba to Violet and Tuck Cochrane, a bush pilot. The family relocated to Etobicoke, Ontario in the West Deane Park area when Tom was four years old.
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Subject: c/cochrane_tom/human_race.crd
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:40:56 GMT
From: kitch
Tom Cochrane/Red Rider
===Key:Cm===Tempo:144===
Cm ;Cm ;Cm ;Cm
C C Eb G [bass only, repeated] [lead guitar in..]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[rpt]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I can see it on the road ahead, running hard, I'm here, like a deer
there I
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
stay........
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
Many houses with the lights on, silohette behind the shades beside
fires, sure
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
I saw you in one.....
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I loved you but that was way back then, now I'm alone outside, and I
face
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
the wind, and rain washes me face [yes, it's "me"]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
You knocked me down but I got back up and I got myself back in the
race
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
Knock me down and I get back up and I'll get myself back in the race..
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I race thru the shadows, race agst stone/sunken city that I thought
was my own
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
It might be a brave new world but it's really not my home
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
Well then I found I gotta scream/they might catch them but they won't
catch me
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
I might be mean but I'm free, yes I'm free
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
You knocked me down but I got back up and I got myself back in the
race...
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
Knock me down and I get back up and I'll get myself back in the race
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
[reverb lead, both guitars]
Cm ;
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Fo' A' That, and A' That
It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That
Robbie Burns
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Subject: c/cochrane_tom/human_race.crd
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 1997 14:40:56 GMT
From: kitch
Tom Cochrane/Red Rider
===Key:Cm===Tempo:144===
Cm ;Cm ;Cm ;Cm
C C Eb G [bass only, repeated] [lead guitar in..]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[rpt]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
[]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I can see it on the road ahead, running hard, I'm here, like a deer
there I
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
stay........
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
Many houses with the lights on, silohette behind the shades beside
fires, sure
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
I saw you in one.....
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I loved you but that was way back then, now I'm alone outside, and I
face
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
the wind, and rain washes me face [yes, it's "me"]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
You knocked me down but I got back up and I got myself back in the
race
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
Knock me down and I get back up and I'll get myself back in the race..
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
I race thru the shadows, race agst stone/sunken city that I thought
was my own
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
It might be a brave new world but it's really not my home
Ab/C ;Bb/D ;Ab/Eb ;Bb/D
Well then I found I gotta scream/they might catch them but they won't
catch me
Cm ;Bb/D ;Cm/Eb ;Bb/D
I might be mean but I'm free, yes I'm free
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
You knocked me down but I got back up and I got myself back in the
race...
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
Knock me down and I get back up and I'll get myself back in the race
Cm ;Bb ;Cm ;Bb
[]
Bb/F Bb/Eb ;Bb/D Bb/C ;Ab/Eb Ab/D ;Ab/C
Ab/bbAb/D
[reverb lead, both guitars]
Cm ;
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Fo' A' That, and A' That
It's Comin' Yet Fo' A' That
That Man to Man, the World O'er
Will Brothers Be, Fo' A' That
Robbie Burns
Tom Grennan
Tom Jobim
Tom Jones
Tom Kimmel
Tom Lehrer