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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White Hot Tom Cochrane/Red Rider
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G Am G Am Am Am
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Am Am G Am G Am
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G Am G C F/C C C F/C C
..................... Waiting, by the shoreline, in
G C/G G G C/G G Am
Semoline, for a reply, I need u, to come see me, that's no
G C F/C C C F/C C
lie.... The guns are, getting closer, the
G C/G G G C/G G Am
sweat pours like the dew, that's over the trees in Tripoli in the
G Gsus G C G Am F
Spring......... I'm White Hot, I can't take it any more
C G Am F C G Am F
I'm W.H. by the Semolion shore, W.H.!, yes, I'm boiling to the core, I
G F G C F/C C C F/C C
need rain, Cast out, from the jungle, with no
G C/G G G C/G G Am
rations, salty sea, presenting faulty rifles to the
G C F/C C C F/C C
thieves........in Tanzania.. Danger and misfortune, nothing
G C/G G G C/G G Am
wagered, nothing gained, I have wandered, thru the desert, found
G Gsus G Am
the ocean, not the rain..[I can remem.] the nite by the strand in
Tripoli
F Am
we were so much younger then [I had u & my] poetry to protect me, we were
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so much cooler then, I need rain............
C G Am F C G Am F
I'm W.H., I can't take it any more, I'm W.H. by the Semolion shore, I'm
C G Am F G F G F
W.H., yes I'm boiling to the core, I need rain, INR I
need
G Am Am
rain..... [intro riff]
G Am Am
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G Am
[I can remem. the nites] by the sea in Tripoli, we were
F Am
so much bolder then, I had u & my poetry to protect me, we were both
soldiers
F G
then, bolder then, colder then, I need rain.... I need rain, I need
G Am
rain, White Hot!!!! [outro]
G Am
White Hot!!!
Play A and G until fadeout
Am
[intro]
G Am G Am Am Am
[intro]
Am Am G Am G Am
[intro]
G Am G C F/C C C F/C C
..................... Waiting, by the shoreline, in
G C/G G G C/G G Am
Semoline, for a reply, I need u, to come see me, that's no
G C F/C C C F/C C
lie.... The guns are, getting closer, the
G C/G G G C/G G Am
sweat pours like the dew, that's over the trees in Tripoli in the
G Gsus G C G Am F
Spring......... I'm White Hot, I can't take it any more
C G Am F C G Am F
I'm W.H. by the Semolion shore, W.H.!, yes, I'm boiling to the core, I
G F G C F/C C C F/C C
need rain, Cast out, from the jungle, with no
G C/G G G C/G G Am
rations, salty sea, presenting faulty rifles to the
G C F/C C C F/C C
thieves........in Tanzania.. Danger and misfortune, nothing
G C/G G G C/G G Am
wagered, nothing gained, I have wandered, thru the desert, found
G Gsus G Am
the ocean, not the rain..[I can remem.] the nite by the strand in
Tripoli
F Am
we were so much younger then [I had u & my] poetry to protect me, we were
F G
so much cooler then, I need rain............
C G Am F C G Am F
I'm W.H., I can't take it any more, I'm W.H. by the Semolion shore, I'm
C G Am F G F G F
W.H., yes I'm boiling to the core, I need rain, INR I
need
G Am Am
rain..... [intro riff]
G Am Am
[intro riff]
G Am
[I can remem. the nites] by the sea in Tripoli, we were
F Am
so much bolder then, I had u & my poetry to protect me, we were both
soldiers
F G
then, bolder then, colder then, I need rain.... I need rain, I need
G Am
rain, White Hot!!!! [outro]
G Am
White Hot!!!
Play A and G until fadeout
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