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/big_league.crd
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:53:45 GMT
From: kitch
===Key:D===Tempo:141========
D ;D ;G ;G
[guitar intro]
D ;D ;G ;G
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
When he was a kid, he'd be up at 5, take shots to 8, make the
thing drive
D ;D ;G ;G
Out after school, back on ice, that was his life, he was
gonna play in the
D ;D ;G ;G/A
Big League Ooooh, in the
D ;D ;D ;D
Big League.
D ;D ;G ;G
Not many ways out of this cold northern twn, u work in the mill & get
laid in the ground
D ;D ;G ;G
If ur gonna jump it will be with the game, real fast & tough is the
only clear lane to the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League Ooooooh
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna turn some heads,
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna knock 'em dead
..
G ;G/A ;D ;D
Ooooooo, in the Big League
D ;D ;D ;D
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
All the right moves when he turned 18, scholarship and school on a big
US team
D ;D ;G ;G/A
Out with his girl near Lake McLean, hit a truck doing 70 in the wrong
lane to the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League Oooooooooooo
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to turn some heads,
D ;D ;G ;G
my boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead ..
G ;G ;D ;D
Never can tell what might come down, never can tell how much you got,
G ;G ;D ;D
Just don't know, no, you never can tell, [guitar only]
D ;D ;D ;D
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
Sometimes at nite u can hear the ice crack, it sounds like thunder &
it rips thru my back
D ;D ;G ;G/A
S'times in the morning I still hear the sound, ice meets metal, "Can't
you drive me down to the
D ;D ;G ;G
BL?" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's going to play in the BL my boy's going to turn some heads
D ;D ;G ;G
my boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead
G ;G ;D ;D
Never can tell what might come down, never can tell when u might check
out
G ;G ;G/A ;G/A
Just don't know, no, you never can tell, so do right to others like u
do to yourself in the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League. OOOOOOO
D ;D ;G ;G
[backup sings chorus - ad lib lead]
D ;D ;G ;G
[]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[guitar out]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[3]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[2]
D ;
[end]
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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/big_league.crd
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 1997 20:53:45 GMT
From: kitch
===Key:D===Tempo:141========
D ;D ;G ;G
[guitar intro]
D ;D ;G ;G
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
When he was a kid, he'd be up at 5, take shots to 8, make the
thing drive
D ;D ;G ;G
Out after school, back on ice, that was his life, he was
gonna play in the
D ;D ;G ;G/A
Big League Ooooh, in the
D ;D ;D ;D
Big League.
D ;D ;G ;G
Not many ways out of this cold northern twn, u work in the mill & get
laid in the ground
D ;D ;G ;G
If ur gonna jump it will be with the game, real fast & tough is the
only clear lane to the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League Ooooooh
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna turn some heads,
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's gonna play in the big league, my boy's gonna knock 'em dead
..
G ;G/A ;D ;D
Ooooooo, in the Big League
D ;D ;D ;D
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
All the right moves when he turned 18, scholarship and school on a big
US team
D ;D ;G ;G/A
Out with his girl near Lake McLean, hit a truck doing 70 in the wrong
lane to the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League Oooooooooooo
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to turn some heads,
D ;D ;G ;G
my boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead ..
G ;G ;D ;D
Never can tell what might come down, never can tell how much you got,
G ;G ;D ;D
Just don't know, no, you never can tell, [guitar only]
D ;D ;D ;D
[]
D ;D ;G ;G
Sometimes at nite u can hear the ice crack, it sounds like thunder &
it rips thru my back
D ;D ;G ;G/A
S'times in the morning I still hear the sound, ice meets metal, "Can't
you drive me down to the
D ;D ;G ;G
BL?" OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
D ;D ;G ;G
My boy's going to play in the BL my boy's going to turn some heads
D ;D ;G ;G
my boy's going to play in the BL, my boy's going to knock 'em dead
G ;G ;D ;D
Never can tell what might come down, never can tell when u might check
out
G ;G ;G/A ;G/A
Just don't know, no, you never can tell, so do right to others like u
do to yourself in the
D ;D ;G ;G
Big League. OOOOOOO
D ;D ;G ;G
[backup sings chorus - ad lib lead]
D ;D ;G ;G
[]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[guitar out]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[3]
D ;D ;G ;G2
[2]
D ;
[end]
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a word processor to accomodate the width of 80 characters.
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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