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A Montreal Song

Bruce Cockburn
Tab
4.7(3)

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Subject: c/cockburn_bruce/a_montreal_song.tab

Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 17:48 +1200 (NZST)

From: "Kean,John" <keanj@agresearch.cri.nz>

A Montreal Song - Bruce Cockburn

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

From "Further Adventures Of".

Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).

Drop-D tuning.

Capo 2nd fret.

4/4 time (with swing).

NB. Tab shows the riffs - you'll have to fill in between with

strumming and damping.

INTRO: (see tab below)

D5 A Em7/B Em7/B F6 Em7 D5' D5'

D5 A Em7/B Em7/B F6 Em7 D5' D5'

VERSE 1: (chord voicings below)

D5' D5' Em7/D Em7+2/D

I turned on the TV war news

D5' D5' Em7/D Em7+2/D

Just to look and wonder why

D5' D5' Em7/D Em7+2/D

Thunder crashed and red flash-flowers

D5' D5' Em7/D Em7+2/D

Bloomed a nightmare in the sky

D5 A Em7/B Em7/B F6 Em7 D5' D5'

Ohhh...

VERSE 2:

So I went down to the cafe

Just to string myself along

On the way I found some riches

Played the jukebox, got this song

Mmm... Oh ohh...

SOLO: (see tab below)

D5 A Em7/B Em7/B F6 Em7 D5' D5'

VERSE 3:

While I sat there a ragged man came

Bummed a coffee, talked awhile

Told me stories full of wonder

Left me laughing like a well-loved child

Ohh...

OUTRO: (as for Intro)

D5 A Em7/B Em7/B F6 Em7 D5' D5'

Ohh... Oh, oh, ohh...

INTRO:

D5' A Em7/B

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 ||-5-----5-5-3-2---|-------5-5-3-2---|-----------------|
 ||-3-----3-3-3-3-2-|-------2-2-2-2-2-|---------3---3---|
 ||-2-------2-2---2-|---------2-2---0-|---------0---0---|
 ||-0-------0-----2-|---------2-----0-|---------0---0---|
 ||-0-------------0-|---------------2-|---------0h2-0h2-|
 ||-0---------------|-----------------|-----------------|

Em7/B F6 Em7

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-----------5-----|---------5-5-----|-------3-3/5-1/2-|
 |-------3-3-3-----|-------3-3-3-----|---------3/5-1/2-|
 |-------0-0-0-----|-------5-5-5-----|-----------------|
 |---------0-------|-3-------3-------|-2---------------|
 |---------2-----0-|-3-------------0-|-2---------------|
 |---------------0-|-3-------------0-|-2---------------|

D5' D5'

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-----------------|------------------||
 |-3---------------|-------------3----||
 |-2---------2h4-2-|---------2---4p2-*||
 |-0-----------0-0-|-----0---0-0-0---*||
 |-----------------|------------------||
 |-----------------|------------------||

SOLO:

(lead in) D5'

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-------------------------||-------------------------|
 |-----------------------3-||----------3--3--3--------|
 |-------------------4p2---||----------2--2--2--------|
 |-----------2/4-----------||-0-----------0--------2--|
 |-------------------------||-0-----------------------|
 |-------------------------||-0-----------------------|

A Em7/B

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-------------------------|-------------3-----3-----|
 |----------2--------------|-------------3-----3-----|
 |----------2--------------|-------------0-----0-----|
 |-------------4p2-0-2h4---|----------0--------------|
 |-----------------------2-|-------------------2-----|
 |-------------------------|-------------------------|

Em7/B F6 Em7

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-----------------|-----------------|---------3-3---3---|
 |-----------3-----|---------3-3-----|---------3-3-3-3---|
 |---------0-0-----|---------5-5-----|-------2-2-2-2-2---|
 |-------0---------|-3-----3-3-------|-2-----2-----------|
 |---------------0-|-3-------------0-|-2-----------------|
 |---------------0-|-3-------------0-|-2-----------------|

D5' D5'

, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .

 |-2---------------|-----------------||
 |-3-------------3-|-------------3---||
 |-2---------2h4---|-------------4p2-||
 |-0-----------0---|-----------0-0---||
 |-----------------|-----------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------||

CHORDS:

D5 000235

D5' 00023x

A x02225

Em7 222x33

Em7/B x2003x

Em7/D 02003x

Em7+2/D 020032

F6 333535

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