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January in the Halifax Airport Lounge

Bruce Cockburn
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From KEANJ@agresearch.cri.nz Mon May 29 10:26:27 PDT 1995

Article: 40773 of rec.music.makers.guitar.tablature

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From: KEANJ@agresearch.cri.nz (John Kean)

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Subject: TAB: **January in the Halifax Airport Lounge - Bruce Cockburn**

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January in the Halifax Airport Lounge - Bruce Cockburn

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>From "Joy Will Find A Way".

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

Drop-D tuning.

Capo 1st fret.

4/4 time.

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||-------0---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-3---------3-----|-----------3------|
||---6-------------|---4-------4-----|---------------2-|---------------2/-|
||-----7-------7\--|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4----|
||-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|-----------------|------------------|
||-----------------|-----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------|

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|--------5---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|----5h7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---------||
|-/6---------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4---|---4-------2-----||
|------7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---||
|--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------||
|------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||

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||--------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
||------7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3---------|
||*---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-------------4---|---4-------2-----|
||*-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
||------------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

Distant times in distant lands

There's a crisis in the outer world

In life so delicate and strange

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|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3---------|
|---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-------------2h4-|---4-------4p2---|
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

Worthless money changing hands

In the sky the smoke trails curl

Understanding seldom comes in range

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|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2---------------|
|-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0-------1-----|
|-------2---2-----|-------0---0-----|---------------2-|-------2---------|
|-------------3---|-------------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|-3---3---3-------|-2---2---2-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

Changing them to what? I wonder

Some Winnipeg boys are Cypress bound

We stumble through familiar scenes

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|-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----3-----|-2---------------|
|-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0---1---------|
|-----2-----2-----|-------0---0-----|---------------2-|-----------2-----|
|---3---------3---|-------------2---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|-3---3---3-------|-2---2---2-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

As in the dust a jet plane thunder

I hope they live to touch home ground

Never thinking what it means

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|-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|-7p5-------------|
|---3-------3-----|-6b--------6-----|-6/7-------------|------/7---------|
|-------4---------|-------7-------7-|-----------------|-----------7-----|
|-----5-------5---|-----8-------8---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
|-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|-5-------5-------|-8-------8-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

Carries every feeling into blue

I hope we live to touch if just once more

In this cluttered landscape to be loved

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|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---3-----|-----3-3---------||
|---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|-2h4-------4p2---||
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||

I miss you like I miss the flowers in bloom

I need you like the river needs the shore

I need you like I need the stars above

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1,2.

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||---------0-------|-------0---------|-------------7p5---|-7p5-------------|
||-----3-----3-----|-6---6-----6-----|-6b7------------h7-|-------6b--------|
||---4-------------|---7-----------7-|-------------------|-----------7-----|
||-----5-------5---|-----8-------8---|-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0---|
||-----------------|-----------------|---------0---------|---------0-------|
||-5-------5-------|-8-------8-------|-0-----------------|-0---------------|

...........................................................................

(1,2) |

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|-------5---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3---------|-3-----3----------||
|---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4---|---4-------2-----*||
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---*||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0--------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0----------------||

...................

3.

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||---------0-------|-------0---------|-----5---7p5---5---|-10---------------|
||-----3-----3-----|-6---6-----6-----|-6b7--------h7---7-|---10b---7--------|
||---4-------------|---7-----------7-|-------------------|-------------7----|
||-----5-------5---|-----8-------8---|-----0---------0---|-------0-------0--|
||-----------------|-----------------|---------0---------|-----------0------|
||-5-------5-------|-8-------8-------|-0-----------------|--0---------------|

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|-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---------|
|---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4---|---4-------2-----|
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|

I need you like I need the stars above

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|-------5---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3---------------|-3---------------||
|---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----4---2-4-----|-2---------------||
|-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-----------|-4---------------||
|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------||

\\\\ John Kean

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