Cockburn Bruce

Cockburn Bruce - A Montreal Song guitar tab

Subject: c/cockburn_bruce/a_montreal_song.tab

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

From: "Kean,John"

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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