A Montreal Song Guitar Tabs by Bruce Cockburn

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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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