Tablature laughter - Bruce Cockburn

          



 

  From: whitej@kahu.lincoln.ac.nz (White, Jared Conway)

  Subject: TAB: Laughter by Bruce Cockburn

  

  Hi there!  Here's a tab of Laughter, by Bruce Cockburn (from "Further 

  Adventures of..." 1978).

  

  Since tabbing this piece i have come to think that it may _possibly_ be in

  open C.  However, it works perfectly well in dropped-D, too.  The only

  difficulty is in the chorus section: for the first chord shape, you need to

  barre the E,A & D strings at the 2nd fret with your first finger, while

  keeping the G string open AND fretting the B and e strings at 3 and 5 

  respectively.  If that's just ridiculous, then ignore the open G string

  and play a straight barre chord.

  

  I haven't included timing marks: I figure you'd have to know the song to

  want to try and play it anyway.  Note that Bruce modifies the verse section

  a couple of times to get a more arpeggiated, sustained feel (eg the verse

  about nuclear good-time boys).  For this you can use the same fingerings,

  just change the style.

  

  That reminds me... i have one question about the lyrics of the song that

  you may be able to help with:

  Here's to the sun _______________????

  Through a thermal inversion haze

  Here's to the nuclear good time boys

  Numbering all our days...

  

  Comments, corrections welcome (nay, encouraged!).  Thanks to Andrew

  Rate for typing this up.

                                    

  	 - jared

  

  

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                                   Laughter

                                Bruce Cockburn

  

  Transcribed by Jared White               

  (whitej@lincoln.ac.nz)                  

  

  

  Drop D tuning; capo 3rd fret; h = hammer-on

  

    Intro:                                                                

  e|-----2----------------|-----2--2-------------|-----2----------------|

  B|-----3----------3-----|-----3--3-------3-----|-----3----------3-----|

  G|-----2----------0-----|-----2--2-------0-----|-----2----------0-----|

  D|----------------0-----|----------------0--0--|----------------0-----|

  A|-----------0h2-----2--|-----------0h2--------|-----------0h2-----2--|

  D|--0-----0-------------|--0-------------------|--0-----0-------------|

  

  

  

                         Verse:

  |-------2-------------|---------2--------------|----------------------|

  |----3--3-------3-----|---------3--------3-----|-------3-----3--3-----|

  |----2----------0-----|-*-------2--------2-----|-------0-----0--0-----|

  |-0-------------0-----|-*----------------------|----------------------|

  |-------0--0h2-----2--|---------------0-----0--|----2-----2--------2--|

  |-0-------------------|---0--------0-----------|----------------------|

  

  

  

  |----------------------|----------------------|-----------------------|

  |----3--------3--------|-----3--3-------0-----|-----3--------3--------|

  |----0--------0--------|----------------0-----|-----------------------|

  |----------------------|-----4--4-------------|-----4--------4--------|

  |----------2-----2-----|-----------0h2-----2--|-----------0-----0-----|

  |-2-----2--------------|--0-------------------|--0-----0--------------|

  

  

  

  |----------------------|-----------------------|-----------------------|

  |-----3-----3----3-----|--------2---3---5---7--|-----7-----7--5--3-----|

  |-----0-----0----0-----|--------2---4---6---7--|-----7-----7-----------|

  |----------------------|-----2-----------------|-----------------4-----|

  |--2-----2----------2--|--0-------------0------|--------0--------------|

  |----------------------|-----------------------|--0-----------------0--|

                                                                        

            

  

  Chorus:                                                               

  |-----5-----5--5-----5--|--------5--------5-----|-----------------------|

  |-----3-----3--3-----3--|--------3--------3-----|-----3--3-----0--------|

  |-----0-----0--0-----0--|--------0--------0-----|-----2--2-----0--------|

  |-----------------0--2--|--------2-----------0--|-----4--4-----0--0-----|

  |-----------2-----------|-----2-----------------|--------------2-----2--|

  |--2-----2--------------|--2--------------------|--0--------------------|

  

  

  

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

  |----3-----3--0--3--0--|-----3-----3--3-----3--|--------3-----------3-----|

  |----2-----------2-----|-----0-----0--0-----0--|--------0-----------0-----|

  |----4-----------------|-----------------0--2--|--------2--------------0--|

  |-------0--------------|-----------2-----------|-----2--------------------|

  |-0-----------------0--|--2-----2--------------|--2-----------------------|

  

  

            

  |----------------------|-----------------------|

  |----3--3-----0--------|-----3--3-------0------|

  |----2--2-----0--------|-----2--2-------0----*-|

  |----4--4-----0--0-----|-----4--0-------0----*-|

  |-------------2-----2--|-----------0h2-----2---|

  |-0--------------------|--0--------------------|

  

  

  

  Thats all!

  Hope you enjoy it.

  jared

  

  

   


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