A Montreal Song chords
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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