Disclaimer: The following tab is intended for private enjoyment and educational purposes and should not be read as an encouragement for members of the general public to play the song live. The lyrics and music of "Look How Far" are the intellectual property of Bruce Cockburn, his management, and record companies, etc,.

INTRODUCING THIS TAB

Transcribed from the Breakfast in New Orleans, Dinner in Timbuktu album, Look How Far is a song inspired by Ani DiFranco.

Drop D tuning (low DADGBE high)
Capo III metal resonator guitar

h hammer-on
s slide

CHORDS

 Dm9sus    003553
 Fmaj9     333553
 Am#5      x03550
 C         x32010
 Am9       x05530
 Fmaj9+6   330010
 Dm7       00056x
 Bbmaj7b5  8x0560
 Bb b5     x10330

For the Bbmaj7b5 (whatever!?) chord fret the low string with your little finger, fret the 3rd string with the index finger, and the 2nd string with the middle finger.

INTRO AND VERSES

A suggested strumming pattern is given, but listen to the song to get the feel.

   Dm9sus                           Fmaj9
||---(3)--3---3-----------3-------|---(3)--3---3-----------3-------|
||---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|
||---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|
||----3-----------3---------------|----3-----------3---------------|
||0---------------------------0-h-|3-------------------------------|
||0---------------------------0-h-|3---------------------------3h5-|

   Am#5
 |---(0)--0---0-----------0-------|---(0)--0---0-----------0-------||
 |---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|---(5)--5---5-----------5-------||
 |---(5)--5---5-----------5-------|---(5)--5---5-----------5-------||
 |----3-----------3---------------|----3-----------3---------------||
 |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------||
 |----------------------------3h5-|----------------------------3h5-||
                                                           (repeat)

Verse

(spoken)
on this rooftop where we're sitting
in the rays of the setting sun
glasses of wine on a crate between us
catch the light seem to glow from within

(sung)
and there's a laugh
hanging in the air
and there's no
desperation anywhere

(spoken)
So many miles so many doors
some need patience some need force
all fall open in their own due course
to allow us this time

(sung)
and you're limbed
in light, golden and thin
looks to me
like you're lit up from within

REFRAIN

   C                                Am9
||0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
||1-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
||0-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
||2-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
||3-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
(and) look how                     far                     the

   Fmaj9+6
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |1-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------||
 |3-------------------------------|3---3---0-h-3---0-h-3---0-------||
 |3-------------------------------|3---3---0-h-3---0-h-3---0-------||
  light  came                                              (repeat)

   C                                Am9
 |0-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
 |1-------------------------------|3-------------------------------|
 |0-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
 |2-------------------------------|5-------------------------------|
 |3-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
  look how                         far                     the

   Fmaj9+6                         Dm7
 |0-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |1-------------------------------|----6---6-------6---------------|
 |0-------------------------------|----5---5---7---5-------7-------|
 |0-------------------------------|------------7-----------7-------|
 |3-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
 |3-------------------------------|0-------------------------------|
  light          came                                         to

   Bbmaj7b5
 |0--------------0----------------|0---------------0---------------|
 |----6--------------6------------|----6---------------6-----------|
 |-------5----------------5-------|--------5---------------5-------|
 |-----------0----------------0---|------------0---------------0---|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |8-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
   paint    you

 |0--------------0----------------|0-------------------------------|
 |----6--------------6------------|6-------------------------------|
 |-------5----------------5-------|5-------------------------------|
 |-----------0----------------0---|0-------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
 |8-------------------------------|------------------------8-s-(3)-|
  this   way

GUITAR SOLO

Dm9sus     Fmaj9     Am#5     Am#5  (repeat twice)
Dm9sus     Fmaj9     Am#5     Bb b5

Verse

(spoken)
and I picture us in this light
friendship a fine silver web
stretched across a golden smoky haze
and this is simple and this is grace

(sung)
and this light
is a guest from far away
passing through
the last whisper of day

Refrain

ENDING

  Bbmaj7b5              (retard)
|0---------------------------------0-----------------------------||
|-------6--------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------5-----------------5------------------------------||
|------------------------0---------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|8---------------------------------------------------------------||