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