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January in the Halifax Guitar Tablature
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 January in the Halifax Airport Lounge  - Bruce Cockburn
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 From "Joy Will Find A Way".
 Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
 Thanks to Steve Meger (sam@michaelsengineering.com) for suggestions.

 Drop-D tuning.
 Capo 1st fret.

 4/4 time.

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 ||-------0--------|-----0----------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||-----7-----7----|-3-----3--------|-3---------3-----|-----------3------|
 ||---6------------|---4-------4----|---------------2-|---------------2/-|
 ||-----7-------7-|-----5-------5--|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4----|
 ||-0-------0------|-0-------0------|-----------------|------------------|
 ||----------------|----------------|-0-------0-------|-0-------0--------|



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 |--------5--------|-----0-----------|-----------------|----------------||
 |----5h7-----7----|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3---------|-3-----3--------||
 |-/6--------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4---|---4-------2----||
 |------7-------7--|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4--||
 |--0-------0------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0--------------||



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 ||--------0---------|-----------------|----------------|----------------|
 ||------7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-----3-----3----|-3-----3--------|
 ||*---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-------------4--|---4-------2----|
 ||*-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4--|-----4-------4--|
 ||--0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0------|---------0------|
 ||------------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0--------------|
               Distant times  in distant lands
             There's a crisis     in the outer world
            In life so delicate      and strange


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 |-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-----3-----3-----|-3-----3---------|
 |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-------------2h4-|---4-------4p2---|
 |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
           Worthless money    changing hands
             In the sky the smoke trails curl
         Understanding seldom comes in range


   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .   , . , . , . , .
 |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----2-----|-2---------------|
 |-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0-------1-----|
 |---0---0---0-----|---0---0---0-----|---------------2-|-------2---------|
 |-----2-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 |-2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
     Changing them to what?          I wonder
       Some Winnipeg boys          are Cypress bound
         We stumble through   familiar scenes


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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----2-----3-----|-2---------------|
 |-------3---------|-------1---------|-----1-----1p0---|-1p0---1---------|
 |---0---0---0-----|---0---0---0-----|---------------2-|-----------2-----|
 |-----2-------2---|-----1-------1---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 |-2-------2-------|-1-------1-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
           As in the dust  a jet plane thunders
        I hope they live to touch home ground
              Never thinking   what it means


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 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------5-----|-7p5-------------|
 |---3-------3-----|-6b--------6-----|-6/7-------------|------/7---------|
 |-------4---------|-------7-------7-|-----------------|-----------7-----|
 |-----5-------5---|-----8-------8---|-----0-------0---|-----0-------0---|
 |-----------------|-----------------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 |-5-------5-------|-8-------8-------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
   Carries every     feeling into      blue
   I hope we live to touch if just once more
   In this cluttered landscape  to be  loved


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 |-----7-----7-----|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---3-----|-----3-3--------||
 |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------------|-2h4-------4p2--||
 |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4--||
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0--------------||
   I miss you        like I miss the   flowers in bloom
   I need you        like the river    needs the shore
   I need you        like I need the   stars above


   1,2.------------------------------------------------------------------
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 ||---------0------|-------0---------|-------------7p5---|-7p5-----------|
 ||-----3-----3----|-6---6-----6-----|-6b7------------h7-|-------6b------|
 ||---4------------|---7-----------7-|-------------------|-----------7---|
 ||-----5-------5--|-----8-------8---|-----0-------0-----|-----0-------0-|
 ||----------------|-----------------|---------0---------|---------0-----|
 ||-5-------5------|-8-------8-------|-0-----------------|-0-------------|



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 |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4--|---4-------2----*||
 |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4--|-----4-------4--*||
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0------|---------0-------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0--------------|-0---------------||



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 ||--------0-----|-------0---------|-----5---8p7p5-7p5-|-10--------------|
 ||-----3----3---|-6---6-----6-----|-6b7---------------|---6b----------0-|
 ||---4----------|---7-----------7-|-------------------|-------7---------|
 ||-----5------5-|-----8-------8---|-----0---------0---|-----0-------0---|
 ||--------------|-----------------|---------0---------|---------0-------|
 ||-5------5-----|-8-------8-------|-0-----------------|-0---------------|



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 |-------0---------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
 |-----7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3-----3---------|-3-----3---------|
 |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----------2-4---|---4-------2-----|
 |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-------4---|-----4-------4---|
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|---------0-------|
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0---------------|
     I need you      like I need the   stars above


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 |-------5---------|-----0-----------|-----------------|----------------||
 |-----7-----7-----|-3-----3-----3---|-3---------------|-3--------------||
 |---6-------------|---4-------4-----|-----4---2-4-----|-2--------------||
 |-----7-------7---|-----5-------5---|-----4-----------|-4--------------||
 |-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------|---------0-------|----------------||
 |-----------------|-----------------|-0---------------|-0--------------||
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