Bruce Cockburn – Listen For The Laugh (Guitar)

Open G (D-G-D-G-B-D)
Key
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Chords

From "Dart to the Heart"(1994) Bruce and Colin Linden (on slide, of course) both play in the version of open A tuning Like Open E, this tuning can put strain on your guitar neck and strings, so regular Open G plus capo 2 is probably safer, but I'll leave the chord shapes noted in A. A: 000000 and 005430 D: 555555 and x02012 E: 777777 and xx0230 G: xx3213 and xx101010x -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Intro] A x4 E G D A x2 [Verse]
E                         G            D   A
It's not the laughter of rain in the drain,

E                           G      D   A
It's not the laughter of a man in pain,

E                              G      D    A
It's not the laughter you can hide behind,

E                            G         D   A
It's not the laughter of a frightened mind.

 G                                          D
Balanced on the brink, only waiting for a shove,

 A                          E       A
you better listen for the laugh of love.

 G                                         D
Balanced on the brink only waiting for a shove,

 A                          E       A
you better listen for the laugh of love.
E G D A x4 [Verse]
E                              G       D   A
It's not the laughter of the gloating rich,

E                             G      D    A
It's not the laughter of the sacred bitch,

E                             G     D   A
It's not the laughter of the macho fool,

E                            G        D    A
It's not the laughter that obeys the rules.

 G                               D
More of a chainsaw in a velvet glove...

 A                         E        A
You better listen for the laugh of love.

 G                               D
More of a chainsaw in a velvet glove...

 A                         E        A
You better listen for the laugh of love.
[Solo] E G D A x4 [verse]
E                            G         D   A
It's not the laughter of a child with toys,

E                              G          D   A
It's not the laughter of The President's boys,

E                             G     D   A
It's not the laughter of the media king,

E                               G   D   A
This laughter doesn't sell you anything.

          G                             D
It's the wind in the wings of a diving dove,

 A                         E        A
You better listen for the laugh of love...

          G                             D
It's the wind in the wings of a diving dove,

 A                         E        A
You better listen for the laugh of love.
[Coda]
  G                                 D
Whatever else you might be thinking of...

 A                         E        A
You better listen for the laugh of love.
A E A x2