Chord/Tab song: He Would Have Laughed

Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed


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The magnificent closing song from album Halcyon Digest (2010).
Relatively easy to play once all the parts are together.
This tab is not 100% accurate, comments are welcome!

played on 2 guitar, standard tuning

main riff guitar1


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play it till 4:25


|--------------|
|--------------|
|--------------|
|------6---7---|
|--7-----6---7-|
|----7---------|


guitar1 riff2


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play it from 5:00, fades out after 7:15

chords
[G] [E] [F#]

|-5--0--2-|
|-5--0--2-|
|-6--1--3-|
|-7--2--4-|
|-7--2--4-|
|-5--0--2-|


picking:
G: d du ud
E: d d
F#: d d
(d-down, u-up)

guitar2 riff1


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from 0:06


|-12-------------|
|----12----------|
|-------13-11-13-| 4x
|----------------|
|----------------|
|----------------|


then


|------|

|--12--|


|------|
|------|
|------|
|------|


guitar2 riff2


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from 0:25, play only between verses
minor variation in timing and notes, strong reverb



|----19-16-19-------------------|
|-17-------------17-14----18-16-|
|-------------14-------16-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


guitar2 riff3


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|--13------------------|
|-----13----10-12----9-|
|--------14-------11---|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|


guitar2 riff2 again:
from 4:29 to 5:21
from 5:57 to 6:13
from 7:10
so only between verses



|----19-16-19-------------------|
|-17-------------17-14----18-16-|
|-------------14-------16-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|


last bar:


|----19-16-19-------------------|
|-17-------------5--2-----7--4--|
|--------------2--------4-------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|