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          Laughing Into 1939 - Al Stewart
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Notation by Adam Woolfe.

    
Intro
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This is simple fingerpicking of two chords Dm (xx0231) and 
C/D (xx0010) then a little bass line C D E G D running up 
to the first verse. A second guitar provides some melody 
over the top.  


Verse
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Dm       C       Bb
   Party hat and satin dress

 F        C     F             A7           Dm
   Silver paper curled in her long black hair

           C          Bb             Gm6    A7
   Tapping one small elegant shoe in time

Dm        C       Bb
   Oh the way she plays with them

 F           C        F              A7
   Smile at one, then dance with another

Dm        C               Bb        A
   Pretty soon they're forming up a line 

             Bb        C                Dm    C/D
   And she's laughing, laughing into 1939      

      Bb        C                Dm   ----> bridge, ending or
  Oh, laughing, laughing into 1939.       C/D  Dm  -> next verse
                                           



Bridge
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Dm                         F
  For tonight is New Years Eve

                          Bb
  Uncork your spirits and welcome it in

                      F
  Who knows what it's got up its sleeve

                    Bb           
  Can't wait for it all to begin

  F                          A
  Stand by the girl with the purple balloon

      Dm                    G
  The look in her eyes just lights up the room

         Bb
  In the corner of her smile 

  She'll be seeing you soon

A(7)                       ----> last verse
  Under a mistletoe moon.
                                           


Ending (roughly)
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            Dm   C/D   Dm    Gm    Gm Dm F C Bb   A7   D 
 ...into 1939.      



The chord (that I think is) Gm6 is played something
like xx5330

The last verse is half instrumental but the chords are 
the usual ones.


From Peter Dillinger:


 Ok, I know that Al's playing this song in D-Minor, which means for guitar
an A-Minor at the 5th fret.
The intro is something like this:

Am(Dm)  ---------------------------  G/A(C/D)---------------------------
        --------6--------6----6----          --------5--------5----5----
        --------7--------7----7----          --------5--------5----5----
        -----7-----7-----7----7----          -----5-----5-----5----5----
        --5-----------5------------          --5-----------5------------
        ---------------------------          ---------------------------
And while these two chords are repeated the whole intro, the solo starts:

Solo:   --------------------HO---------+---------------------------
        -------HO--1--------01---------+-----HO--------------------
        ----0--02-----2==0------2---2--+--0--02==0-----------------
        ---------------PO--------------+-------PO---2==0-----------
        -------------------------------+-------------PO---0--------
        -------------------------------+--------------------------