He Would Have Laughed


Deerhunter - He Would Have Laughed ---------------------------------- petik3@gmail.com 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 ----------------- play it till 4:25 |--------------| |--------------| |--------------| |------6---7---| |--7-----6---7-| |----7---------| guitar1 riff2 ------------- 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-| strumming: G: d du ud E: d d F#: d d (d-down, u-up) guitar2 riff1 ------------- from 0:06 |-12-------------| |----12----------| |-------13-11-13-| 4x |----------------| |----------------| |----------------| then |------| |--12--| |------| |------| |------| |------| guitar2 riff2 ------------- 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 ------------- |--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-------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|