“Lullaby”  Stephen Lynch

The entire song is in an open ‘D’ (200232) with changing bass notes. After each
bass note, the bottom 3 strings are fingerpicked 3-2-1-2-3 holding the open ‘D’.
The free pinky finger hits the bottom ‘E’ string 5th fret every once in a while
for a single high note (like right before he sings: “I think that’s why your
mommy left us”).

Verse: bass notes
1)-----------------
2)-----------------
3)-----------------
4)-----0--2--0-----
5)-----------------
6)--2--------------
    T
*Thumb curls nick to hold 6th string on 2nd fret.
*Index bars strings 3 and 4 for the 3rd note on the 2nd fret (toggle back and
forth as needed to maintain the open ‘D’).

Pre-Chorus: bass notes
1)---------------------------------------------------------
2)---------------------------------------------------------
3)---------------------------------------------------------
4)-----4--0--4----2--2----|----4--0--4-----2--2-----2--2---
5)4-2-----------0-------2-|-2-----------0--------2---------
6)------------------------|--------------------------------

*Beginning transition is little finger 4th fret to index finger 2nd fret on 5th
string.
* Then immediately put little finger on 4th fret of 4th string, let off, then
hold again.
*Index finger bars across strings 5,4,3 as needed to maintain the open ‘D’ as you
change the bass notes.

Chorus: bass notes
1)-------------------------------
2)-------------------------------
3)-------------------------------
4)-----2-----0---|-----2-----0---
5)--0------------|--0------------
6)--------2------|--------2------
          T              T
*Again, thumb holds the 6th string 2nd fret and index bars strings 3 and 4
(toggles) as needed to hold ‘D’ note.

Bridge: bass notes
1)--------------------------------------------------------------
2)--------------------------------------------------------------
3)--------------------------------------------------------------
4)--2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----4-----0-----0-----
5)-----2-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0-----2-----0--------
6)--------------------------------------------------------------
*Index finger is barring strings 4 and 5.

End: 
Strum the ‘D’ chord stressing the bass notes in the Chorus progression.

It sounds right when I play along with the CD, but I could be wrong about holding
the 3 bottom strings the entire time because it is hard to tell. But this is what
I think is right.

Erik Bowles, Manhattan, KS  ehb7705@ksu.edu 

 Standard Tuning
CAPO 2ND FRET!!!

Ok this is the best I can do to tab lullaby by Stephen Lynch.

The chorus is the 'right after daddy gets home from the bar' kinda stuff,
and the bridge is 'please don't cry I swear i'll try' etc.

And the Pre chorus is the 'soon it will all be like it was'.

Hope this is easy enough to understand.



Verses

|-------0-----------0-----------0------------0-------------|
|-----3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------3---3-----------|
|---0-------0---0-------0---0--------0---0-------0---------|
|-------------------------0--------------------------------|
|-------------3------------------------3-------------------|
|-0--------------------------------------------------------|

Then this as final part before pre-chorus

|-------0-----------0-----------0------------0-----|
|-----3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------3---0---|
|---0-------0---0-------0---0--------0---0-------0-|
|-------------------------0------------------------|
|-------------3------------------------3-----------|
|-0------------------------------------------------|

Pre chorus

  Am                      C
|-------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----|
|-----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---|
|---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2---2-------2-|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------0-----------------------3-----------|
|-0-----------------------0-----------------------|

  G                       D
|-------3-----------3-----------2------------2-----|
|-----3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------3---3---|
|---0-------0---0-------0---2--------2---2-------2-|
|--------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2------------------------0-----------|
|-3-----------------------0------------------------|

Chorus

  G           D           Em          Am/C (whichevers easier)
|-------3-----------2-----------0-----------0--------|
|-----3---3-------3---3-------0---0-------1---1------|
|---0-------0---2-------2---0-------0---2-------2----|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-3-----------0-----------0-----------0--------------|

Bridge - Play this 3 times

  C                       D
|-------0-----------0-----------2------------2--------|
|-----1---1-------1---1-------3----3-------3---3------|
|---2-------2---2-------2---2--------2---2-------2----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------3------------------------0--------------|
|-0-----------------------0---------------------------|

Then...

  G                       D
|-------3-----------3-----------2------------2--------|
|-----3---3-------3---3-------3----3-------3---3------|
|---0-------0---0-------0---2--------2---2-------2----|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-------------2------------------------0--------------|
|-3-----------------------0---------------------------| 

 Stephen Lynch - Lullaby (The Divorce Song)
Transcribed by Vincent Driessen, 2004

Standard tuning
Capo 2nd fret

Verse riff:
E|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|-------2-----|
B|-----5---5---|-----5---5---|-----5---5---|-----5---5---|
G|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|---2-------2-|
D|-------------|-------------|-2-----------|-------------|
A|-------------|-5-----------|-------------|-5-----------|
E|-2-----------|-------------|-------------|-------------|

Verse 1: (verse riff)
Hush, little girl
Sweet baby don't cry, tonight
Daddy is here and he'll sing you a soft lullaby, tonight

Pre-chorus:
Am           C              G     D
Why can't it all be like it was before?
Am           C                    G        D
How can I explain why mommy's not here, anymore?

Chorus:
       G           D         Em         C
'Cause daddy likes porno and ten-dollar whores
G          D          Em          C
Daddy gets wasted and robs liquor stores 
G           D        Em            C           G   D
Daddy likes rubbing against little boys on the bus 
        Em         C          G  D  Em
I think that's why mommy left us
C          G  D  D
Mommy left us

Verse 2: (verse riff)
Hush, little girl 
There is no reason to fret, tonight 
Don't mind the smoke, daddy just wants to forget, tonight

Pre-chorus:
Am           C              G     D
Soon it will all be like it was before 
Am  C                     G                  D     D
Any minute, she will walk through that front door 

Chorus:
    G           D         Em             C
But daddy plays poker and drinks lots of beer 
G             D          Em             C
Then he wants sex that involves mommy's rear
G         D            Em            C           G    D
Daddy has sores on his naughty parts oozing with pus
        Em         C          G   D  G  D
I think that's why mommy left us 

Bridge:
C            D
Please don't cry
  C          D
I swear I'll try
   C       Am      D
To be here by your side 

Verse 3:
G           D          Em            C
Right after daddy gets home from the bar 
G          D          Em           C
Visits his bookee and steals a new car 
      G            D              Em       C               G      D
He'll drive to the strip club and if daddy plays his cards right 
            Em            C       G
He'll bring home your new mommy tonight

Outro:
D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  G  D  Em  C  G
Lah dee die... etc.