“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)------------------------|--------------------------------
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/s/stephen_lynch/lullaby_tab.html ]
*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
