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Provincial
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Step 1 / 140Position: 3
1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open
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Dxx0232 Gxx0033
A7xx2223 Dxx0232
Dmajxx0235 A7xx2223
Bmxx4432
Axx2220
[Verse 1]
Oh Dwait for A7me, I fell beDmajhind
Three Dsigns for A7services aDmajgo
And Gsome sarDcastic A7satelBmlite
Says AI'm not anywhere
[Verse 2]
Spent Devery A7cent of your goodDmajwill
On Dfossil A7fuels and magaDmajzines
So Glet this Dfield of A7flax foreBmclose
On Aeverything I owe
[Verse 3]
And Dscratch SasA7katchewan aDmajway
Make DManiA7toba paper Dmajdolls
Lift Gup a Dline from A7Highway BmOne
To Atie Ontario
[Outro]
Oh Dwait for Ame
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
e|---G-------C----|---G5-------G/F#--------G-------C------D/F#-----|--G/B-------G/C-------G/A-------Em-------D/F#--------G----|
B|--------------|------------------------------------|----3------3------3-----------------------|
G|----0------0--|-----0------0------0------0------2--|----0------0------0------0------2------0--|
D|----0------2--|-----0------0------0------2------0--|-------------------------2------0------0--|
A|---------3----|--10------9-------------3-----------|--2------3------0-------------------------|
E|--3-----------|-----------------3-------------2----|-----------------------0------2------3----|
(See “Tab version 2” for complete fingerpicking)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
G[Verse 1]
The Gnorth wind sinks the fence around a Clot full of debris
Near the Gcorner of Memorial and meC
Where Gresurrected brick and drywall Clean back into place
There's a Gterrified reflection of my faceC
[Pre-Chorus 1]
All aG5lone at the gleaming G/F#knife display in the Garmy surplus salesC
As the dusk descends and my Ginspiration failsD/F#
[Chorus 1]
G/BGhost-filled G/Cdiscount G/Aparkas, G/BsleepG/Aing bagsEm
Peer at D/F#me from the crumpled darkG
[Verse 2]
GInky bruises punched into the Csky by bolts of light
And then Gleak across the body of tonightC
While Grain and thunder drop and roll then Cstop short of a storm
Leave the Gair stuck with this waiting to be bornC
[Pre-Chorus 2]
As I G5stand before an G/F#unresponsive Gautomatic doorC
Just another door that won't Gopen for me D/F#anymore
[Chorus 2]
The G/Bexit G/Cred gets G/Abrighter G/Bthen G/Ablinks offEm
Presses me D/F#into the crumpled darkG
[Interlude]
G C G C
G[BrCidgGe]C
e|---Em/C#---------C------Cm-------G/B------G/A------A7-------|
B|------5------5------4------3-----3-----2----|
G|------0------0------0------0-----0-----0----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----4------3------3------2-----0-----0------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
There's a Em/C#billboard by the highway
That says Cwelcome to, bienCmvenue à
But no G/Bsign to show you when you go awayG/A A7
[Chorus 3]
And our G/BdemoG/Clitions G/ApunctuateG/B G/A
All we G/Bmean to G/Csave then G/Aleave too lateG/B G/A
So G/BI make my G/Cshaky G/AexclaG/Bma---G/Ation markEm
With a D/F#handful of the crumpled darkG
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Verse Chorus
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Ex221xx C#mx466xx
Ax022xx Bx244xx
F#/Bbx143xx
Ex221xx
Ax022xx
Capo 4th fret
[Verse 1]
EI know it's annoying borrowing your brother's Acar
But mine won't stEart, and it's SundayA
ESoon a line of headlights peering down the aveAnue
Could find you tEhere in a lawn chairA
[Chorus 1]
C#mNext to our old El CaBmino with the racing F#/Bbstripes
On Ecruise night, on Acruise night, on Ecruise nightA
[Verse 2]
EDude, just make it happen I can't take another Aweek
Of feeling lEmame with the same old A(same old)
ETin can on my ten speed circling the Dairy AQueen
While jacked up rEides idle at meA
[Chorus 2]
I C#mwanna rock the RPBM between the reds and F#/Bbgreens
On Ecruise night, on Acruise night, on Ecruise nightA
[Interlude]
E A
E A
E A
E[OuAtro]
C#mDrive a while in one diBrection and we'll turn aF#/Bbround
On Ecruise night
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Verse Bridge Outro
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G3200xx G3200xx Cx3201x
A5x022xx A5x022xx G32000x
E5022xxx G/Bx254xx Em022000
Em7x2003x
Capo 4th fret
[Verse 1]
GCruel snow, A5cracked lips, E5sun lost by Gfour
GCold winces A5through the cardboard E5windowG
Where the Gcobblestone A5smashed into E5glass and the Gbare
GBulb of moon swings A5over Portage E5AvenueG
[Bridge]
And lights the Gicy ruts, A5 G/Bsprinkled with Em7sand
Down the Gdim hall of A5chain stores to G/BGraceEm7
Where the Gparking lot is A5full againG/B Em7
GI don't bother A5locking upG/B
[Verse 2]
The Gface before the A5doors slide aE5partG
Is Ghers the day they A5took away the E5candyG
Left Ggift-shop A5tulips to E5frame her aGlarmed
[Outro]
What will CI do nowG Em
What will CI do nowG Em
What will CI do nowG Em
What will CI do nowG Em
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Verse Chorus
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D0577xx A777xxx
D/G5577xx G555xxx
D0577xx
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
D[VeDrse D1]D
DOh the streets, of DGrand Theft Auto San Andreas D/Gfill with smoke
DDoorbell rings, DI put my controller down and D/Gpick it up
DShoot some things
[Chorus 1]
ALater the darkness hits reGboot and the loneliness inDcreasesD
AShe said she'd come back Ghome when I write my master's DthesisD
[Verse 2]
DOh the hours, DI spent in the archives wearing D/Gcotton gloves
DShuffling, Dphotos from the Ninette SanaD/Gtorium
DHalloween
[Chorus 2]
AParties, emaciated ghosts Ghiding in those curtains' DcreasesD
AI'll let you haunt the Gworld when I write my master's DthesisD
[Bridge]
GNo more marking Afirst year papers
e|------------------------------A/D---------A/G---------A/F#---------A/E-----------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
D|---9------7------7------4------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
A|---10-----9------7------5------4--------4--------4--------4---------|
D|---0------0------0------0------0--------5--------4--------2---------|
No more ci-----ting sources, sources, sources, sources
[Verse 3]
So DI left home, Dcried the bumpy ride to highway D/Gtwenty-three
DStarted west, Dthey'll be there to say that I don't D/Gneed to take
Their Dstupid test
[Chorus 3]
AGreet me with banners and balloons Gand my hard drive smashed to DpiecesD
A G DRiff-1
Nothing left for me to save when I write my master's thesis
AIt's all gonna change G
When I write my master's Dthesis D D D
Riff-1:
e|------------------------|
B|----7----5----3----5----|
G|----7----6----4----6----|
D|----7----4----2----4----|
A|----5----4----2----4----|
D|------------------------|
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Verse:
e|-D/F#-------D/G-------D/A--------G----|-A/C#-------G/B------D/F#------D/E------D/F#-----|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------4--|-------------------------------|
D|----0------0------0-----5--|----7-----5-----0-----0-----0--|x2
A|--9-----10-----12----------|----7-----5---9-----7-----9----|
E|----------------------3----|--9-----7----------------------|
Chorus:
e|--G-------A----|--D/F#-------G5----|--A5------Bm9------Bm7-----|--G-----A----D/F#-------D/E------D/F#-----|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------6-----7--|--4----6---------------------|
D|----0-----0--|----4-----5--|----7-----7-----7--|--5----7------0-----0-----0--|
A|----2----/4--|----5-----5--|----7--------------|--x----x----9-----7-----9----|
E|--3----/5----|--2-----3----|--5-----7-----7----|--3----5---------------------|
[Verse 1]
You'll reD/F#call from the sD/Gagas I D/Ahope Grettir's last stand at DrGangey
How his A/C#grip on the sword made his G/Benemies cut off his D/F#handD/E D/F#
If he'd D/F#fled here inD/Gstead and had D/Atasted this terrible coGffee
Or read these A/C#letters you sent, he'd surG/Brender and lay the blade D/F#downD/E D/F#
[Chorus 1]
And it's GHalloweenA
Skinny D/F#ghosts dress like cowboys and G5rest
At the A5railing Bm9by my door
On their Gway from the Achildren's wardD/F# D/E D/F#
[Verse 2]
Bev MonD/F#roe and his D/GPembina D/AValley boys play at the pGarty
And I A/C#practice my English on G/Bnurses, "Oh, that's a nice D/F#name"D/E D/F#
And they D/F#may ask for D/Gmine, but the D/Aburns on my back from the x-Grays
Say I A/C#shouldn't show anyone G/Banything ever againD/F# D/E D/F#
[Chorus 2]
In aGnother yearA
I'll be D/F#buried or shivering G5here
Coughing A5at that Bm9grey spitBm7toonBm9 Bm7
Painted Gorange by the Aharvest moonD/F# D/E D/F#
[Interlude]
D/F# D/G D/A G
A/C#[Chorus G/B3]D/F# D/E D/F#
Pack up Gmother's clothesA
Drive her dD/F#own to the new Betel HomeG5
Sell the A5boat to Bm9ArnisonBm7 Bm9 Bm7
And then D/Ego, stand up Gstraight in the Aplace you're Bm9longing Bm7forBm9 Bm7
And don't wGrite to me AanymoreD/F# D/E D/F#
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Verse Chorus
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Emx22000 Dx577xx
Bmx2443x G355xxx
Amx0221x Cx355xx
E5022xxx
N.C. = no chords
[Intro]
Em Bm Am E5
Em[VerBmse 1Am]E5
This sEmpring made winter an insulting opening Bmoffer, now the passing lane
AmIs getter harder to negotiate, E5thawing out and icing up again
Past the EmMint, where a circle of provincial flags are Bmflagging in the front yard
AmTired of trying to make us think that it E5hasn't always been so hard
[Chorus 1]
DThe sky looks seasick on the Gboxcar Csway
N.C. D Em
Where the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
[Verse 2]
So the Emsun pulls me out a bit and lets me go, and I'm a Bmvacuum power cord
And I makEme a little list of sounds I've found have Bmcomforted us in the past
The Amroar of the rumble strips, and the Mennonite E5meter of the flood forecast
[Chorus 2]
DOr how the wind strums on those Gsigns that Csay
N.C. D Em
The Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
[Interlude]
Em Bm Am E5
Em[ChoBmrus Am3]E5
DSteer this boat around the Gsnow plow Cspray
N.C. D Em
While the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
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Intro Verses
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Dmx53xxx F/Ax0321x
Cx320xx Bbx1333x
Bbx1333x Fx3321x
Fx3321x Bbadd9xx031x
Cx3201x
[Intro]
(DmWe, the Cundersigned, put Bbforth his Fname)
[Verse 1]
Whereas F/AReggie Leach was Bbborn and Fplayed
Minor Bbadd9hockey back in Cmy homeFtown
The Rifle F/Afired his first five Bbhundred Fhere
And slapped his Bbadd9way into the CNHDmLC Bb F
[Verse 2]
Whereas F/Asome of us weren't Bbalways Ffair
To the Bbadd9Native kid on Cborrowed Fskates
Chippy F/AGoolies and UBbkraniFans
In the Bbadd9corners with our Celbows DmupC Bb F
[Verse 3]
Whereas F/AReggie on a Bbplayoff Frun
Could make a Bbadd9dad go buy the Cnew TFV
Put his F/Ayoungest by the Bbwindow, Fplace
The split anBbadd9tenna in her Ctiny DmhandsC Bb F
[Verse 4]
Whereas F/Aphotos from the Bbold TribFune
Of Reggie Bbadd9smiling with the CStanley CFup
Curled their F/Acorners, dropped off Bbbedroom Fwalls
Bbadd9 C(Dm)
Left a square of where they used to be
[Outro]
DmWe, the Cundersigned, put Bbforth his Fname
Bbadd9 C(Dm)
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
DmWe, the Cundersigned, put Bbforth his Fname
Bbadd9 C(Dm)
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
Therefore, Dmwe, the Cundersigned put fBborth his nFame
To the Bbadd9Hockey CHall of FFame
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Verse 1st Chorus Line 2nd Chorus Line
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B7998xx E/G#4764xx E0221xx
B/E0998xx F#/A#6744xx F#/A#698xxx
C#m99798xx B7644xx B7998xx
D#m7064xxx
C#m7042xxx
[Verse 1]
BSo I'm the first one B/Ein again
With the C#m9quiet and the window growing Bsnow
BWhen I hear the furnace B/Erouse itself
From its C#m9slumber, somehow suddenly I Bknow
[Chorus 1]
As my E/G#eye stops on one F#/A#curled up in my Blesson planD#m7 C#m7
EThat I'm F#/A#just your... little Bampersand
[Verse 2]
BWhen your voice springs from the B/Eintercom
With anC#m9nouncements and reminders and a Bprayer
BI remember how you B/Emade me feel
I was C#m9funny, I was thoughtful, I was Brare
[Chorus 2]
But like the E/G#jokes about my figureF#/A#, kids think BI don't understandD#m7 C#m7
EI know I’m F#/A#just your... little Bampersand
[Verse 3]
BAnd after Christmas B/Eholidays
You C#m9never asked to drive me home againB
BSometimes in the sB/Etaff room I'd
C#m9Catch your eye with, "why'd it have to Bend?"
[Chorus 3]
But I E/G#know from how you F#/A#worry at your Bwedding bandD#m7 C#m7
EThat I'm F#/A#just your... little Bampersand
[Interlude]
B B/E C#m9 B
B[OuB/Etro]C#m9 B
At the E/G#last conjunction F#/A#after every Bother andD#m7 C#m7
EI was F#/A#just your... little Bampersand
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(See tab version 2 for complete fingerpicking)
Verse Refrain
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F13321x G32000x
C/Bx2001x Cx3201x
Cx3201x F13321x
Am7x0201x Ax0222x
Em02200x Am/Dxx021x
Amx0221x
E02210x
Capo 7th fret
[Intro]
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D|-3-----2-----0----------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------------------3----|-2-----2-----2-----2----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3----|
[Verse 1]
My Fmonitor is C/Bfro-Czen
In Am7late four-Emsomething Am7sun
That Fcuts through icy C/BpattCerns
AAm7nother Emday's beAm7gun
[Refrain 1]
ReGcalling all my Closses
While Ftrying to igAnore
The Gtheme that keeps reAm/Dpeat-Ging
From FCall of GDuty Am4E
[Verse 2]
I Ftap-tap off the C/Bvol-Cume
And Am7stare out Emat the Am7road
Where Fcars and snowplows C/Bscroll Cby
A Am7broken Emline of Am7code
[Refrain 2]
From Gsome embedded Cprogram
That Fexecutes our Atown
The Griver and the Am/DCo---GOp
This Fhouse that's Gfalling AmdownE
[Verse 3]
So Ftape over my C/Bwin-Cdow
With Am7dark green Emgarbage Am7bags
EnFclose my name in C/BbracCkets
Make Am7HT--EmML Am7tags
[Refrain 3]
To Gstart and end forCever
AFbove the wheezy Abreath
Of Gcooling fans and Am/Dhard Gdrives
BeFyond the scrGeens of AmdeathE
[Outro]
F---C/B-----G---------------------------------------------------------------------------
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-- Note: root 5 notation dropped to improve readability -–
Chorus Verse
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Dxx023x Dxx023x
D/F#2x023x D/F#2x023x
D/G#4x023x D/G3x023x
D/Ax0023x Em02200x
G3x003x
Ax0222x
Capo 5th fret
[Chorus 1]
DToo far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
Too far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
Too far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
Too far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
[Verse 1]
DAnd it didn't take long, for the D/F#words to slow
D/GRoll over the gravel shouDlder, thump into the ditch
EnD/F#gine cutD/G, battery Ddying
The Emstation metastaD/F#sizing
GTumours of evangelists and ads for vinyl Asiding
The city's some Dcheap EQ with the D/F#mids pushed up
In the D/Gone long note of Dwheat
[Chorus 2]
DToo far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
Too far to D/F#walk to D/G#anywheD/Are from Dhere
Too farD/F# D/G# D/A D
[Outro solo]
e|-----2-----2---0----|-----2-----2---0----|-----2-----2---0--------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------3~--|
G|--/2-----2---2---0--|--/2-----2---2---0--|--/2-----2---2---2--2~--|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------0~--| x2
A|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
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Intro, Verse, Pre-Chorus Chorus
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F13321x Gm/Bbx1022x
Amx02210 F13321x
Bbx1333x Cx3201x
G32000x
Cx32010
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
F Am Bb
G C
C Bb
F[VerAmse 1]G C
FAll the Amunpaid biBblls, Gwrestling interest Crates
While Cpast Bbdue Fdates wait with their bGoutonniCeres
FAnd the Amslumping biBbke, Gstrangled with a Clock
That Cwe BbforFgot the combiGnation tCo
[Pre-Chorus 1]
FThe Amold house driBbnks Geverything we Chide
And Chums Bbsad Fsongs that keep us uGp all nCight
[Chorus 1]
Gm/BbWith the Fdoorknobs lCoose
Gm/BbAnd the Fpipes that bCurst
Gm/BbWith the Ffuses bClown
Gm/BbAnd the Ftaps reveCrsed
[Verse 2]
FThe calenAmdar reBbquests a Gmeeting to disCcuss
The Ctime Bbwe Fwaste, when would be Ggood for yCou?
FAnd the Amsidewalk craBbcks Gspell the way back Chome
In Cone Bbun-Finterrupted pGalindCrome
[Pre-Chorus 2]
FThe Amold house keBbeps Gall of our reCceipts
In CenBbvelFopes secured with rGubber bCands
[Chorus 2]
Gm/BbOh, the Fblinking sCnow
Gm/BbAnd the Fdark dispCersed
Gm/BbWith a Fsmeary mCoon
Gm/BbWith our Ftaps reveCrsed
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Provincial
by John K. Samson
Chords in this song · guitar
D
G
A7
Dmaj
Bm
A
C
G5
G/F#
D/F#
G/B
G/C
G/A
Em
Em/C#
Cm
E
C#m
B
F#/Bb
A5
E5
Em7
D/G
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D G
xx0232 xx0033
A7 D
xx2223 xx0232
Dmaj A7
xx0235 xx2223
Bm
xx4432
A
xx2220
[Verse 1]
D A7 Dmaj
Oh wait for me, I fell behind
D A7 Dmaj
Three signs for services ago
G D A7 Bm
And some sarcastic satellite
A
Says I'm not anywhere
[Verse 2]
D A7 Dmaj
Spent every cent of your goodwill
D A7 Dmaj
On fossil fuels and magazines
G D A7 Bm
So let this field of flax foreclose
A
On everything I owe
[Verse 3]
D A7 Dmaj
And scratch Saskatchewan away
D A7 Dmaj
Make Manitoba paper dolls
G D A7 Bm
Lift up a line from Highway One
A
To tie Ontario
[Outro]
D A
Oh wait for me
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
G C G5 G/F# G C D/F# G/B G/C G/A Em D/F# G
e|--------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------|------------------------------------|----3------3------3-----------------------|
G|----0------0--|-----0------0------0------0------2--|----0------0------0------0------2------0--|
D|----0------2--|-----0------0------0------2------0--|-------------------------2------0------0--|
A|---------3----|--10------9-------------3-----------|--2------3------0-------------------------|
E|--3-----------|-----------------3-------------2----|-----------------------0------2------3----|
(See “Tab version 2” for complete fingerpicking)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C
The north wind sinks the fence around a lot full of debris
G C
Near the corner of Memorial and me
G C
Where resurrected brick and drywall lean back into place
G C
There's a terrified reflection of my face
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G5 G/F# G C
All alone at the gleaming knife display in the army surplus sales
G D/F#
As the dusk descends and my inspiration fails
[Chorus 1]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
Ghost-filled discount parkas, sleeping bags
D/F# G
Peer at me from the crumpled dark
[Verse 2]
G C
Inky bruises punched into the sky by bolts of light
G C
And then leak across the body of tonight
G C
While rain and thunder drop and roll then stop short of a storm
G C
Leave the air stuck with this waiting to be born
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G5 G/F# G C
As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door
G D/F#
Just another door that won't open for me anymore
[Chorus 2]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
The exit red gets brighter then blinks off
D/F# G
Presses me into the crumpled dark
[Interlude]
G C G C
G C G C
[Bridge]
Em/C# C Cm G/B G/A A7
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------5------5------4------3-----3-----2----|
G|------0------0------0------0-----0-----0----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----4------3------3------2-----0-----0------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Em/C#
There's a billboard by the highway
C Cm
That says welcome to, bienvenue à
G/B G/A A7
But no sign to show you when you go away
[Chorus 3]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
And our demolitions punctuate
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
All we mean to save then leave too late
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
So I make my shaky exclama---tion mark
D/F# G
With a handful of the crumpled dark
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Verse Chorus
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E C#m
x221xx x466xx
A B
x022xx x244xx
F#/Bb
x143xx
E
x221xx
A
x022xx
Capo 4th fret
[Verse 1]
E A
I know it's annoying borrowing your brother's car
E A
But mine won't start, and it's Sunday
E A
Soon a line of headlights peering down the avenue
E A
Could find you there in a lawn chair
[Chorus 1]
C#m B F#/Bb
Next to our old El Camino with the racing stripes
E A E A
On cruise night, on cruise night, on cruise night
[Verse 2]
E A
Dude, just make it happen I can't take another week
Em A
Of feeling lame with the same old (same old)
E A
Tin can on my ten speed circling the Dairy Queen
E A
While jacked up rides idle at me
[Chorus 2]
C#m B F#/Bb
I wanna rock the RPM between the reds and greens
E A E A
On cruise night, on cruise night, on cruise night
[Interlude]
E A
E A
E A
E A
[Outro]
C#m B F#/Bb
Drive a while in one direction and we'll turn around
E
On cruise night
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Verse Bridge Outro
---------- ----------- ----------
G G C
3200xx 3200xx x3201x
A5 A5 G
x022xx x022xx 32000x
E5 G/B Em
022xxx x254xx 022000
Em7
x2003x
Capo 4th fret
[Verse 1]
G A5 E5 G
Cruel snow, cracked lips, sun lost by four
G A5 E5 G
Cold winces through the cardboard window
G A5 E5 G
Where the cobblestone smashed into glass and the bare
G A5 E5 G
Bulb of moon swings over Portage Avenue
[Bridge]
G A5 G/B Em7
And lights the icy ruts, sprinkled with sand
G A5 G/B Em7
Down the dim hall of chain stores to Grace
G A5 G/B Em7
Where the parking lot is full again
G A5 G/B
I don't bother locking up
[Verse 2]
G A5 E5 G
The face before the doors slide apart
G A5 E5 G
Is hers the day they took away the candy
G A5 E5 G
Left gift-shop tulips to frame her alarmed
[Outro]
C G Em
What will I do now
C G Em
What will I do now
C G Em
What will I do now
C G Em
What will I do now
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Verse Chorus
----------- ---------
D A
0577xx 777xxx
D/G G
5577xx 555xxx
D
0577xx
Tuning: Drop D (DADGBE)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
D D D D
[Verse 1]
D D D/G
Oh the streets, of Grand Theft Auto San Andreas fill with smoke
D D D/G
Doorbell rings, I put my controller down and pick it up
D
Shoot some things
[Chorus 1]
A G D D
Later the darkness hits reboot and the loneliness increases
A G D D
She said she'd come back home when I write my master's thesis
[Verse 2]
D D D/G
Oh the hours, I spent in the archives wearing cotton gloves
D D D/G
Shuffling, photos from the Ninette Sanatorium
D
Halloween
[Chorus 2]
A G D D
Parties, emaciated ghosts hiding in those curtains' creases
A G D D
I'll let you haunt the world when I write my master's thesis
[Bridge]
G A
No more marking first year papers
A/D A/G A/F# A/E
e|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------------------------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
D|---9------7------7------4------2--------2--------2--------2---------|
A|---10-----9------7------5------4--------4--------4--------4---------|
D|---0------0------0------0------0--------5--------4--------2---------|
No more ci-----ting sources, sources, sources, sources
[Verse 3]
D D D/G
So I left home, cried the bumpy ride to highway twenty-three
D D D/G
Started west, they'll be there to say that I don't need to take
D
Their stupid test
[Chorus 3]
A G D D
Greet me with banners and balloons and my hard drive smashed to pieces
A G D
Riff-1
Nothing left for me to save when I write my master's thesis
A G
It's all gonna change
D D D D
When I write my master's thesis
Riff-1:
e|------------------------|
B|----7----5----3----5----|
G|----7----6----4----6----|
D|----7----4----2----4----|
A|----5----4----2----4----|
D|------------------------|
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Verse:
D/F# D/G D/A G A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
e|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|------------------------4--|-------------------------------|
D|----0------0------0-----5--|----7-----5-----0-----0-----0--|x2
A|--9-----10-----12----------|----7-----5---9-----7-----9----|
E|----------------------3----|--9-----7----------------------|
Chorus:
G A D/F# G5 A5 Bm9 Bm7 G A D/F# D/E D/F#
e|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-------------|-------------|-------------------|-----------------------------|
G|-------------|-------------|----------6-----7--|--4----6---------------------|
D|----0-----0--|----4-----5--|----7-----7-----7--|--5----7------0-----0-----0--|
A|----2----/4--|----5-----5--|----7--------------|--x----x----9-----7-----9----|
E|--3----/5----|--2-----3----|--5-----7-----7----|--3----5---------------------|
[Verse 1]
D/F# D/G D/A G
You'll recall from the sagas I hope Grettir's last stand at Drangey
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
How his grip on the sword made his enemies cut off his hand
D/F# D/G D/A G
If he'd fled here instead and had tasted this terrible coffee
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
Or read these letters you sent, he'd surrender and lay the blade down
[Chorus 1]
G A
And it's Halloween
D/F# G5
Skinny ghosts dress like cowboys and rest
A5 Bm9
At the railing by my door
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
On their way from the children's ward
[Verse 2]
D/F# D/G D/A G
Bev Monroe and his Pembina Valley boys play at the party
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
And I practice my English on nurses, "Oh, that's a nice name"
D/F# D/G D/A G
And they may ask for mine, but the burns on my back from the x-rays
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
Say I shouldn't show anyone anything ever again
[Chorus 2]
G A
In another year
D/F# G5
I'll be buried or shivering here
A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Coughing at that grey spittoon
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
Painted orange by the harvest moon
[Interlude]
D/F# D/G D/A G
A/C# G/B D/F# D/E D/F#
[Chorus 3]
G A
Pack up mother's clothes
D/F# G5
Drive her down to the new Betel Home
A5 Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
Sell the boat to Arnison
D/E G A Bm9 Bm7 Bm9 Bm7
And then go, stand up straight in the place you're longing for
G A D/F# D/E D/F#
And don't write to me anymore
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Verse Chorus
---------- ----------
Em D
x22000 x577xx
Bm G
x2443x 355xxx
Am C
x0221x x355xx
E5
022xxx
N.C. = no chords
[Intro]
Em Bm Am E5
Em Bm Am E5
[Verse 1]
Em Bm
This spring made winter an insulting opening offer, now the passing lane
Am E5
Is getter harder to negotiate, thawing out and icing up again
Em Bm
Past the Mint, where a circle of provincial flags are flagging in the front yard
Am E5
Tired of trying to make us think that it hasn't always been so hard
[Chorus 1]
D G C
The sky looks seasick on the boxcar sway
D Em
N.C.
Where the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
[Verse 2]
Em Bm
So the sun pulls me out a bit and lets me go, and I'm a vacuum power cord
Em Bm
And I make a little list of sounds I've found have comforted us in the past
Am E5
The roar of the rumble strips, and the Mennonite meter of the flood forecast
[Chorus 2]
D G C
Or how the wind strums on those signs that say
D Em
N.C.
The Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
[Interlude]
Em Bm Am E5
Em Bm Am E5
[Chorus 3]
D G C
Steer this boat around the snow plow spray
D Em
N.C.
While the Atlantic and Pacific are the very same far away
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Intro Verses
---------- --------------
Dm F/A
x53xxx x0321x
C Bb
x320xx x1333x
Bb F
x1333x x3321x
F Bbadd9
x3321x xx031x
C
x3201x
[Intro]
Dm C Bb F
(We, the undersigned, put forth his name)
[Verse 1]
F/A Bb F
Whereas Reggie Leach was born and played
Bbadd9 C F
Minor hockey back in my hometown
F/A Bb F
The Rifle fired his first five hundred here
Bbadd9 C Dm C Bb F
And slapped his way into the NHL
[Verse 2]
F/A Bb F
Whereas some of us weren't always fair
Bbadd9 C F
To the Native kid on borrowed skates
F/A Bb F
Chippy Goolies and Ukranians
Bbadd9 C Dm C Bb F
In the corners with our elbows up
[Verse 3]
F/A Bb F
Whereas Reggie on a playoff run
Bbadd9 C F
Could make a dad go buy the new TV
F/A Bb F
Put his youngest by the window, place
Bbadd9 C Dm C Bb F
The split antenna in her tiny hands
[Verse 4]
F/A Bb F
Whereas photos from the old Tribune
Bbadd9 C F
Of Reggie smiling with the Stanley Cup
F/A Bb F
Curled their corners, dropped off bedroom walls
Bbadd9 C Dm
()
Left a square of where they used to be
[Outro]
Dm C Bb F
We, the undersigned, put forth his name
Bbadd9 C Dm
()
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
Dm C Bb F
We, the undersigned, put forth his name
Bbadd9 C Dm
()
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
Dm C Bb F
Therefore, we, the undersigned put forth his name
Bbadd9 C F
To the Hockey Hall of Fame
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Verse 1st Chorus Line 2nd Chorus Line
------------ --------------- ---------------
B E/G# E
7998xx 4764xx 0221xx
B/E F#/A# F#/A#
0998xx 6744xx 698xxx
C#m9 B B
9798xx 7644xx 7998xx
D#m7
064xxx
C#m7
042xxx
[Verse 1]
B B/E
So I'm the first one in again
C#m9 B
With the quiet and the window growing snow
B B/E
When I hear the furnace rouse itself
C#m9 B
From its slumber, somehow suddenly I know
[Chorus 1]
E/G# F#/A# B D#m7 C#m7
As my eye stops on one curled up in my lesson plan
E F#/A# B
That I'm just your... little ampersand
[Verse 2]
B B/E
When your voice springs from the intercom
C#m9 B
With announcements and reminders and a prayer
B B/E
I remember how you made me feel
C#m9 B
I was funny, I was thoughtful, I was rare
[Chorus 2]
E/G# F#/A# B D#m7 C#m7
But like the jokes about my figure, kids think I don't understand
E F#/A# B
I know I’m just your... little ampersand
[Verse 3]
B B/E
And after Christmas holidays
C#m9 B
You never asked to drive me home again
B B/E
Sometimes in the staff room I'd
C#m9 B
Catch your eye with, "why'd it have to end?"
[Chorus 3]
E/G# F#/A# B D#m7 C#m7
But I know from how you worry at your wedding band
E F#/A# B
That I'm just your... little ampersand
[Interlude]
B B/E C#m9 B
B B/E C#m9 B
[Outro]
E/G# F#/A# B D#m7 C#m7
At the last conjunction after every other and
E F#/A# B
I was just your... little ampersand
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(See tab version 2 for complete fingerpicking)
Verse Refrain
----------- ------------
F G
13321x 32000x
C/B C
x2001x x3201x
C F
x3201x 13321x
Am7 A
x0201x x0222x
Em Am/D
02200x xx021x
Am
x0221x
E
02210x
Capo 7th fret
[Intro]
e|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
B|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1-|----1-----1-----1-----1-|
G|----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|----0-----0-----0-----0-|
D|-3-----2-----0----------|------------------------|------------------------|
A|-------------------3----|-2-----2-----2-----2----|------------------------|
E|------------------------|------------------------|-3-----3-----3-----3----|
[Verse 1]
F C/B C
My monitor is fro-zen
Am7 Em Am7
In late four-something sun
F C/B C
That cuts through icy patterns
Am7 Em Am7
Another day's begun
[Refrain 1]
G C
Recalling all my losses
F A
While trying to ignore
G Am/D G
The theme that keeps repeat-ing
F G Am E
From Call of Duty 4
[Verse 2]
F C/B C
I tap-tap off the vol-ume
Am7 Em Am7
And stare out at the road
F C/B C
Where cars and snowplows scroll by
Am7 Em Am7
A broken line of code
[Refrain 2]
G C
From some embedded program
F A
That executes our town
G Am/D G
The river and the Co---Op
F G Am E
This house that's falling down
[Verse 3]
F C/B C
So tape over my win-dow
Am7 Em Am7
With dark green garbage bags
F C/B C
Enclose my name in brackets
Am7 Em Am7
Make HT--ML tags
[Refrain 3]
G C
To start and end forever
F A
Above the wheezy breath
G Am/D G
Of cooling fans and hard drives
F G Am E
Beyond the screens of death
[Outro]
F C/B G
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-- Note: root 5 notation dropped to improve readability -–
Chorus Verse
------------ ------------
D D
xx023x xx023x
D/F# D/F#
2x023x 2x023x
D/G# D/G
4x023x 3x023x
D/A Em
x0023x 02200x
G
3x003x
A
x0222x
Capo 5th fret
[Chorus 1]
D D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
[Verse 1]
D D/F#
And it didn't take long, for the words to slow
D/G D
Roll over the gravel shoulder, thump into the ditch
D/F# D/G D
Engine cut, battery dying
Em D/F#
The station metastasizing
G A
Tumours of evangelists and ads for vinyl siding
D D/F#
The city's some cheap EQ with the mids pushed up
D/G D
In the one long note of wheat
[Chorus 2]
D D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far to walk to anywhere from here
D/F# D/G# D/A D
Too far
[Outro solo]
e|-----2-----2---0----|-----2-----2---0----|-----2-----2---0--------|
B|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------3~--|
G|--/2-----2---2---0--|--/2-----2---2---0--|--/2-----2---2---2--2~--|
D|--------------------|--------------------|--------------------0~--| x2
A|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
E|--------------------|--------------------|------------------------|
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Intro, Verse, Pre-Chorus Chorus
------------------------ -------------
F Gm/Bb
13321x x1022x
Am F
x02210 13321x
Bb C
x1333x x3201x
G
32000x
C
x32010
Capo 2nd fret
[Intro]
F Am Bb
G C
C Bb
F Am G C
[Verse 1]
F Am Bb G C
All the unpaid bills, wrestling interest rates
C Bb F G C
While past due dates wait with their boutonnieres
F Am Bb G C
And the slumping bike, strangled with a lock
C Bb F G C
That we forgot the combination to
[Pre-Chorus 1]
F Am Bb G C
The old house drinks everything we hide
C Bb F G C
And hums sad songs that keep us up all night
[Chorus 1]
Gm/Bb F C
With the doorknobs loose
Gm/Bb F C
And the pipes that burst
Gm/Bb F C
With the fuses blown
Gm/Bb F C
And the taps reversed
[Verse 2]
F Am Bb G C
The calendar requests a meeting to discuss
C Bb F G C
The time we waste, when would be good for you?
F Am Bb G C
And the sidewalk cracks spell the way back home
C Bb F G C
In one un-interrupted palindrome
[Pre-Chorus 2]
F Am Bb G C
The old house keeps all of our receipts
C Bb F G C
In envelopes secured with rubber bands
[Chorus 2]
Gm/Bb F C
Oh, the blinking snow
Gm/Bb F C
And the dark dispersed
Gm/Bb F C
With a smeary moon
Gm/Bb F C
With our taps reversed
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