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[Verse 1]
You're Gtranscendent, you taught me so Cmany things
You taught me that Ghelp is all we to this dumb Cplanet bring
But one time sticks Gout for me, you were five, we were working with Bob Cin Maui
Driving a renGtal Sebring, the top down, every Cmorning we'd drive on down to
[Verse 2]
EmBaby Beach and the Pacific Ocean's Cnot the sea, we'll surf the waves
And we'll Emwalk the sand to bring your leg back that Cyou'd broken
And you needed to learn how to Gwalk again and I could help you Cwith all this
To help you is all Gthere is, you showed me that that's Call there is
That helping is tranGscendenceC  
[Verse 3]
And Gafter we'd go and eat at CAnthony's
Or we'd drive around and Gmaybe stop and eat Fukushima CHot Dogs
Sittin' on the hood or we'd Gdrive to the top of the volcano called HaleCakala
At night we'd stare up Gat the moon and we did all this Clistening to
Ga Ga Ga Ga GGa by Spoon
[Verse 4]
Months Glater we were back in Toronto, a CTuesday night, an all ages show
You Gwere so young, we sat in the back row, CDeerhunter opened the show
The Gheadliner was introduced, we Cdid our best, we'd have to go soon
We got Ga T-shirt and we caught five tunes
Just Cenough to say the first show for us two was GSpoon

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Spoon

by Gord Downie

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[Verse 1]

G C

You're transcendent, you taught me so many things

G C

You taught me that help is all we to this dumb planet bring

G C

But one time sticks out for me, you were five, we were working with Bob in Maui

G C

Driving a rental Sebring, the top down, every morning we'd drive on down to

[Verse 2]

Em C

Baby Beach and the Pacific Ocean's not the sea, we'll surf the waves

Em C

And we'll walk the sand to bring your leg back that you'd broken

G C

And you needed to learn how to walk again and I could help you with all this

G C

To help you is all there is, you showed me that that's all there is

G C

That helping is transcendence

[Verse 3]

G C

And after we'd go and eat at Anthony's

G C

Or we'd drive around and maybe stop and eat Fukushima Hot Dogs

G C

Sittin' on the hood or we'd drive to the top of the volcano called Haleakala

G C

At night we'd stare up at the moon and we did all this listening to

Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga by Spoon

[Verse 4]

G C

Months later we were back in Toronto, a Tuesday night, an all ages show

G C

You were so young, we sat in the back row, Deerhunter opened the show

G C

The headliner was introduced, we did our best, we'd have to go soon

We got a T-shirt and we caught five tunes

C G

Just enough to say the first show for us two was Spoon

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