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Little Bones

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No Capo - Standard Tuning
[Verse 1]
  F#mIt gets so sticky down here
  A   BBetter butter your cue-finger up
   F#mIt's the start of another new year
  A   BBetter call the newspaper up,
   F#mtwo-fifty for a hi-ball
 Aand a buck and
a haBlf for a beer,
  F#mHappy hour,Happy hour,
  A  Bhappy hour is here
[Verse 2]
  F#mThe long days of Shockley are gone
  A  BSo is football Kennedy style
  F#mFamous last words taken all wrong
  A  BWind up on the very same pile
  F#mTwo-fifty for a decade
AAnd a buck and hBalf for a year
  F#mHappy hour, Happy hour,
  A   Bhappy hour is here
[Bridge]
DI can cry, beg and whine
ETo every rebel I find
DJust to give me a line
EI could use to describe
 [Chorus]
EThey'd saEy, F#mbaby, eat thEis F#mchicken slow
  A  BIt's full of all them lAitBtle bones
  E  F#mBaby, eat thiEs F#mchicken slow
  A  BIt's full of all them lAitBtle bones
[Verse 3]
F#m  A B  F#m A B
  F#mSo regal and decadent here
  A  BCoffin-cheaters dance on their graves
  F#mMusic all it's delicate fear
  A  BIs the only thing that don't change
F#mTwo-fifty for an eyeball
  AAnd a buck and a Bhalf for an ear
  F#mHappy hour, Happy hour
  A  Bhappy hour is here
[Outro]
ANothing's dead dEowF#mn here
Just a little tAired
Nothing's dead dEowF#mn here
It's just a littAle tired
Nothing's dead dEowF#mn here
Just a little tiAred
Nothing's dead dEowF#mn here
It's just a litAtle tired
 E    F#m   E    F#m   A    B   A   Bx 2
[Chorus]
EThey'd saEy, F#mbaby, eat thEis F#mchicken slow
  A  BIt's full of all them lAitBtle bones
  E  F#mBaby, eat thiEs F#mchicken slow
  A  BIt's full of all them lAitBtle bones

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Little Bones

by The Tragically Hip

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F#m

No Capo - Standard Tuning

[Verse 1]

F#m

It gets so sticky down here

A B

Better butter your cue-finger up

F#m

It's the start of another new year

A B

Better call the newspaper up,

F#m

two-fifty for a hi-ball

and a buck and

a half for a beer,

F#m

Happy hour,Happy hour,

A B

happy hour is here

[Verse 2]

F#m

The long days of Shockley are gone

A B

So is football Kennedy style

F#m

Famous last words taken all wrong

A B

Wind up on the very same pile

F#m

Two-fifty for a decade

A B

And a buck and half for a year

F#m

Happy hour, Happy hour,

A B

happy hour is here

[Bridge]

I can cry, beg and whine

To every rebel I find

Just to give me a line

I could use to describe

[Chorus]

E E F#m E F#m

They'd say, baby, eat this chicken slow

A B A B

It's full of all them little bones

E F#m E F#m

Baby, eat this chicken slow

A B A B

It's full of all them little bones

[Verse 3]

F#m A B F#m A B

F#m

So regal and decadent here

A B

Coffin-cheaters dance on their graves

F#m

Music all it's delicate fear

A B

Is the only thing that don't change

F#m

Two-fifty for an eyeball

A B

And a buck and a half for an ear

F#m

Happy hour, Happy hour

A B

happy hour is here

[Outro]

A E F#m

Nothing's dead down here

Just a little tired

E F#m

Nothing's dead down here

It's just a little tired

E F#m

Nothing's dead down here

Just a little tired

E F#m

Nothing's dead down here

It's just a little tired

E F#m E F#m A B A B

x 2

[Chorus]

E E F#m E F#m

They'd say, baby, eat this chicken slow

A B A B

It's full of all them little bones

E F#m E F#m

Baby, eat this chicken slow

A B A B

It's full of all them little bones

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