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Trickle Down - The Tragically Hip
from "Up To Here" (or "up to here")
Intro:
  |      E|      D|      E|      E|    x4
Verse 1:
|           E|  E|           A|A  
  Old lion's dyin, got left behind
          |                E|E  
  Cut your teeth, lose your meat
      |              A|A  
  And man it's just a matter of time
|             E|    E|            A|A  
  Key's to the cuffs, you might be king
         |         B|          B|     B|B  
  That's it, that's all, that's everything
Verse 2:
  Skeletons come here to dance
  Where barrooms beat their brothers
  Into a bloody trance
  What's the deal? What did I do?
  Who cops all the cops is all I asked of you
Chorus:
|   E|     D|              E|E  
  Lining up, waiting on the trickle down
|         E|    D|             E|E  
  Somethings up, taking time to get around
|    E|    D|                 A|A  
  Belly up, all the drinks are on the Crown
|            A|          A|            E|E  
  It's just a matter of a trickle down
Verse 3:
  Twenty miles before the crash
  That's the style for a while
  And man I think it's gonna last
  "Hit the brakes" is all you can say
  Conductor says we'll save them for another rainy day
Chorus
Solo:
|      E|      D|      E|      E|    x10
|      E|      D|      A|      A|
|      A|      A|      E|      E|
[sort of...]
Verse 1
Chorus
Chorus (screaming)
Outro:
|A/         A4|          A|            E|     Ex2
  It's just a matter of a trickle down
|      E|  A/  A4|      E|   -   |             x1
Chords are: (I don't really play these, but I believe its what they play)
E's that begin a line:   all other E's:     D's:      A's:      A/A4:     B's:
---2---0---              ---0---         ---3---2--- ---0--- ---0---0--- ---2---
---0---0---              ---0---         ---3---3--- ---2--- ---2---3--- ---4---
---1---1---              ---1---         ---2---2--- ---2--- ---2---2--- ---4---
---2---2---              ---2---         ---0---0--- ---2--- ---2---2--- ---4---
---2---2---              ---2---         ---x---x--- ---0--- ---0---0--- ---2---
---0---0---              ---0---         ---x---x--- ---x--- ---x---x--- ---x---
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Trickle Down

by The Tragically Hip

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Trickle Down - The Tragically Hip

from "Up To Here" (or "up to here")

Intro:

E D E E

| | | | | x4

Verse 1:

E E A A

| | | |

Old lion's dyin, got left behind

E E

| |

Cut your teeth, lose your meat

A A

| |

And man it's just a matter of time

E E A A

| | | |

Key's to the cuffs, you might be king

B B B B

| | | |

That's it, that's all, that's everything

Verse 2:

Skeletons come here to dance

Where barrooms beat their brothers

Into a bloody trance

What's the deal? What did I do?

Who cops all the cops is all I asked of you

Chorus:

E D E E

| | | |

Lining up, waiting on the trickle down

E D E E

| | | |

Somethings up, taking time to get around

E D A A

| | | |

Belly up, all the drinks are on the Crown

A A E E

| | | |

It's just a matter of a trickle down

Verse 3:

Twenty miles before the crash

That's the style for a while

And man I think it's gonna last

"Hit the brakes" is all you can say

Conductor says we'll save them for another rainy day

Chorus

Solo:

E D E E

| | | | | x10

E D A A

| | | | |

A A E E

| | | | |

[sort of...]

Verse 1

Chorus

Chorus (screaming)

Outro:

A A4 A E E

|/ | | | x2

It's just a matter of a trickle down

E A A4 E

| | / | | - | x1

Chords are: (I don't really play these, but I believe its what they play)

E's that begin a line: all other E's: D's: A's: A/A4: B's:

---2---0--- ---0--- ---3---2--- ---0--- ---0---0--- ---2---

---0---0--- ---0--- ---3---3--- ---2--- ---2---3--- ---4---

---1---1--- ---1--- ---2---2--- ---2--- ---2---2--- ---4---

---2---2--- ---2--- ---0---0--- ---2--- ---2---2--- ---4---

---2---2--- ---2--- ---x---x--- ---0--- ---0---0--- ---2---

---0---0--- ---0--- ---x---x--- ---x--- ---x---x--- ---x---

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