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The Drop-Off

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Amajor
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NOTE The formatting for UG sucks when you paste from Microsoft Word so all the chords
main riff may be hard to keep up for the whole song so you may just want to strum
the F# to A and B
to D parts for the verses.
Riff A Riff B
e|-----------------------| e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------| B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------| G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-| D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-| A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-5-|
E|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-5-| E|-----------------------|
Intro: Riff A x4
Verse 1
Riff A x4
Riff B x2
Riff A x2
Chorus
D5There’s no swimminA5g past the drop-offF#5  
D5or feeling sorry foA5r yourselfF#5  
D5Ya don’t go swimming A5past the drop-offF#5  
D5 A5 Riff Ax4
Verse 2
Chorus
But D5there’s no sA5wimming past the drop-offF#5  
D5Yea we don’t A5replace ourselvesF#5  
D5Ya don’t go swimming A5past the drop-offF#5  
or D5elseE5  
Bridge 1
The fateE5s are amok and spE5un, measured and cuE5t and the past is meant to plE5easD5e us
Yer a comet E5from earth in E5a Kiss Alive shiE5rt saying, ‘holy fuck, iE5t’s jesus!?’D5  
The surface E5is green anE5d the dark interweaves in a lonE5ely iridescenceE5  D5  
It’s E5terribly E5deep and the colE5d is complete E5and it only lacks a D5presenceA5  
Riff A x4
Verse 3
Chorus
Bridge 2
It’s E5terriblE5y deep and the colE5d is complete E5and it only lacks D5a presenceA5  
and nothing else.C5  
nothing eD5lse
nE5othing else
Riff A x4
All chords in this song (5)

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About The Drop-Off Chords by The Tragically Hip

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