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Blackflies

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CSo your name wasn't in the lGisting
COr in the catalogue of listsG  
COr in the error heavily listGing.
COh how could your name be miGssed?
CSee the bull moose
Checking out anotGher's rack.
CThere's no point in Gthis.
CThere's no point in gGetting involved
CWhen the outcome cannot miGss.
No tracks in the snow, no laminCar flow,
Can show you "where to gGo"
Or "how to extract just where you're aCt"
And not "become where you're froGm."
'Cause you're not quite that isoClatable.
And all I'm thinkDing,
I hope the blackflies don't carry mCe away. 
DI hope the blackflies don't carry Cme away. 
C                         G

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Blackflies

by Gord Downie

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C G

So your name wasn't in the listing

C G

Or in the catalogue of lists

C G

Or in the error heavily listing.

C G

Oh how could your name be missed?

See the bull moose

Checking out another's rack.

C G

There's no point in this.

C G

There's no point in getting involved

C G

When the outcome cannot miss.

No tracks in the snow, no laminar flow,

Can show you "where to go"

Or "how to extract just where you're at"

And not "become where you're from."

'Cause you're not quite that isolatable.

And all I'm thinking,

I hope the blackflies don't carry me away.

D C

I hope the blackflies don't carry me away.

C G

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