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Pascals Submarine

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[Intro]
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna   ANaaah~
[Verse 1]
  AThere's not a breath of air tonight
  DI got my windows all thrown Aopen wide
  B7Praying for any little Dbreeze
To move the curtains shake the Aleaves tonight (yeah)
[Verse 2]
  AStumbled in to sleep's ravine
  DInto a dream of Pascal's ASubmarine (yeah)
  B7If you can remain quiet and Dstill
  DYou might escape life's fill of Amisery
[Chorus]
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna   ANaaah~
[Verse 3]
A                                (harmonica plays C7)                        
  A woman's had all she can stand
  DHysterically screaming, "I'm waiting Afor my man" (yeah)
  B7"Madam, we're doing all we Dcan
But can you give me your man's Aname again?"
[Verse 4]
AAre they dead or worse, aliAve?
  DIs there something that you're tArying to hide? (yeah)
  B7Russian accent, Las Vegas DCap says
"Can we talk about all Athat inside?"
[Verse 5]
  AWith Klebanov within her grasp
  DThere's just one more thing she's dAying to ask (yeah)
  B7They stuck a needle in her Darm
Saying, "Don't do yourself more harm." AShe collapsed
[Chorus]
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna   ANaaah~
[Outro]
  AThere's not a breath of air tonight
  DWe got our windows all thrown oApen wide
  B7Praying for any little Dbreeze
  DFor the skeletons, for the Aeffigies tonight
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna   ANaaah~
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna
BmNa na, na-na na, na-na na, na F#mna   ANaaah~
...Trumpet Plays out

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Pascals Submarine

by Gord Downie

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F#m

[Intro]

Bm F#m

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na

Bm F#m A

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na Naaah~

[Verse 1]

There's not a breath of air tonight

D A

I got my windows all thrown open wide

B7 D

Praying for any little breeze

To move the curtains shake the leaves tonight (yeah)

[Verse 2]

Stumbled in to sleep's ravine

D A

Into a dream of Pascal's Submarine (yeah)

B7 D

If you can remain quiet and still

D A

You might escape life's fill of misery

[Chorus]

Bm F#m

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na

Bm F#m A

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na Naaah~

[Verse 3]

A (harmonica plays C7)

A woman's had all she can stand

D A

Hysterically screaming, "I'm waiting for my man" (yeah)

B7 D

"Madam, we're doing all we can

But can you give me your man's name again?"

[Verse 4]

A A

Are they dead or worse, alive?

D A

Is there something that you're trying to hide? (yeah)

B7 D

Russian accent, Las Vegas Cap says

"Can we talk about all that inside?"

[Verse 5]

With Klebanov within her grasp

D A

There's just one more thing she's dying to ask (yeah)

B7 D

They stuck a needle in her arm

Saying, "Don't do yourself more harm." She collapsed

[Chorus]

Bm F#m

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na

Bm F#m A

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na Naaah~

[Outro]

There's not a breath of air tonight

D A

We got our windows all thrown open wide

B7 D

Praying for any little breeze

D A

For the skeletons, for the effigies tonight

Bm F#m

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na

Bm F#m A

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na Naaah~

Bm F#m

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na

Bm F#m A

Na na, na-na na, na-na na, na na Naaah~

...Trumpet Plays out

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