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Playing Notes



For the intro part, I just play octaves (i.e. for E I play x7×9xx, D is x5×7xx, etc.)

The Chords



The Tragically Hip

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E D C B A G \

F   F   C   / x2



F                               C

You did the best that you could do.

G

You were a great crew,

F

who tried to nurture and preserve your

G

faith in you.

F                         C

And with the bureau chiefs

G

and the shrugging spies

F                    G

You could stay, but why.



G



C

You see a light and then another

F

and everything you fought for

         C

naught's uncovered.

You're not a fighter, you're a lover.

                    Am

You got no business in here, brother

      F      G

so... stay.

Stay.



E D C B A G C

E D C B A G \

F F C       / x2



F                              C

Is it the worst that you could do?

G

You were a great you,

F

who tried to nurture and preserve your

G

faith in you

F                         C

and with the bureau chiefs

G

and the shrugging spies

F                  G

you could stay and why.



C

Cause you see a light and then another.

F

Everything you thought you

         C

sought's uncovered.

You're a fighter and a lover

                      Am

and there's no one up above her

      F      G

so ...stay.

Stay.



E D C B A G C



F C



F

All things being balanced,

                         C

it's balanced and called balancing

                            F

somewhere beyond everything it's being

balanced not for the

                    C

sake of balance but balancing between

the throes of learning

        Bb

and the entire thing

          C

entirely

Bb

balancing.



E D C B A G C



Tabbed by Matthew Gruman

http://matthewgruman.com