Biography:
John K. Samson is a singer-songwriter from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He used to play the bass in the band Propagandhi, and is now the singer & guitarist in The Weakerthans. In 1993 he released a 15 track cassette called Slips and Tangles on Fresh Bread Records. Some of those songs were also on a split CD with the band Painted Thin. In addition to The Weakerthans he has a project with his wife, Christine Fellows, called The Subscription, and he pronounces it like "sore-ee."
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Other songs:
- 17Th St Treatment Centre
- Alpha Adept
- Capital
- Carrie Ends The Call
- Cruise Night
- Fellow Traveller
- Grace General
- Heart Of The Continent
- Highway 1 East
- Highway 1 West
- Letter In Icelandic From The Ninette San
- Longitudinal Centre
- Oldest Oak At Brookside
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
- Postdoc Blues
- Prayer For Ruby Elm
- Provincial
- Requests
- Select All Delete
- Stop Error
- Taps Reversed
- The Last And
- Vampire Alberta Blues
- Virtute At Rest
- Vpw 13 Blues
- When I Write My Masters Thesis
- Winter Wheat
- Www Dot Ipetitions Dot Com Slash Petition Slash Rivertonrifle Slash
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Verse Pre-Chorus Chorus
G C G5 G/F# G C D/F# G/B G/C G/A Em D/F# G
e|--------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------|------------------------------------|----3------3------3-----------------------|
G|----0------0--|-----0------0------0------0------2--|----0------0------0------0------2------0--|
D|----0------2--|-----0------0------0------2------0--|-------------------------2------0------0--|
A|---------3----|--10------9-------------3-----------|--2------3------0-------------------------|
E|--3-----------|-----------------3-------------2----|-----------------------0------2------3----|
(See “Tab version 2” for complete fingerpicking)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C
The north wind sinks the fence around a lot full of debris
G C
Near the corner of Memorial and me
G C
Where resurrected brick and drywall lean back into place
G C
There's a terrified reflection of my face
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G5 G/F# G C
All alone at the gleaming knife display in the army surplus sales
G D/F#
As the dusk descends and my inspiration fails
[Chorus 1]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
Ghost-filled discount parkas, sleeping bags
D/F# G
Peer at me from the crumpled dark
[Verse 2]
G C
Inky bruises punched into the sky by bolts of light
G C
And then leak across the body of tonight
G C
While rain and thunder drop and roll then stop short of a storm
G C
Leave the air stuck with this waiting to be born
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G5 G/F# G C
As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door
G D/F#
Just another door that won't open for me anymore
[Chorus 2]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
The exit red gets brighter then blinks off
D/F# G
Presses me into the crumpled dark
[Interlude]
G C G C
G C G C
[Bridge]
Em/C# C Cm G/B G/A A7
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------5------5------4------3-----3-----2----|
G|------0------0------0------0-----0-----0----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----4------3------3------2-----0-----0------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Em/C#
There's a billboard by the highway
C Cm
That says welcome to, bienvenue à
G/B G/A A7
But no sign to show you when you go away
[Chorus 3]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
And our demolitions punctuate
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
All we mean to save then leave too late
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
So I make my shaky exclama---tion mark
D/F# G
With a handful of the crumpled dark
G C G5 G/F# G C D/F# G/B G/C G/A Em D/F# G
e|--------------|------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
B|--------------|------------------------------------|----3------3------3-----------------------|
G|----0------0--|-----0------0------0------0------2--|----0------0------0------0------2------0--|
D|----0------2--|-----0------0------0------2------0--|-------------------------2------0------0--|
A|---------3----|--10------9-------------3-----------|--2------3------0-------------------------|
E|--3-----------|-----------------3-------------2----|-----------------------0------2------3----|
(See “Tab version 2” for complete fingerpicking)
Capo: 4th fret
[Intro]
G
[Verse 1]
G C
The north wind sinks the fence around a lot full of debris
G C
Near the corner of Memorial and me
G C
Where resurrected brick and drywall lean back into place
G C
There's a terrified reflection of my face
[Pre-Chorus 1]
G5 G/F# G C
All alone at the gleaming knife display in the army surplus sales
G D/F#
As the dusk descends and my inspiration fails
[Chorus 1]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
Ghost-filled discount parkas, sleeping bags
D/F# G
Peer at me from the crumpled dark
[Verse 2]
G C
Inky bruises punched into the sky by bolts of light
G C
And then leak across the body of tonight
G C
While rain and thunder drop and roll then stop short of a storm
G C
Leave the air stuck with this waiting to be born
[Pre-Chorus 2]
G5 G/F# G C
As I stand before an unresponsive automatic door
G D/F#
Just another door that won't open for me anymore
[Chorus 2]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
The exit red gets brighter then blinks off
D/F# G
Presses me into the crumpled dark
[Interlude]
G C G C
G C G C
[Bridge]
Em/C# C Cm G/B G/A A7
e|--------------------------------------------|
B|------5------5------4------3-----3-----2----|
G|------0------0------0------0-----0-----0----|
D|--------------------------------------------|
A|----4------3------3------2-----0-----0------|
E|--------------------------------------------|
Em/C#
There's a billboard by the highway
C Cm
That says welcome to, bienvenue à
G/B G/A A7
But no sign to show you when you go away
[Chorus 3]
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
And our demolitions punctuate
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A
All we mean to save then leave too late
G/B G/C G/A G/B G/A Em
So I make my shaky exclama---tion mark
D/F# G
With a handful of the crumpled dark
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