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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[Verse 1]
A D5
A D5
A D5
Before we built
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That smirking airport
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Before the phones
Bm E
Told us where to go
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Before the strike
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Before the streetcar
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Before we read
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Comics on the radio
[Chorus 1]
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Long before
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We found a way
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To gauge the coldest day
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A D5
Before the flood
A D5
Before the treaty
A D5
Before we broke
Bm E
A promise to appear
A D5
Before we drew
A D5
The new team logo
A D5
Before the taste
Bm E
Of Malathion lingered here
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Way before
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We skated down
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The Eaton Place Parkade
[Interlude]
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D E A
[Bridge]
D E D/C# F#m
Before we built that
D E A
Before the fire
D E D/C# F#m
You were lifted by a blue jay, beating wings above a sea
(Be-------------------fore the treaty)
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With a wave of grazing bison and, tallgrass prairie
(Be---------------------fore we broke)
[Verse 3]
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You were set
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In sandy soil
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And stand a mighty oak
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Stand a mighty oak
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A x0222x D x5777x
D5 xx023x E x7999x
Bm x2443x D/C# x4423x
E 02210x F#m x4422x
A 57765x
[Verse 1]
A D5
A D5
A D5
Before we built
A D5
That smirking airport
A D5
Before the phones
Bm E
Told us where to go
A D5
Before the strike
A D5
Before the streetcar
A D5
Before we read
Bm E
Comics on the radio
[Chorus 1]
A D5
Long before
A D5
We found a way
A D5 A
To gauge the coldest day
[Verse 2]
A D5
Before the flood
A D5
Before the treaty
A D5
Before we broke
Bm E
A promise to appear
A D5
Before we drew
A D5
The new team logo
A D5
Before the taste
Bm E
Of Malathion lingered here
[Chorus 2]
A D5
Way before
A D5
We skated down
A D5 D
The Eaton Place Parkade
[Interlude]
D E D/C# F#m
D E A
[Bridge]
D E D/C# F#m
Before we built that
D E A
Before the fire
D E D/C# F#m
You were lifted by a blue jay, beating wings above a sea
(Be-------------------fore the treaty)
D E A
With a wave of grazing bison and, tallgrass prairie
(Be---------------------fore we broke)
[Verse 3]
A D5
You were set
A D5
In sandy soil
A D5 A D5 A D5
And stand a mighty oak
A D5 A
Stand a mighty oak
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