Biography:
The Northern Pikes began their career in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in early 1984. Over the next two years, the band recorded and released the independent EPs 'The Northern Pikes' and 'Scene In North America' with producer and pal Mitch Barnett. Both were recorded and mixed at Studio West in Saskatoon. Sharing a taste for jangly, tuneful songs mixing alternative rock with power pop and indie music, the original lineup was spawned from the ashes of three local groups
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Great Song By The Northern Pikes
Note: For Beginners struggling with the Bm chord, Heres a little Cheat thats close enough,
Forefinger on the first string second fret
Second finger on the second string Third fret
Third finger third string fourth fret
So your fingers are 1 2 3 Almost like a C chord, but without skipping a string.
G D
She’s a girl with a problem
G D Bm G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there ain’t no cure
Bm G D G D A D
Well she works so hard and at the end of the day
D
Needs a little somethin’ extra to take it all away
G D
They say love can conquer all and I wish it were true
G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there’s nothin’ I can do
G D
Nothin’ I can do
Em D
You can bang your head against a brick wall
G D
You can lacquer Humpty Dumpty
D
But you can’t prevent a fall
G D
Well bang, bang, bang, and there’s nobody home
D
She’s a girl with a problem, she wants to be alone
G D
You can lie to me
D A
You can lie to yourself for a while
G
‘Til those lies turn into something else
D
I will talk to you
A
You will listen to me for a while
Bm
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
G D G D A D
Away you go
G D
Can somebody please help me
'Cause it’s drivin’ me mad
G A
Sometimes she’s so good
D G
But sometimes she’s just so bad
D
She thinks I don’t know but I’ve been there before
G D A
And more than once I’ve thought about just
D
Walkin’ out that door
G D A
Walkin’ out that door
E G D
Take me away
A
I know nothing lasts forever
E G
Take me away
D G D G D
D
Well nobody wants the gallows
D
Nobody needs a noose
G D A D
So break those chains and let her run loose
G D
I love that little girl and I will love her ‘til the end
G D
But she’s got a little problem
D
And she needs to have a good friend
D
You can lie to me
D A
You can lie to yourself for a while
G
‘Til those lies turn into something else
D
I will talk to you
A
You will listen to me for a while
Bm
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
G D
Away you go Away you go
G D
She’s a girl with a problem and it’s plain to see
G D
I try to help her out, she won’t listen to me
D
She’s a girl with a problem
G
She’s a girl with a problem
D
She’s a girl with a problem
Bm G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there ain’t no cure
A D G Bm A D
Note: For Beginners struggling with the Bm chord, Heres a little Cheat thats close enough,
Forefinger on the first string second fret
Second finger on the second string Third fret
Third finger third string fourth fret
So your fingers are 1 2 3 Almost like a C chord, but without skipping a string.
G D
She’s a girl with a problem
G D Bm G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there ain’t no cure
Bm G D G D A D
Well she works so hard and at the end of the day
D
Needs a little somethin’ extra to take it all away
G D
They say love can conquer all and I wish it were true
G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there’s nothin’ I can do
G D
Nothin’ I can do
Em D
You can bang your head against a brick wall
G D
You can lacquer Humpty Dumpty
D
But you can’t prevent a fall
G D
Well bang, bang, bang, and there’s nobody home
D
She’s a girl with a problem, she wants to be alone
G D
You can lie to me
D A
You can lie to yourself for a while
G
‘Til those lies turn into something else
D
I will talk to you
A
You will listen to me for a while
Bm
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
G D G D A D
Away you go
G D
Can somebody please help me
'Cause it’s drivin’ me mad
G A
Sometimes she’s so good
D G
But sometimes she’s just so bad
D
She thinks I don’t know but I’ve been there before
G D A
And more than once I’ve thought about just
D
Walkin’ out that door
G D A
Walkin’ out that door
E G D
Take me away
A
I know nothing lasts forever
E G
Take me away
D G D G D
D
Well nobody wants the gallows
D
Nobody needs a noose
G D A D
So break those chains and let her run loose
G D
I love that little girl and I will love her ‘til the end
G D
But she’s got a little problem
D
And she needs to have a good friend
D
You can lie to me
D A
You can lie to yourself for a while
G
‘Til those lies turn into something else
D
I will talk to you
A
You will listen to me for a while
Bm
Then you’ll turn your back and away you go
G D
Away you go Away you go
G D
She’s a girl with a problem and it’s plain to see
G D
I try to help her out, she won’t listen to me
D
She’s a girl with a problem
G
She’s a girl with a problem
D
She’s a girl with a problem
Bm G D
She’s a girl with a problem and there ain’t no cure
A D G Bm A D
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