Biography:
The Tragically Hip's infectious songs, catchy melodies, inspired lyrics, and solid musicianship have secured their place as the kings of rock in Canada. Formed in the early '80s in Kingston, Ontario, they are a five-piece group of friends: Gordon Downie (primary lyricist and lead vocalist (February 6, 1963-October 17,2017), Paul Langlois and Rob Baker (guitars), Gord Sinclair (bass) and Johnny Fay (drums). For thirty years, The Tragically Hip has
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Other songs:
- 38 Years Old
- Ahead By A Century
- All Canadian Surf Club
- Another Midnight
- Are We Family Acoustic
- At The Hundredth Meridian
- Blow At High Dough
- Bobcaygeon
- Boots Or Hearts
- Born In The Water
- Bring It All Back
- Cemetary Sideroad
- Coffee Girl
- Cordelia
- Country Day
- Courage
- Dark Canuck
- Dire Wolf
- Done And Done
- Dont Wake Daddy
- Drop Off
- Eldorado
- Escape Is At Hand For The Travellin Man
- Evelyn
- Family Band
- Fiddlers Green
- Fifty Mission Cap
- Fireworks
- Flamenco
- Fly
- Fully Completely
- Get Back Again
- Gift Shop
- Grace Too
- Gus The Polar Bear From Central Park
- Im A Werewolf Baby
- In A World Possessed By The Human Mind
- In Sarnia
- In View
- Inch An Hour
- Its A Good Life If You Dont Weaken
- Killing Time
- Lake Fever
- Last American Exit
- Leave
- Little Bones
- Locked In The Trunk Of A Car
- Long Time Running
- Looking For A Place To Happen
- Love Sic
- Man Machine Poem
- Membership
- Morning Moon
- Music At Work
- My Music At Work
- Nautical Disaster
- New Maybe
- New Orleans Is Sinking
- Now The Struggle Has A Name
- Nuclear Bbq
- On The Verge
- Opiated
- Pigeon Camera
- Putting Down
- Queen Of The Furrows
- Scared
- She Didnt Know
- Sherpa
- Silver Jet
- Smalltown Bringdown
- So Hard Done By
- Something On
- Speed River
- Springtime In Vienna
- Stay
- The Bear
- The Darkest One
- The Last Of The Unplucked Gems
- The Last Recluse
- The Lookahead
- The New Maybe
- The Rules
- The Wherewithal
- Thompson Girl
- Three Pistols
- Throwing Off Glass
- Thugs
- Tired As Fuck
- Trickle Down
- Vaccination Scar
- Vapour Trails
- Waltz For Juliette
- Well Go Too
- What Blue
- Wheat Kings
- When The Weight Comes Down
- World Container
- Yer Not The Ocean
- Youre Everywhere
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Chords
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C x355xx
G 355xxx
F 133xxx
D x577xx
F2 x-8-10-10-x-x
(Root 5 power chord notation dropped for ease of reading)
[Intro]
Guitar 1 (repeat many times): C
Guitar 2 riff:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---12-12-12-12---9-9-9-9--|
D|---------------------------------------------|x3
A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---10-10-10-10---7-7-7-7--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C
I can’t smell a rat when it’s all rat
C
I can’t find one in an elevator
C
My mind doesn’t work so bad
C
But I am a poor exterminator, that’s right
C
I can’t destroy entirely
C
Or annihilate a little later
C
I can’t see the entire city
C
But I’m not a bad exterminator
[Chorus 1]
C G F C
I’m just a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
I’m a shade shy of truly loving it, yeah
G F C G
There are other things I’d rather be doing
F
Even nothing
D
Even nothing
C
Even nothing with you
[Verse 2]
C
One day I’ll make some honest rock n roll
C
Full of handclaps and gang vocals
C
I’m gonna get all the children involved
C
We’re gonna get lost on all you locals
[Chorus 2]
C G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah
G F C G
There are other things we’ll rather be doing, sure
F
Even nothing
D
Even nothing
C
Even nothing with you
[Bridge 1]
D
We’ll load out through the snow through
F2
Small groups of people smoking
C
Hey, get that kick drum loaded
G D
Into the backseat folded down
We’ll go virtually unnoticed
F2 C
What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town
[Chorus 3]
C G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah
G F C
There are other things that we’ll surely miss
[Bridge 2]
D
We’ll load out through the snow through
F2
Small groups of people smoking
C
Hey, get that kick drum loaded
G D
Into the backseat folded down
We’ll go perfectly unnoticed
F2 C
What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town
----------------
C x355xx
G 355xxx
F 133xxx
D x577xx
F2 x-8-10-10-x-x
(Root 5 power chord notation dropped for ease of reading)
[Intro]
Guitar 1 (repeat many times): C
Guitar 2 riff:
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---12-12-12-12---9-9-9-9--|
D|---------------------------------------------|x3
A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---10-10-10-10---7-7-7-7--|
E|---------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------|
G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------|
E|---------------------------------------------|
[Verse 1]
C
I can’t smell a rat when it’s all rat
C
I can’t find one in an elevator
C
My mind doesn’t work so bad
C
But I am a poor exterminator, that’s right
C
I can’t destroy entirely
C
Or annihilate a little later
C
I can’t see the entire city
C
But I’m not a bad exterminator
[Chorus 1]
C G F C
I’m just a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
I’m a shade shy of truly loving it, yeah
G F C G
There are other things I’d rather be doing
F
Even nothing
D
Even nothing
C
Even nothing with you
[Verse 2]
C
One day I’ll make some honest rock n roll
C
Full of handclaps and gang vocals
C
I’m gonna get all the children involved
C
We’re gonna get lost on all you locals
[Chorus 2]
C G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah
G F C G
There are other things we’ll rather be doing, sure
F
Even nothing
D
Even nothing
C
Even nothing with you
[Bridge 1]
D
We’ll load out through the snow through
F2
Small groups of people smoking
C
Hey, get that kick drum loaded
G D
Into the backseat folded down
We’ll go virtually unnoticed
F2 C
What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town
[Chorus 3]
C G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness
G F C
We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah
G F C
There are other things that we’ll surely miss
[Bridge 2]
D
We’ll load out through the snow through
F2
Small groups of people smoking
C
Hey, get that kick drum loaded
G D
Into the backseat folded down
We’ll go perfectly unnoticed
F2 C
What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town
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