Biography:
The Weakerthans is a Canadian indie rock/folk band headed by former Propagandhi member, John K. Samson and also comprising guitarist Stephen Carroll, bassist Greg Smith, and drummer Jason Tait. The band last released an album, Live at the Burton Cummings Theatre, in 2010. Since 2015, the band has been on hiatus.
The band's blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands on the Canadian music scene.
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Other songs:
- A New Name For Everything
- Airport Lounge
- Anchorless
- Aside
- Benediction
- Bigfoot
- Civil Twilight
- Confessions Of A Futon Revolutionist
- Everything Must Go
- Exiles Among You
- Farewell Faded Memory
- History To The Defeated
- Hospital Vespers
- Illustrated Bible Stories For Children
- Last Last One
- Left And Leaving
- Manifest
- Maryland Bridge
- My Favourite Chords
- Night Windows
- None Of The Above
- One Great City
- Our Retired Explorer
- Our Retired Explorer Dines With Michael Foucault In Paris 1961
- Pamphleteer
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtue
- Plea From A Cat Named Virtute
- Reasons
- Reconstrution Site
- Reunion Tour
- Saint Cecilia
- Slips And Tangles
- Sounds Familiar
- Sun In An Empty Room
- Sympathetic Smile
- The Reasons
- This Is A Fire Door Never Leave Open
- Tournament Of Hearts
- Utilities
- Virtute The Cat Explains Her Departure
- Watermark
- Wellingtons Wednesdays
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Standard tuning, capo on the first fret. All chords relative to capo.
I've watched several videos of the Weakerthans playing this. Live they play it in D, capo 3, which is the
same key, but they use really odd chord voicings. This will sound very close, but not 100%.
E5 - x799xx
E/Eb - x699xx
[Verse]
E
Just one more drink and then I
N.C.
should be on my way home.
N.C.
I'm not entirely sure
E
what you're talking about.
B
I've had a really nice time,
A E
but my dogs need to be fed.
B
I must say that in the right light,
A
you look like Shackelton.
[Chorus]
E B
Comment allez-vous ce soir?
A E
Je suis comme ci comme ca.
B
Yes, a penguin taught me French
A E
back in Antarctica.
[Verse]
E
Oh, I could show you the way
N.C.
shadows colonize snow.
N.C.
Ice breaking up on the bay
E
off the Lassiter coast.
B
Light falling over the pole
A E
as every longitude leads
B
up to your frostbitten feet.
A
Oh, you're very sweet,
[Chorus]
E B
thank you for the flowers
A E
and the book by Derrida,
B A E
but I must be getting back to dear Antarctica.
[Bridge]
C#m A
......Say, do you have a ship,
B
and a dozen able men
E
that maybe you could lend me?
E
Oh, Antarctica
E A
Oh, Antarctica
E A
Oh, Antarctica ...... Oh, Antarctica
[Outro]
E5 E/Eb C#m B A (x2)
E (x2)
E5 E/Eb E
I've watched several videos of the Weakerthans playing this. Live they play it in D, capo 3, which is the
same key, but they use really odd chord voicings. This will sound very close, but not 100%.
E5 - x799xx
E/Eb - x699xx
[Verse]
E
Just one more drink and then I
N.C.
should be on my way home.
N.C.
I'm not entirely sure
E
what you're talking about.
B
I've had a really nice time,
A E
but my dogs need to be fed.
B
I must say that in the right light,
A
you look like Shackelton.
[Chorus]
E B
Comment allez-vous ce soir?
A E
Je suis comme ci comme ca.
B
Yes, a penguin taught me French
A E
back in Antarctica.
[Verse]
E
Oh, I could show you the way
N.C.
shadows colonize snow.
N.C.
Ice breaking up on the bay
E
off the Lassiter coast.
B
Light falling over the pole
A E
as every longitude leads
B
up to your frostbitten feet.
A
Oh, you're very sweet,
[Chorus]
E B
thank you for the flowers
A E
and the book by Derrida,
B A E
but I must be getting back to dear Antarctica.
[Bridge]
C#m A
......Say, do you have a ship,
B
and a dozen able men
E
that maybe you could lend me?
E
Oh, Antarctica
E A
Oh, Antarctica
E A
Oh, Antarctica ...... Oh, Antarctica
[Outro]
E5 E/Eb C#m B A (x2)
E (x2)
E5 E/Eb E
The Wedding
The Wedding Pres (...)
The Weirdos
The Welcome Home
The Well Pennies