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
Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
One of the best songs by The Weakerthans. I'm suprised it hasn't been tabbed yet. It's
amazing song with 2 guitars, but still great with only 1. I worked hard on this and I
it's pretty accurate, so please rate it. :)
____________________________________________________________________________
A5 E5
I count to three and grin.
F#5
You smile and let me in.
D5 A5
We sit and watch the wall you painted purple.
E5
Speech will spill on space.
F#5
Our little cups of grace.
D5 F#5
But pauses rattle on about the way that you cut the snow-fence,
G#5
braved the blood,
A5 D5 F#5 G#5 A5
the metal of those hearts that you always end up pressing your tongue to.
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
How your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
F#5 G#5 A5
How those furious affections followed you.
[BREAK]:
e-|-----------THIS PART IS TRICKY---------|
B-|-----FOCUS ON GETTING THE TIMING RIGHT-|
G-|--------7------6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
D-|-7------7-x16--6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
A-|-7-x32--5------4-4-4/5/4/0-------------|
E-|-5-------------------------------------|
A5 E5 F#5
I've got this store-bought way of saying I'm okay,
D5 A5
and you learned how to cry in total silence.
E5
We're talented and bright.
F#5
We're lonely and uptight.
D5
We've found some lovely ways to disappoint,
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
but the airport's always almost empty this time of the year,
F#5 G#5 A5
so let's go play on a baggage carousel.
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
Set our watches forward like we're just arriving here
F#5 G#5 A5
from a past we left in a place we knew too well.
Knew too well.
[REPEAT BREAK]
Knew too well.
[BREAK 2]:
A5 C#5 B5 C#5 E5(x799xx) D5
slide D5 slide C#5 slide A5
PREVIOUS A5 RINGS E5
Hold on to the corners of today,
F#5 D5
and we'll fold it up to save until it's needed.
A5 E5 F#5
Stand still. Let me scrub that brackish line that you got
D5
when something rose and then receded.
Hold on.
[OUTRO]:
A5 E5 F#5 C5 A5
amazing song with 2 guitars, but still great with only 1. I worked hard on this and I
it's pretty accurate, so please rate it. :)
____________________________________________________________________________
A5 E5
I count to three and grin.
F#5
You smile and let me in.
D5 A5
We sit and watch the wall you painted purple.
E5
Speech will spill on space.
F#5
Our little cups of grace.
D5 F#5
But pauses rattle on about the way that you cut the snow-fence,
G#5
braved the blood,
A5 D5 F#5 G#5 A5
the metal of those hearts that you always end up pressing your tongue to.
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
How your body still remembers things you told it to forget.
F#5 G#5 A5
How those furious affections followed you.
[BREAK]:
e-|-----------THIS PART IS TRICKY---------|
B-|-----FOCUS ON GETTING THE TIMING RIGHT-|
G-|--------7------6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
D-|-7------7-x16--6-6-6/7/6/2-------------|
A-|-7-x32--5------4-4-4/5/4/0-------------|
E-|-5-------------------------------------|
A5 E5 F#5
I've got this store-bought way of saying I'm okay,
D5 A5
and you learned how to cry in total silence.
E5
We're talented and bright.
F#5
We're lonely and uptight.
D5
We've found some lovely ways to disappoint,
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
but the airport's always almost empty this time of the year,
F#5 G#5 A5
so let's go play on a baggage carousel.
F#5 G#5 A5 D5
Set our watches forward like we're just arriving here
F#5 G#5 A5
from a past we left in a place we knew too well.
Knew too well.
[REPEAT BREAK]
Knew too well.
[BREAK 2]:
A5 C#5 B5 C#5 E5(x799xx) D5
slide D5 slide C#5 slide A5
PREVIOUS A5 RINGS E5
Hold on to the corners of today,
F#5 D5
and we'll fold it up to save until it's needed.
A5 E5 F#5
Stand still. Let me scrub that brackish line that you got
D5
when something rose and then receded.
Hold on.
[OUTRO]:
A5 E5 F#5 C5 A5
The Wedding
The Wedding Pres (...)
The Weirdos
The Welcome Home
The Well Pennies