Biography:
The New Pornographers are a Canadian indie rock group formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their sound is influenced by that of such power pop bands as The Cars and Cheap Trick, but they use much more sophisticated rhythms and chord changes. Although it was widely reported that the New Pornographers got their name from a pamphlet put out by televangelist Jimmy Swaggart condemning rock ‘n’ roll as “the new pornography,” Carl Newman
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- All For Swinging You Around
- All The Old Showstoppers
- All The Things That Go To Make Heaven And Earth
- Another Drug Deal Of The Heart
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- Backstairs
- Ballad Of A Comeback Kid
- Bite Out Of My Bed
- Bleeding Heart Show
- Bones Of An Idol
- Born With A Sound
- Brill Bruisers
- Broken Breads
- Centre For Holy Wars
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- Chump Change
- Colosseums
- Crash Years
- Dancehall Domine
- Darling Shade
- Daughters Of Sorrow
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- Failsafe
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- From Blown Speakers
- Go Places
- Hey Snow White
- Hi
- High Art Local News
- High Ticket Attractions
- If You Cant See My Mirrors
- Its Only Divine Right
- Jackie
- Jessica Numbers
- Joseph Who Understood
- July Jones
- Letter From An Occupant
- Loose Translation
- Marching Orders
- Mass Romantic
- Miss Teen Wordpower
- Moves
- Mutiny I Promise You
- My Shepherd
- Mystery Hours
- Play Money
- Second Sleep
- Silver Jenny Dollar
- Sing Me In Spanish Techno
- Sing Me Spanish Techno
- Spidyr
- Spirit Of Giving
- Stacked Crooked
- Streets Of Fire
- Testament To Youth In Verse
- The Body Says No
- The Electric Version
- The End Of Medicine
- The Fake Headlines
- The Laws Have Changed
- The New Face Of Zero And One
- The Slow Descent Into Alcoholism
- These Are The Fables
- This Is The World Of The Theater
- Twin Cinema
- Unguided
- Up In The Dark
- Use It
- Valkyrie In The Roller Disco
- War On The East Coast
- We End Up Together
- Weve Been Here Before
- When I Was A Baby
- Whiteout Conditions
- Wide Eyes
- You Tell Me Where
- Your Daddy Dont Know
- Your Hands Together
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New Pornographers- Chump Change (Dan Bejar)
Intro- (Bar Chords: slide up for the changes, use hammer on's for the sus2 chords) E,
Bsus2/B, Asus2/A, Bsus2/B (x2)(Some "oo-oo's" come in on the second time and
continue throughout the verses. It plays like this in every intro before the
verses except the 'oo's' are sung everytime.)
Verse 1
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A
Stole a page from your book, and a line from your page, and flew into a
Bsus2/B
lesbian rage..
Chorus 1
F#m G#m A
Cursing mine and my own..rotten luck, another nude descends the staircase
B
to get fucked up...
Verse 2 (intro chords x2)
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A Bsus2/B
A city scene, darkness falls, now skate hard down the gallery walls,
Chorus 2
F#m G#m A B
Explore those themes, I've heard your work's informed by queens, so is mine now
Verse 3 (intro chords X2)
E Bsus/B Asus/A
There's a plague on, there's a rat-tailed ensemble burying all of our
Bsus2/B
heads in the sand...
Chorus 3
F#m G#m A G#m
The saints and a desert use their hands (x2)
F#m G#m A G#m
Now wipe that look from your face, the world is that which is the case..
Verse 4 (ties in from chorus 3)
A E A E A
Its okay to be seen, dont dethrone the drama queen, just for putting
E B
everybody in their place..
*Repeat intro chords (x2)
*Repeat Verse 3 (with no sus2 chords), Chorus 3, Verse 4, then go back and start
from "Now wipe that look.." through Verse 4 into the outro verse...
Outro Verse- A E A E A E B (x2)
A E A E A
Go, dont stay, just throw it all away, there is you,
E B A E A E A E B
and then there was your body..............(x3)
-tabbed by John Baer (NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th)
Intro- (Bar Chords: slide up for the changes, use hammer on's for the sus2 chords) E,
Bsus2/B, Asus2/A, Bsus2/B (x2)(Some "oo-oo's" come in on the second time and
continue throughout the verses. It plays like this in every intro before the
verses except the 'oo's' are sung everytime.)
Verse 1
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A
Stole a page from your book, and a line from your page, and flew into a
Bsus2/B
lesbian rage..
Chorus 1
F#m G#m A
Cursing mine and my own..rotten luck, another nude descends the staircase
B
to get fucked up...
Verse 2 (intro chords x2)
E Bsus2/B Asus2/A Bsus2/B
A city scene, darkness falls, now skate hard down the gallery walls,
Chorus 2
F#m G#m A B
Explore those themes, I've heard your work's informed by queens, so is mine now
Verse 3 (intro chords X2)
E Bsus/B Asus/A
There's a plague on, there's a rat-tailed ensemble burying all of our
Bsus2/B
heads in the sand...
Chorus 3
F#m G#m A G#m
The saints and a desert use their hands (x2)
F#m G#m A G#m
Now wipe that look from your face, the world is that which is the case..
Verse 4 (ties in from chorus 3)
A E A E A
Its okay to be seen, dont dethrone the drama queen, just for putting
E B
everybody in their place..
*Repeat intro chords (x2)
*Repeat Verse 3 (with no sus2 chords), Chorus 3, Verse 4, then go back and start
from "Now wipe that look.." through Verse 4 into the outro verse...
Outro Verse- A E A E A E B (x2)
A E A E A
Go, dont stay, just throw it all away, there is you,
E B A E A E A E B
and then there was your body..............(x3)
-tabbed by John Baer (NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th)
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