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
- Avalanche Alley
- 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
- Challengers
- Champions Of Red Wine
- Chump Change
- Colosseums
- Crash Years
- Dancehall Domine
- Darling Shade
- Daughters Of Sorrow
- Electric Child Of Witchcraft Rising
- Failsafe
- Falling Through Your Clothes
- Fantasy Fools
- 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 - The End of Medicine
Intro F C E-D G C D F (x2)
Verse 1 (palm muted)
F C E D G C
The angel cries you bastard as we analyze the accent, so look out, you
D F C E D G
rock'n'rollers over forty million served and thats a record for the master,
C D
stood forever after..
Chorus 1
F C F
So are we, are we, are we, are we facing.. the end of all, of all the drugs
C
we're lacing?
Verse 2
F C E D G C
With common sense and courtesy and other things we thought would be the end of
D F C E D G
us, but now they wont allow us our intentions. Oh, the mother of invention,
C D
its her pleasure to repeat with feeling..
Chorus 2
F C F C
Are we, are we, are we, are we facing the end of all the medicine were taking?
Interlude F G (just pluck the base note once for each) (x 2)
Verse 3
(no chords) (guitar comes back) C
Somewhere in this system there's an open ended list of all the lies we tell
D F C E D G
unblinking thinking, What could we be living? Is it life or is it even in the
C D F C E D
realm of possibility? You see it when you're missing who came to see.
G C D
Is this thing even on and on and on..?
*Repeat chorus 2 (x2)
Outro- repeat verse chords to fade out.
-tabbed by John Baer....(NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th)
Intro F C E-D G C D F (x2)
Verse 1 (palm muted)
F C E D G C
The angel cries you bastard as we analyze the accent, so look out, you
D F C E D G
rock'n'rollers over forty million served and thats a record for the master,
C D
stood forever after..
Chorus 1
F C F
So are we, are we, are we, are we facing.. the end of all, of all the drugs
C
we're lacing?
Verse 2
F C E D G C
With common sense and courtesy and other things we thought would be the end of
D F C E D G
us, but now they wont allow us our intentions. Oh, the mother of invention,
C D
its her pleasure to repeat with feeling..
Chorus 2
F C F C
Are we, are we, are we, are we facing the end of all the medicine were taking?
Interlude F G (just pluck the base note once for each) (x 2)
Verse 3
(no chords) (guitar comes back) C
Somewhere in this system there's an open ended list of all the lies we tell
D F C E D G
unblinking thinking, What could we be living? Is it life or is it even in the
C D F C E D
realm of possibility? You see it when you're missing who came to see.
G C D
Is this thing even on and on and on..?
*Repeat chorus 2 (x2)
Outro- repeat verse chords to fade out.
-tabbed by John Baer....(NP's ROCKED the Black Cat!! July 13th)
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