The Dark Canuck Chords by The Tragically Hip
Tempo:
87.1 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
B
D
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G]
This one is for [Em] you, [B] and it [C] goes on and on [G] and on,
when nothing seems to do, [C] but when the doubtless and [G] the wrong ask,
can I help [Em] you [B] in that way that [C] says I [G] can't?
Or claim we're all the same, just [C] inconsistent?
[Em]
[Bm] Pretend [G] all understanding [C] turned out to be [G] pretense,
then pretend the pretense of [C] understanding.
How long does it take [Eb] depends, you can cast [B] your [C] doubts,
turn them inside out, [D] hang them upside [C] down,
[G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm] [G] Short answers, 48 [C] hours, till [G] their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, [G] 48 hours, let your heart all out.
Summon up all your [C] power.
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G] If you need a good connection, drugs, or a strong [C] tolerance of [G] alcohol,
too little religious [Eb] [C] education, some pain [Bm] threshold.
[G] If from the outside [C] there's no demand for what you [G] do,
inside there's an army [C] waiting for that marching orders from [B] you.
Come sit on my swing [C] seat, come sit on my porch,
have [D] Lieutenant Knight smoke your [C] cigarettes if you like,
[B] cards, you can cast your [C] doubts, turn them inside out,
[D] hang them upside down, [C] [G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] Short answers, [C] 48 hours, [G] till their heart falls [Eb] out.
Short [C] answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] [C] Summon up all your power.
It goes on and [B] on and on.
[E] [B]
[Db] [B]
You ever get home, let's don't compare,
let's relinquish all our holidays,
and drive-in premieres.
[C] [D]
[C] If we ever get home, [D] we're [G] gonna have [C] memory children,
Apple, [D] Timo, and [C] Mattron, we know,
that's [D] what I'm gonna [C] name them.
We get celebrity [B] skin,
the illusion of touch,
we're [E] gonna talk about nothing,
turn up, [B] turn up.
[C] [D] If [C] we ever get home, [D]
[C] and the subject comes up,
[D] war isn't for [C] children, war [G] is nothing,
turn [C] down [G] the clouds of blood and [A] end up just
[G] in the misty towers, [A] honking narrow floors.
[B] [C] Like a driving devil,
[A] the beast, yeah, [G] at the heart of darken [A] up.
[G] Ah, it's jaws in the darken [C] up,
[G] should we stay for the darken [G] up?
[C] Yeah, [G] everyone [C] hands [G] up,
who's for the darken up?
[C] Who's for the night, who's coming up?
[Eb] It's still dark, I'm out.
[G] [C] [Eb]
[G]
[Bb]
[N]
[G] [Bm] [C]
[G] [C]
[G] [C]
[G]
This one is for [Em] you, [B] and it [C] goes on and on [G] and on,
when nothing seems to do, [C] but when the doubtless and [G] the wrong ask,
can I help [Em] you [B] in that way that [C] says I [G] can't?
Or claim we're all the same, just [C] inconsistent?
[Em]
[Bm] Pretend [G] all understanding [C] turned out to be [G] pretense,
then pretend the pretense of [C] understanding.
How long does it take [Eb] depends, you can cast [B] your [C] doubts,
turn them inside out, [D] hang them upside [C] down,
[G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm] [G] Short answers, 48 [C] hours, till [G] their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, [G] 48 hours, let your heart all out.
Summon up all your [C] power.
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Bm] [G] If you need a good connection, drugs, or a strong [C] tolerance of [G] alcohol,
too little religious [Eb] [C] education, some pain [Bm] threshold.
[G] If from the outside [C] there's no demand for what you [G] do,
inside there's an army [C] waiting for that marching orders from [B] you.
Come sit on my swing [C] seat, come sit on my porch,
have [D] Lieutenant Knight smoke your [C] cigarettes if you like,
[B] cards, you can cast your [C] doubts, turn them inside out,
[D] hang them upside down, [C] [G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] Short answers, [C] 48 hours, [G] till their heart falls [Eb] out.
Short [C] answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] [C] Summon up all your power.
It goes on and [B] on and on.
[E] [B]
[Db] [B]
You ever get home, let's don't compare,
let's relinquish all our holidays,
and drive-in premieres.
[C] [D]
[C] If we ever get home, [D] we're [G] gonna have [C] memory children,
Apple, [D] Timo, and [C] Mattron, we know,
that's [D] what I'm gonna [C] name them.
We get celebrity [B] skin,
the illusion of touch,
we're [E] gonna talk about nothing,
turn up, [B] turn up.
[C] [D] If [C] we ever get home, [D]
[C] and the subject comes up,
[D] war isn't for [C] children, war [G] is nothing,
turn [C] down [G] the clouds of blood and [A] end up just
[G] in the misty towers, [A] honking narrow floors.
[B] [C] Like a driving devil,
[A] the beast, yeah, [G] at the heart of darken [A] up.
[G] Ah, it's jaws in the darken [C] up,
[G] should we stay for the darken [G] up?
[C] Yeah, [G] everyone [C] hands [G] up,
who's for the darken up?
[C] Who's for the night, who's coming up?
[Eb] It's still dark, I'm out.
[G] [C] [Eb]
[G]
[Bb]
[N]
Key:
C
G
B
D
Eb
C
G
B
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This one is for [Em] you, [B] and it [C] goes on and on [G] and on,
when nothing seems to do, _ [C] but when the doubtless and [G] the wrong ask,
can I help [Em] you [B] in that way that [C] says I [G] can't?
Or claim we're all the same, just [C] inconsistent?
_ [Em] _
[Bm] Pretend [G] all understanding [C] turned out to be [G] pretense,
then pretend the pretense of [C] understanding.
How long does it take [Eb] depends, you can cast [B] your [C] doubts,
turn them inside out, [D] hang them upside _ [C] down, _
[G] till their heart falls out.
_ [C] Answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
_ [Dm] [G] Short answers, 48 [C] hours, till [G] their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, [G] 48 hours, let your heart all out.
Summon up all your [C] power. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ If you need a good connection, drugs, or a strong [C] tolerance of [G] alcohol,
too little religious [Eb] [C] education, some pain [Bm] threshold.
[G] If from the outside [C] there's no demand for what you [G] do,
inside there's an army [C] waiting for that marching orders from [B] you.
Come sit on my swing [C] seat, come sit on my porch,
have [D] Lieutenant Knight smoke your [C] cigarettes if you like,
[B] cards, you can cast your [C] doubts, turn them inside out,
[D] hang them upside down, [C] _ _ [G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] Short answers, [C] 48 hours, [G] till their heart falls [Eb] out.
Short [C] answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm] _
[G] _ [C] Summon up all your power. _ _
It goes on and [B] on and on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You ever get home, _ _ _ _ let's don't compare, _
_ _ _ let's relinquish all our holidays,
_ _ _ and drive-in _ _ premieres.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[C] If we ever get home, _ _ _ [D] we're [G] gonna have [C] memory children,
Apple, [D] Timo, and [C] Mattron, we know,
_ _ that's [D] what I'm gonna [C] name them.
We get celebrity [B] skin, _
_ the illusion of touch, _
_ _ we're [E] gonna talk about nothing,
_ turn up, [B] turn up.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] If [C] we ever get home, _ _ _ [D] _
[C] and the subject comes up,
_ [D] war isn't for [C] children, _ _ _ war [G] is nothing,
turn [C] down _ _ [G] the clouds of blood and [A] end up _ just
[G] in the misty towers, [A] honking narrow _ floors.
[B] [C] Like a driving devil,
[A] the beast, yeah, [G] at the heart of darken [A] up.
_ [G] Ah, it's jaws in the darken [C] up,
[G] _ _ should we stay for the darken [G] up?
_ [C] Yeah, [G] _ everyone [C] hands [G] up,
_ who's for the darken up?
[C] _ _ Who's for the night, who's coming up?
_ _ _ [Eb] It's still dark, I'm out.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
This one is for [Em] you, [B] and it [C] goes on and on [G] and on,
when nothing seems to do, _ [C] but when the doubtless and [G] the wrong ask,
can I help [Em] you [B] in that way that [C] says I [G] can't?
Or claim we're all the same, just [C] inconsistent?
_ [Em] _
[Bm] Pretend [G] all understanding [C] turned out to be [G] pretense,
then pretend the pretense of [C] understanding.
How long does it take [Eb] depends, you can cast [B] your [C] doubts,
turn them inside out, [D] hang them upside _ [C] down, _
[G] till their heart falls out.
_ [C] Answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
_ [Dm] [G] Short answers, 48 [C] hours, till [G] their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, [G] 48 hours, let your heart all out.
Summon up all your [C] power. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _
[Bm] _ _ [G] _ _ If you need a good connection, drugs, or a strong [C] tolerance of [G] alcohol,
too little religious [Eb] [C] education, some pain [Bm] threshold.
[G] If from the outside [C] there's no demand for what you [G] do,
inside there's an army [C] waiting for that marching orders from [B] you.
Come sit on my swing [C] seat, come sit on my porch,
have [D] Lieutenant Knight smoke your [C] cigarettes if you like,
[B] cards, you can cast your [C] doubts, turn them inside out,
[D] hang them upside down, [C] _ _ [G] till their heart falls out.
[C] Short answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm]
[G] Short answers, [C] 48 hours, [G] till their heart falls [Eb] out.
Short [C] answers, 48 [G] hours, let your heart all out.
[Dm] _
[G] _ [C] Summon up all your power. _ _
It goes on and [B] on and on. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ You ever get home, _ _ _ _ let's don't compare, _
_ _ _ let's relinquish all our holidays,
_ _ _ and drive-in _ _ premieres.
_ _ [C] _ _ [D] _
[C] If we ever get home, _ _ _ [D] we're [G] gonna have [C] memory children,
Apple, [D] Timo, and [C] Mattron, we know,
_ _ that's [D] what I'm gonna [C] name them.
We get celebrity [B] skin, _
_ the illusion of touch, _
_ _ we're [E] gonna talk about nothing,
_ turn up, [B] turn up.
_ _ _ _ [C] _ [D] If [C] we ever get home, _ _ _ [D] _
[C] and the subject comes up,
_ [D] war isn't for [C] children, _ _ _ war [G] is nothing,
turn [C] down _ _ [G] the clouds of blood and [A] end up _ just
[G] in the misty towers, [A] honking narrow _ floors.
[B] [C] Like a driving devil,
[A] the beast, yeah, [G] at the heart of darken [A] up.
_ [G] Ah, it's jaws in the darken [C] up,
[G] _ _ should we stay for the darken [G] up?
_ [C] Yeah, [G] _ everyone [C] hands [G] up,
_ who's for the darken up?
[C] _ _ Who's for the night, who's coming up?
_ _ _ [Eb] It's still dark, I'm out.
[G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _