Biography:
Rheostatics are a Canadian indie rock band. Although they had only one Top 40 hit (Claire in 1995), they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and most unconventional rock bands in the 1990s, a band whose defiantly quirky, yet compelling, take on pop and rock music has been described both as iconic and iconoclastic.
They played their farewell concert to a sold-out house at Toronto's Massey Hall on March 30, 2007. Sound board recordings of that and many other shows are available (with permission) at http://rheostaticslive.
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Other songs:
- Aliens Christmas 1988
- Bad Time To Be Poor
- California Dreamline
- Claire
- Dead Is The Drunkest You Can Get
- Dope Fiends And Boozehounds
- Horses
- Introducing Happiness
- It
- King Of The Past
- Legal Age Life At Variety Store
- Lyings Wrong
- Making Progress
- Mumbletypeg
- My First Rock Concert
- Northern Wish
- Queer
- Record Body Count
- Saskatchewan
- Self Serve Gas Station
- Take Me In Your Hand
- The Ballad Of Wendel Clark
- The Harmelodian Anthem
- We Went West
- When Winter Comes
- You Are A Treasure
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
E9 0-2-2-1-0-2
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
Word came down and it crashed through my door
Bm A E7
From the twenty-first floor
Bm A E7
I was thinking about leaving early for lunch
Bm A E7
When he told me to shut off my press
Bm A E7
His face turned green and his white shirt was wet
Bm A E7
Like he'd just seen an accident
Bm A E7
We threw our masks into a pile
Bm A E7
The trucks pulled away for good
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
..guitar:
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
A bus pulled in, and I waved at it
Bm A E7
Before I knew what it was
Bm A E7
We ran in its tracks, chasing its tires
Bm A E7
But the gates had been riveted shut
Bm A E7
I looked for the foreman: His number was empty
Bm A E7
Up to Red Deer to stay
Bm A E7
We gathered some signs and we sparked up a fire
Bm A E7
Gordie got burned on the high-voltage wire
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
D F# G A
The first thing she'll ask me is: "How did it go today?"
And I'll tell her
..guitar solo:
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
slower;quiet
|Bm |A E9 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
I thought there was strength in a union
Bm A E7
I thought there was strength in a mob
Bm A E7
I thought the company was bluffing
Bm A E7
When they threatened to chop us off
Bm A E7
Ah, these guns will wilt, the winter will seize
Bm A E7
And all the bonfires will go out
Bm A E7
The company knows when they can afford to be bold
Bm A E7
I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7 . . . . . .
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Peter Kruger
[email protected]
E9 0-2-2-1-0-2
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
Word came down and it crashed through my door
Bm A E7
From the twenty-first floor
Bm A E7
I was thinking about leaving early for lunch
Bm A E7
When he told me to shut off my press
Bm A E7
His face turned green and his white shirt was wet
Bm A E7
Like he'd just seen an accident
Bm A E7
We threw our masks into a pile
Bm A E7
The trucks pulled away for good
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A
Holy Mackinaw Joe
..guitar:
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
A bus pulled in, and I waved at it
Bm A E7
Before I knew what it was
Bm A E7
We ran in its tracks, chasing its tires
Bm A E7
But the gates had been riveted shut
Bm A E7
I looked for the foreman: His number was empty
Bm A E7
Up to Red Deer to stay
Bm A E7
We gathered some signs and we sparked up a fire
Bm A E7
Gordie got burned on the high-voltage wire
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
D F# G A
The first thing she'll ask me is: "How did it go today?"
And I'll tell her
..guitar solo:
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
|Bm |A E7 |Bm |A E7 |
slower;quiet
|Bm |A E9 |Bm |A E7 |
Bm A E7
I thought there was strength in a union
Bm A E7
I thought there was strength in a mob
Bm A E7
I thought the company was bluffing
Bm A E7
When they threatened to chop us off
Bm A E7
Ah, these guns will wilt, the winter will seize
Bm A E7
And all the bonfires will go out
Bm A E7
The company knows when they can afford to be bold
Bm A E7
I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7
Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses )
Bm A E7 . . . . . .
Holy Mackinaw Joe
Rhii
Rhoma Irama
Rhonda Vincent
Rhose
Rhyman
Riana Nel
Ribas
Ribelli
Ric Manrique Jr.
Ric Segretto