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!
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!
Tuning: E A D F# B e
Capo on 2nd fret. All chords relative to capo.
[Intro]
e |----------------------------------|
b |-----0-------0--------0-------0---|
F#|-------0----------------0-------0-| (x2)
D |-----------2---0----4-------4-----|
A |---2-----0--------2-------2-------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
E A B B
[Verse]
e |-0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
F#|-2-----3-----5-----5--------------|
D |-2-----2-----4-----4--------------|
A |-2-----0-----2-----2--------------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
E A B B
[Chorus]
e |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
F#|-7-----0-----0-----2-------------|
D |-6-----7-----4-----2-------------|
A |-4-----7-----4-----2-------------|
E |-------5-----2-----0-------------|
C# A F# E
e |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
F#|-7-----0-----0-----0-------------|
D |-6-----0-----9-----9-------------|
A |-4-----7-----9-----9-------------|
E |-------5-----7-----7-------------|
C# A B B
[Instrumental]
e |----------------------------------|
b |-----0-------0--------0-------0---|
F#|-------0----------------0-------0-| (x2)
D |-----------2---0----4-------4-----|
A |---2-----0--------2-------2-------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
[Verse]
E A B B
Well I'm Lost, I'm afraid, a rope tying down a leaky boat
To the roof of car on a road in the dark and its snowing
If I'm more than a means less, last call for happiness
I'm the dress near the back of your knees and your slip is showing
I'm a float in a summer parade
Up the street in a town that you were born in
With the girl at the top wearing tuelle, and miss somewhere
sash, waving like the queen.
[Chorus]
C# A F#
Well beauty's just another word, I'm never certain how it's spelled
E
Go tell the nurse to turn the TV back on
C# A B
Throw away my misery, it never meant that much to me
B (then mute)
It never sent a get well card
[Instrumental] (x2)
E A B B
[Verse]
E A B
And I'm broke like a bad joke somebody's uncle told
At a wedding reception in Nineteen Seventy Two
Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair
Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed
And his father laughed and talked on the long ride home
And his mother laughed and talked on the long ride home
And he thought about how everyone dies someday.
And when tomorrow gets here where will yesterday be?
And he fell asleep in his brand new winter coat.
[Outro]
C# A F#
Buy me a shiny new machine that runs on lies and gasoline
E
and all those batteries we stole from smoke alarms
C# A B
Disassembles my dispair, never took me anywhere
B B (mute!)
It never once bought me a drink
Capo on 2nd fret. All chords relative to capo.
[Intro]
e |----------------------------------|
b |-----0-------0--------0-------0---|
F#|-------0----------------0-------0-| (x2)
D |-----------2---0----4-------4-----|
A |---2-----0--------2-------2-------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
E A B B
[Verse]
e |-0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0--------------|
F#|-2-----3-----5-----5--------------|
D |-2-----2-----4-----4--------------|
A |-2-----0-----2-----2--------------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
E A B B
[Chorus]
e |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
F#|-7-----0-----0-----2-------------|
D |-6-----7-----4-----2-------------|
A |-4-----7-----4-----2-------------|
E |-------5-----2-----0-------------|
C# A F# E
e |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
b |-0-----0-----0-----0-------------|
F#|-7-----0-----0-----0-------------|
D |-6-----0-----9-----9-------------|
A |-4-----7-----9-----9-------------|
E |-------5-----7-----7-------------|
C# A B B
[Instrumental]
e |----------------------------------|
b |-----0-------0--------0-------0---|
F#|-------0----------------0-------0-| (x2)
D |-----------2---0----4-------4-----|
A |---2-----0--------2-------2-------|
E |-0--------------------------------|
[Verse]
E A B B
Well I'm Lost, I'm afraid, a rope tying down a leaky boat
To the roof of car on a road in the dark and its snowing
If I'm more than a means less, last call for happiness
I'm the dress near the back of your knees and your slip is showing
I'm a float in a summer parade
Up the street in a town that you were born in
With the girl at the top wearing tuelle, and miss somewhere
sash, waving like the queen.
[Chorus]
C# A F#
Well beauty's just another word, I'm never certain how it's spelled
E
Go tell the nurse to turn the TV back on
C# A B
Throw away my misery, it never meant that much to me
B (then mute)
It never sent a get well card
[Instrumental] (x2)
E A B B
[Verse]
E A B
And I'm broke like a bad joke somebody's uncle told
At a wedding reception in Nineteen Seventy Two
Where a little boy under a table with cake in his hair
Stared at the grown-up feet as they danced and swayed
And his father laughed and talked on the long ride home
And his mother laughed and talked on the long ride home
And he thought about how everyone dies someday.
And when tomorrow gets here where will yesterday be?
And he fell asleep in his brand new winter coat.
[Outro]
C# A F#
Buy me a shiny new machine that runs on lies and gasoline
E
and all those batteries we stole from smoke alarms
C# A B
Disassembles my dispair, never took me anywhere
B B (mute!)
It never once bought me a drink
