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.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
BmAE7 Word came down and it crashed through my door BmAE7 From the twenty-first floor BmAE7 I was thinking about leaving early for lunch BmAE7 When he told me to shut off my press BmAE7 His face turned green and his white shirt was wet BmAE7 Like he'd just seen an accident BmAE7 We threw our masks into a pile BmAE7 The trucks pulled away for good
BmA Holy Mackinaw Joe BmA Holy Mackinaw Joe BmA Holy Mackinaw Joe BmA Holy Mackinaw Joe ..guitar:
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BmAE7 A bus pulled in, and I waved at it BmAE7 Before I knew what it was BmAE7 We ran in its tracks, chasing its tires BmAE7 But the gates had been riveted shut BmAE7 I looked for the foreman: His number was empty BmAE7 Up to Red Deer to stay BmAE7 We gathered some signs and we sparked up a fire BmAE7 Gordie got burned on the high-voltage wire
BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe
DF#GA The first thing she'll ask me is: "How did it go today?"
And I'll tell her
..guitar solo:
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slower;quiet
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BmAE7 I thought there was strength in a union BmAE7 I thought there was strength in a mob BmAE7 I thought the company was bluffing BmAE7 When they threatened to chop us off BmAE7 Ah, these guns will wilt, the winter will seize BmAE7 And all the bonfires will go out BmAE7 The company knows when they can afford to be bold BmAE7 I wish I could, I wish I could, I wish I could
BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 Holy Mackinaw Joe ( We are the horses ) BmAE7 . . . . . . Holy Mackinaw Joe