D=Down Strum
U=Up Strum
Intro: E (DDUUDU) A (DDUUDU) E (DDUUDU) B (DDUUDU)
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When I look around me,
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I cant believe what I see
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It seems as if this country
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Has lost its will to live
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The economy is lousy,
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We barely have an army
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But we can still stand proudly
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'Cause Canada's really big
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We're the second largest country
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On this planet Earth
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And if Russia
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Keeps on shrinking
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Then soon well be first
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(as long as we keep quebec)
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The usa has tanks
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And switzerland has banks
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They can keep them, thanks
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They just dont amount
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Cause when you get down to it
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You find out what the truth is
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It isnt what you do with it
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Its the size that counts!
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Most people
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Will tell you
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That france is pretty large
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But you can put
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Fourteen frances
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Into this land of ours
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(it'd take a lotta work, it'd take a whole lotta work)
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Were larger than malaysia
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Almost as big as asia
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We're bigger than australia
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And its a continent
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So big we seldom bother
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To go see one another
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But we often go to other
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Countries for vacation
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Our mountains
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Are very pointy
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Our prairies are not
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The rest is
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Kinda bumpy
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But, man, do we have a lot
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(we gotta lot of land, we gotta whole lot of land)
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So stand up and be pound
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And sing out very loud
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We stand out from the crowd cause
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Canada's really big!
Outro: E (DUDUDUDUDUDUD as fast as possible)