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From: DWattier@wimsey.com (Daniel Wattier)
Subject: CRD: Wheat Kings (The Tragically Hip)
One more from an awesome canadian band:
WHEAT KINGS (The Tragically Hip)
G C G C
G C G C
Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
Wheat kings have all their treasures buried
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
Pushing around the weather vane Jesus
In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face
Maybe it's someone standing in the killers place
Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new
Besides, no one's interested in something you didn't do
D G C
Wheat kings and pretty things,
D G C
Wait and see what tomorrow brings
There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
Hung with pictures of our parents' prime ministers
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Wait and see what tomorrow brings
Late breaking story on the CBC
A nation whispers, "we always knew that he'd go free"
They add, "you can't be fond of living in the past,
Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last"
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
Let's just see what tomorrow brings
Wheat Kings and pretty things,
That's what tomorrow brings
C D C D
C D C G
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Daniel Wattier (604)879-7250
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Canada http://www.wimsey.com/~dwattier
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Corey Average |
#1 by Corey La Plante at Mar 29, 1970 at 4:40 PM EST |
| If someone had looked at me when I was 17, they would have said I was going nowhere good, but now only a short 6 years later, my life is completely turned around. $10 million doesn't even begin to compensate for a lost young adulthood... poor guy... | |
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Dudey Average |
#2 by Dudey at Jun 12, 1970 at 7:06 AM EST |
| There are a few hip fans around here...me for example.. they played this song last night as a second encore at the tour for Between the Evolution...great show...great CD | |
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Frank Wanna Be |
#3 by Frank at Dec 18, 1971 at 9:23 AM EST |
| This song is at least partly about David Milgaard isn't it? He spent 20 years in prison for a murder he didn't commit. Either way its awesome | |
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Joey Wanna Be |
#4 by Joey at Oct 30, 1974 at 8:32 PM EST |
| Are you guys Canadian? My buddies who live there swear by these guys and are amazed they are not big here in the States. I know a few of their songs, but I think this one is my fav. Great tune. | |
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chris Wanna Be |
#5 by chris valverde at May 12, 1975 at 10:23 AM EST |
| Their music has such an effect on me. I can't listen to most songs without getting shivers. This is my favorite song. There's so much weight to it. It's hard not to really feel for the guy even coming into the song knowing nothing about him or the case. It's in his voice. | |
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Chuck Average |
#6 by Chuck Norris at Jan 14, 1983 at 8:46 AM EST |
| They play it as an encore at all 4 concerts I went to this year. Including when I met them backstage at Sarnia Bayfest(my third concert in three weeks) | |
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spence Average |
#7 by spence o'brien at Jul 28, 1986 at 1:27 AM EST |
| Another one of my favs | |
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michiel Wanna Be |
#8 by michiel adams at Apr 17, 1994 at 2:50 PM EST |
| hell yes i'm canadian! and ELS24, "great tune" is an understatemen for this track | |
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Squats Average |
#9 by Squats at Mar 20, 1998 at 7:10 AM EST |
| Yeah true he spent over 20 years in prison which is at least a quarter of his life taken away. But when he was proven innocent, the Canadian government gave him $10 million which is enough money to never have to work a day in your life. Plus when he was a kid, he was a rebel without a cause who wasn't going anywhere. Gordon Downie never ceases to amaze me in his poetry. Genius in every sence. | |
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