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Wheat Kings, The Tragically Hip
From FULLY COMPLETELY, 1992
Tabbed by Duncan Koerber
This the second acoustic guitar tab ONLY. The first acoustic plays the
chords I've listed above the tab. An electric guitar comes into the
song halfway through but I have no inclination to tab that.
Remember, in this song the guitar I have tabbed is in the right channel,
while the electric guitar and the first guitar are on the left channel.
When listening to BOTH channels (which I'm sure you will do), some of the
parts I've tabbed won't be as obvious or very clear. Keep that in mind
if you think you see sections that need corrections. :)
CHORDS:
C - x32010
D - xx0232
G - 320033
Em7+5 - x32030
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------1p0--------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------2---|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---1p0-0-----------------------|
G|0-------------------------------|---------2--0------0-0---------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------2p0-----2--0--0-|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------1p0---|0h3-------------5-3--3-----5p3-|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---3--5---3-3-3-3--------------0h3----------------1p0-0---------|
G|--------------------5---4-------|------------------------2p0---0|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------0h2p0|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Sun down in the Paris of the Prairies
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------2p0-0----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------0h2-0------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
Wheat Kings of all treasures buried
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------2---------------|--------2--2------------2p0---0|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------0--------2--|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------1p0--0--3|
G|----------------------0--0------|----------------0--0----------0|
D|---0-----------------2--2-------0----0-------------------------0|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------2|
E|--------------------------------|----------3-------------------3|
Pushing around weathervane Jesus
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
B|----------------1-----1---------3--------1p0-0------------------|
G|--4-------0---------------------0-------------2p0---0----0----0-|
D|----------------------------2-2-0---2p0-----------2-------------|
A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--0-------0---------0---0-------|-----------------0----2--4-----|
D|-----------------2-----2----2---|-0----0---2------------------0-|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
In his Zippo Lighter he sees the killer's face
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|---------------0---2----4----0-|
D|--0-----0-----2---0-----2p0--0--|------------2------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
Maybe its someone standing in a killer's place
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-----------------0--------------|----------------0--------------|
B|-----------------1-----3--1-1---|---1h3---1------1--3p1--1h3----|
G|-----------------0--------------|----------------0-----------0-0|
D|-----------------2--------------|----------------2--------------|
A|-----------------3--------------|----------------3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new, besides
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----3---------3-------3------3-|---------------------1p0-0----3|
G|0---------0---------0---------0-|----0-----0---------------2p0-2|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
No ones interested in something you didn't do
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------2---------2---2---------2------------------------------3|
B|3-------3---------3---3---------3-------------3----------------3|
G|2-------2--2------2-2-2---2-----2------0h2-2-----2--0--4--0----0|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------0|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------2|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
Wheat Kings and pretty
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0----0---------------------|------------------------------2|
B|-----1----1-------1p0-----------|--1p0--0----------------------3|
G|-----0----0-----------2p0-------|---------2-0-----0------0-----2|
D|-----2----2---------------------|-------------2p0---2p0---------|
A|-----3----3---------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----------------------0h3--3---|---3----0-------------------1--|
G|2------2-----2-------0------2---|--------------0-----2----------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Let's just see what the
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3---------------------1p0-------|------------------2----1p0-0---|
G|0-------------------------2p0---|------------0h2-2------------0-|
D|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
morning brings
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------0--|-------------------------------|
D|-------------2------------------|---0--------------------2p0---0|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------2--|
E|--------------------------------|----------0h3------------------|
There's dream he dreams where the high school dead stark
a is and
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------0---|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------0---1---3---|
G|-----------------------0--------|-------------0-----------------|
D|-----------2--------------------0----------2--------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
B|0--3--3--------------3-3-3------3---3--3--3--3-------0-0-31-0-3|
G|--------------0--0----0-0-0-----0-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
The walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----------0-------------------|-------------------3--3--------|
B|3-----------1--------3----3-----|-3---3----3-----3--3--3--0---3-|
G|0-----------0-------------------|-----------------------------2-|
D|0-----------2-------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Hung with pictures of our parents prime ministers
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------2------2-2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
B|--------3------3-3-----3--3-----3--1-----0-----------------3----|
G|0h2-----2--2---2-2-0h2----2-----2-----------2----0--------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----------0-------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-----3-----1----3---------3----|--3---3----------5p3-0--3--5---|
G|0-----------0---------2---------|----------2-------------------2|
D|0-----------2-------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---3-----3----3-------0--3------3-----3--------5p3-0---3---5----|
G|---2-----2---------2---------2--2-----2-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wait and see what
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----3-----0---3--0--3---0-----|---3---------------------------|
B|3-----------1-------------------3--------1----3-1--3p1----------|
G|0-----------0-------------------|----------------------2p0------|
D|0-----------2-------------------|----------------------------0--|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
tomorrow brings
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----2--------2-----0--------0--|---2----------3p2-----0--------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Late breaking story on the CBC
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------0|
B|-------------------1p0----------|------------------1p0-0-------3|
G|-----------------------2-0------|-------------------------2--0--|
D|---0---2------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A nation whispers "we always knew that he'd go free"
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----3-----3------3-3-1-0-----3-|-3---1-----3--3-3---53-0----3-|
G|0----0-----0------0-----------0-|-0---------0--0-0---0---0----0-|
D|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
They add "you can't be fond of living in the past"
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|---------------------3--3--0--5|
B|3----3-----3---1----0--3p1p0----3-------3----3--------3--3--3--3|
G|0----0-----0---0----0-----------0-------0----0------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
'Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------2---------2---2---------2-------------------------------|
B|--------3---------3---3---------3---------------------3---------|
G|--------2--2------2-2-2---2-----2--------------0h2-2-----2--0---|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|0-------------------------------|-----------------------------0-|
B|3-----3-----------1-0-1p0-------|-----0----------1--1---5p3---5-|
G|0-----------2-------------------|----------0--------------------|
D|0-------------------------2-2---0-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-------2------------------------|-----------0-0-0----0----0-----|
B|-------3----3--------------3----|----3------5p3p0----3----5-----|
G|-------2--------2------2p0----2-|----2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Let's just see what
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----3--------3--0--3-----0--0--0---------3---------------------|
B|5----5----5---------------3--3--3----1----3----1---5==p==3=p=0--|
G|----------0---------------0--0--0-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0--0--0-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------2--2--2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3--3--3-------------------------------|
tomorrow brings
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------2------2----------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-------3------3-----3--3p0-----0-------0-----0----1--3--5p3--0-|
G|2-------2---2--2----------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
Em7+5 Em7+5
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-------3---3---3---3---------3-|-3----------3--3---3-3--3---3-3|
G|0-------0---0---0---0---------0-|-0----------0--0---0-0--0---0-0|
D|2-------2---2---2---2---------2-|-2----------2--2---2-2--2---2-2|
A|3-------3---3---3---3---------3-|-3----------3--3---3-3--3---3-3|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things Oh that's what tomorrow
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|----3------------------3--0-----3-----0-------------------------|
B|3----------------3--3-----------3-----3----3------3-------3-----|
G|--------------------------------0-----0----2--------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
brings
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0-----------------3---0----|-----------2-------------------|
B|3----3----3-----3--3------------3-----3-----3----3----3---3-----|
G|0----0----2---------------------0-----2-----2-------------------|
D|----------0---------------------2-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0--------------------0h3---3-----0-------------------------|
B|3----3-----0---1---3---0h5------3-----3-----3----3----3---3-----|
G|0----0--------------------------0-----0-----2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----0--------------3----2-----|-----------3-------------------|
B|3-----3-----3-----3-------------3-----3-----3-------------------|
G|0-----0-----2-------------------0-----2-----0-------------------|
D|------------0-------------------2-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-----------2-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------3-------------------|
Duncan
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Tab Discussion, Comments, and Critiques
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Turbo Grom Wanna Be |
#1 by Turbo Grom at Aug 20, 1980 at 2:41 AM EST |
| The song "Wheat Kings", from Fully Completely, is mainly about David Milgaard. Milgaard, who was from Saskatchewan, was wrongly convicted of murder and served over 20 years in prison before being released. Wheat kings are the nicknames for those giant wheat silos you see on the prairies on farms and such. Gord probably got inspiration for the song title from the Brandon Wheat Kings, the Western Hockey League team in Brandon, Manitoba. In terms of "Wheat kings and pretty things", the Pretty Things were a band that the Hip used to listen to a lot when they were first starting out in 1983, and they covered a few Pretty Things songs in their sets way back in the beginning, so this line is probably a tribute to that band. The entire lyric "wheat kings and pretty things/lets just see what the morning brings" was probably written as if Milgaard himself was saying this as he's looking out his jail cell window, out at the prairies, hence the "wheat kings and pretty things" and his undying hope that he'll be exonerated, and his optimism towards this end: "Let's just see what the morning brings." | |
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Josh Professional |
#2 by Josh Wilson at Dec 3, 1983 at 10:18 AM EST |
| Wonderfull, amazing song I think the lines: In his Zippo lighter, he sees the killer's face Maybe it's someone standing in a killer's place are really amazing becuase it kind of says this man that is in prison is taking the place of the person that actually did it | |
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Your account ha Average |
#3 by Your account has been hacked into by Bkid23 Stupid.... at Jan 21, 1986 at 8:20 PM EST |
| Personally, I think the system failed this kid miserably. Underneath the nastiness though, I bet you Milgaard turned his life quickly around. There is no silver lining here, just pure misery. Is Milgaard a changed man from the experience though, I'm sure. Maybe that was the point to start with, but I think the degree of punishment he received was far, far too harsh. For being a little shit as somebody said before, a couple years in juvie detention might have changed him around, not twenty years in adult prison. | |
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PunkJunky Wanna Be |
#4 by PunkJunky at Feb 5, 1987 at 7:32 PM EST |
| this song is about a true story........ 38 years old is based on a fake story...... both brilliant songs | |
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kyle Average |
#5 by kyle anderson at Apr 27, 1989 at 6:33 PM EST |
| obviously you are a big hip fan....hell, you're the only one that exists around here. i've always wondered about the connection between this and 38 years old. if you haven't noticed it, listen to the 2 of them. the whole prison, jailbreak, 18 year old kid, 38 year old kid, 20 years for nthing....look at them and let me know what you think. gordie's amazing..... | |
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Sara Average |
#6 by Sara Sunshine at Jun 14, 1990 at 2:08 AM EST |
| Oh yeah...I can see somet sort of connection, maybe it was subconsciously? 'cuz I know the song is about this Milgaard guy from Saskatchewan who spent 20 years in jail for a murder that he didn't commit. Ouch! Now that's bad :( Anyway, no hard feelings in the Blink comments, eh? ^_^ I wasn't calling you guys childish. Those people just aren't even worth arguing with. The know shit all. | |
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Kubota35 Professional |
#7 by Kubota35 at Sep 10, 1994 at 9:59 AM EST |
| Nolesy, I think it's a little premature to decide whether a 17 year old is "going anywhere". He was a little shit, yes, but that was mostly the company he kept. It seems like you're saying his incarceration was somehow excusable, because it got a no-goodnik like him off the street. He was a kid when he went in, and middle-aged when he got out. His entire young-adulthood was taken. I know I wouldn't trade mine for $10 million. Awesome song, btw. | |
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Alyssa Professional |
#8 by Alyssa at Jun 16, 1998 at 9:18 PM EST |
| 'Wheat Kings' is to The Tragically Hip which parallels to 'The Hurricane' by Bob Dylan. Canada and America will be the best of friends forever. | |
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FUCK Rhythm Player |
#9 by FUCK OFF at Aug 24, 2000 at 6:14 AM EST |
| the big differance of course between hurricane and wheat kings is that dylan wrote hurricane as a protest to him being in prison, where milgaard was already at the end of his time, | |
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The other James Wanna Be |
#10 by The other James Molina at Jun 5, 2001 at 9:27 PM EST |
| great song and even though everyone already clarrified it ill say it again, its a true story about that guy who spent 20yrs in prison for something he didnt do... that sucks btw... imagine 20yrs gone... im not even 20 yet :s | |
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