Chords for The Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking (The Killer Whale Tank Version)

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[D] _ _ [E] _ _ I had a job before this.
[G] _ _ [E] I had a job [Em] before this. _
_ _ _ Ultimately, it was that job that drove me into [E] this.
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[E] _ [G] I worked [E] at an [Bm] aquarium.
An aquarium with [G] lots of money from [Em] the government.
So huge! _
_ _ _ I [Bm] was a clean and scrub [D] man, we [E] called each other, in [Bm] the CNS union.
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [Em] I scrubbed the inside of the killer whale tank.
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[Bm] And after a while, the [G] boys in the CNS, [E] _ [Bm] clean and scrub, [E] _ [Em] we just sort of made it one word.
_ The [B] killer whale [E] tank.
_ [D] The killer [E] whale tank.
[Bm]
The killer whale [E] tank.
_ [D] I'm going into the killer whale tank. _ _ _ _
[Bm] I got along [E] with these two big beasts so [Bm] well.
It was like they [D] knew me.
They looked at me [E] with their hundred year [D] old eyes, and it was like they knew [E] me.
_ I put on [Em] my scuba gear, my mask, my regulator.
[B] I put on my scuba gear, _ _ _ [Em] and I fall into the tank with nary a sound.
Maybe a, _
_ _ [B] and then I [E] was underwater.
[Bm] _ _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _ [G] _ _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] Sometimes, [E] _ I jump out right in front of the window when people are expecting a killer whale.
[B] And they see a human. They swoop.
_ [E] _ _
Anyway, I do that.
But I was in the water this particular day, unbeknownst to me, [B] Shamu _ and [E] Bartholomew,
_ _ their relationship had gone stale.
It seems I was going in there so much, and I was looking so good. _ _ _ _
_ _ Shamu took a shot into me.
And they're so smart, those things, you know.
They got all these human emotions.
_ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ Love, lust, _ _ [G] _ [E] greed, hundred year old eyed jealousy. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Em] Bartholomew was weird.
[E] _ _ _
Unbeknownst to me, I can't hear [E] a god damn thing underwater. _ _ _
He came up, he was bumping against me a lot. _ _
The stale killer whale.
_ Bumping up against someone so [G] pale and frail.
How was I to know the [E] killer whale, relationship gone stale? _
_ _ _ Well, _ he brushed up to me a couple of times.
Skins like sandpaper.
I say, hey man, Bartholomew, what's up?
What's _ going on, big fella?
What is it?
What is it?
I said, I don't want to steal your mommy.
And I sure don't want to take the place of your daddy.
I only want to be your friend. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ He circled around, and I thought we were all patched up.
I was scrubbing, and he took my, he came up, he _ _ [Em] ripped _ my left arm off.
_ _ _ The killer whale, they're beasts of the deep.
[E] I mean, they're quite [Em] docile and friendly in [E] captivity.
Somewhere along the line, thousands of years [D] of breeding, just snap, [E] and he took my left arm, man.
He took my left arm, took my fucking left arm.
[Em] _ What is it, [E] Bartholomew?
I spoke to him in a language he could understand.
As I came back. _ _
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