Chords for The Tragically Hip - New Orleans is Sinking (Westwind)

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_ _ _ _ _ If [Em] New Orleans is sinking then I don't want to swim. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ Yes, I do. _ _
_ For _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
the blue on the streets lives [Em] on complete _ understage.
I'll smoke it blue _ -grey.
I'm [A] down at the [Am] bar seat, [A] a pixie [Am]-fishy.
So we [E] dance the [G] sidewalk [E]
swing.
[G] _ [B] My memory is muddied [D] once [A] this river's not here.
[Em] If New Orleans is sinking then I don't want to swim. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ And I say, what's wrong?
What's going [G] on?
[E] You can't tie [Em] yourself to the floor of a ditch.
_ He [A] said, hey no, [Am] you're such _ a big mouth.
You [Em] gotta do what you feel like doing. _
_ [B] He's got no pictures of [D] stars, he's got no [A] symphonies.
[Em] My baby, she [G] won't know me when I'm thinking about you. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] Fire ground, [E] _ [D] beautiful [E] fire [Em] ground.
The air's burning through the trees. _ _
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And the river's running,
_ And _ _ the river's running, and the river's running.
_ _ [C#m] _
[E] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
[E] The _ _ water's on fire, the water's on fire.
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ Everything's in [E] order.
_ [Em] _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ _ [Dm] _ [Em] _ _ _
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There used to be a [G] cookie factory _ in the [A] West.
_ And [Dm] so [Em] obviously _ we like the West wind _ better.
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
[A] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [B] [A] I'm the West wind.
[Em] _ There _ _ [D] _
[E] _ _ _ _ _ used to be a cookie _ [G] factory _ _ in [A] the West.
_ And the West [D] wind blew, [E] it felt like [Bm] we _ were [Em] glad. _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ [G] And you know the wind would almost whisper,
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ Amy, _ [D] [C] come on in.
_ _ _ [Bm] _ [Em] Amy, _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] come [Em] on in.
_ _ Amy, [Am] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ [C] come _ on [Em] in. _
_ _ Amy, _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A]
come on in.
_ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ [Em] _ _
_ First we'll [E] climb a tree,
[D] _
And maybe then we'll _ talk.
[Bm] _ [E] I will touch your car,
[D] _
_ You will touch my [E] car.
_ Then we'll be married,
_ [D] _
_ Then we'll be [A] man and [E] wife.
_ No dress rehearsal,
_ [D] _
_ This is [E] our _ _ life.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _
But that's when a [A] hornet strung [D] me.
_ _ _ I had a three [E] _
-string _ _ whistle and [D] a guitar.
_ _ Tonight we [Em] smoke [A] and _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _
[E] roll.
You are [A] a head-flat [E] sensory.
[D] _
_ You are a head-flat sensory.
[A] _
_ [E] You are a head-flat sensory.
[D] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
[E] You are a head-flat [Bm] sensory.
[D] _
You are a head-flat [E] sensory. _
You are a head-flat sensory.
[D] _
_ _ So disappoint [E] you, get me down.
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_ _ So [A] disappoint you, [E] get me down.
_ _ [A] _ _ [D] _ _
[G] So [A] _ [D] disappoint [E] you, get me down.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ There _ was a light bulb hanging on a wire,
Sucking up to someone just to stoke the fire. _
Picking out the highlights of the scenery, _
Saw some little clouds, they looked a little _ like
The _ _ _ [E] _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ mountains and the [G] river.
[E]
My feet [Em] back up on the banks,
Looked up to the yonder pass,
Hey, Clemens, back!
_ Jumping on the tides, I'm feeling so good I've got to scream.
740, baby, I know exactly what you [D] mean.
He [G] said, _ he said,
I swear to God, he said, _ _ _ _ _
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_ Now, _ _ _ _ _ _ okay, _ _ _ _ _ my [Bm] memory is muddled,
What's [D] this river [A] that I'm in?
[B] You are in the sinker, [A] me in the gutter,
[Em] I'm gonna swim. _ _ _ _
Swim!
_ _ The water's on fire, the water's on fire! _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ It's burning!
_ Screaming _ _ _ _ _ _ from the closet! _
_ _ _ _ Screaming from the roof tops!
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_ [G] They're pissing on the _ _ faucet! _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ They're pissing on the _ faucet! _ _ _ _ _
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They're pissing on the _ faucet! _
_ _ _ They're _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ pissing on the _ _ faucet! _ _ _