Chords for The Weakerthans at The 2008 Polaris Music Prize Gala

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_ [G] _ _ I do think there's something kind of filmic about _ the record that we made.
This record especially is a record that was written almost entirely in three different winters.
And Winter Light has this really unusual and unique quality in Winnipeg.
And it's also [Em] something that's really [D]
treasured in Winnipeg,
[C] especially because it's so cold and the days are so brief.
And so light became a real focus.
It [G] becomes a focus for people's lives.
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_ In [D] the stick camp for [C] the song
_ [A] _ Knowing [C] you're [G] gone
_ Glancing [Em] up at where you [C]
lived when you [A] lived here
[C] To _ [G] _
_ see [Em] you suddenly _ [C]
alive, _ _ [A] nearly [C] smiling
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_ Stop [Em] and hold my breath [C] and watch the way [A] you used [C] to be
[D] _
_ The _ full moon
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_ _ Our _ faces [Em]
shine
_ Golder [G] iron [A] _
[C] polyester
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[D] _ _ That _ _ disappears [C] _ _ _ _ behind [G] the [Em] clouds
Leaves me under [D] empty [C] rows
_ _ Of [G] night windows
_ [Em] We _ _ [G] _
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[C] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [D] could walk to where [C] these streets _ _ [A] pull [C] together
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_ _ [D] Pointing line with [C] gravel shoulder square [A] towards [C] an end
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[A] Where [Em] the radio _ [C]
resounds from [A] doppling [E] tracks
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_ Where [Em] the power lines [C] feel less as strong
[A] The hourly [C] news
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_ The _ _ implurals [C] _
_ _ are _ casualties
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_ Drown [G] the generals out [C] of static
_ We _ _ _ [D] _
_ _ _ turn and [C]
watch _ our _ cities [Bm] fall
_ Send [G] us signals _ [C] in the glow
_ [G] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] Night windows _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Night windows
But _ _ _ _ [A] _
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_ you're [D] not _ _ [Bm] _ _
coming [C] home again
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And I [D] _ won't _ [Bm] _ _
ever [C] get to say
[G] _ Remember how I'm [E] sorry that you missed the way we could [C] go
_ _ [G] Remember how I'm [D] sorry that [Bm] I missed the way we could [C] go
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[C] _ _ [G] Night windows _ _ _
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