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Dark Canuck Tab

by Tragically Hip


Song: The Dark Canuck 
Band: The Tragically Hip
Tuning (     )

Intro/Verse

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"Pretend..."(0:44)

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"till..." (1:05)
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Bridge Riff(BR):
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bridge #2: (-1:34)
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This one is for you
                 
and it goes on and on and on
     
when nothing seems to do
                             
for when the doubtless and the wrong

ask; 'can I help you?'
                         
in that way that says, 'I can't'
    
or claim we're all the same
                
just inconsistant
   
or pretend all understanding
       
turned out to be pretense
                                          
then pretend the pretense of understanding
                              
How long does it take depends

You can cast your doubts

Turn em inside-out
                    
Hang em upside-down

                                                           
Til their art falls out  -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out   -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Til your art falls out   -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out                     Summon up all your power
     

    (X2)

 
If you need a good connection for drugs
                        
or a strong tolerance for alcohol

Too little religious education
     
       Some pain threshold

If from the outside
                             
There's no demand for what you do
    
And inside there's an army waiting
                        
For their marching orders for you

Come sit on my swing-set

Come sit on my porch
       
After Ten at night, smoke your cigarettes
                      
if you like, of course

You can cast your doubts

Turn em inside-out
                     
Hang em upside-down

                                                           
Til their art falls out  -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out   -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Til your art falls out   -  the short answer's; forty-eight hours
Let your heart all out                           Summon up all your power
     
      And it does on and on and on

 (X7)
                        
    If we ever get home
    let's don't compare
    let's relinquish all our holidays
    and Drive-In Premieres     B    E
                   
   if we ever get home
   gonna have me three children
Apple, Zippo, and Metronome
that's what I'm gonna name them

          
and get celebrity skin
                        
    the illusion of tough
    I'm gonna talk about nothing
    til nothing's enough    B   E
                   
   if we ever get home
   and the subject comes up
this War isn't for children
War is nothing's enough
                                     
O' in the clouds of blood at the end of JAWS
                                        
in the misted cars honking their applause
                       
at the Drive-In Double Feature
                             
at the heart of dark enough
                            
O' it's JAWS and The Dark Canuck
                              
should we stay for The Dark Canuck?
                          
yea.Everyone, hands up!?
                              
Who's for 'The Dark Canuck'?
                          
I think we relinquished enough
                           
and it's still dark enough
and it goes on and on and on