------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FAMILY BAND – Tragically Hip ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Tuning: Standard Chords (all are partial bar chords): x355xx 355xxx 133xxx x577xx F2Intro: Guitar 1 (repeat many times): C Guitar 2 riff (repeat three times): e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---12-12-12-12---9-9-9-9--------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---10-10-10-10---7-7-7-7--------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2 riff (last time): e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| G|--9-9-9-9---7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--------------------------------------| D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| A|--7-7-7-7---5-5-5-5---3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--------------------------------------| E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------| Verse 1: I can’t smell a rat when it’s all rat I can’t find one in an elevator My mind doesn’t work so bad But I am a poor exterminator, that’s right I can’t destroy entirely Or annihilate a little later I can’t see the entire city But I’m not a bad exterminator Chorus: I’m just a shade shy of true wickedness I’m a shade shy of truly loving it, yeah There are other things I’d rather be doing Even nothing Even nothing Even nothing with you Verse 2: One day I’ll make some honest rock n roll Full of handclaps and gang vocals I’m gonna get all the children involved We’re gonna get lost on all you locals Chorus: We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah There are other things we’ll rather be doing, sure Even nothing Even nothing Even nothing with you Bridge: We’ll load out through the snow through Small groups of people smoking Hey, get that kick drum loaded Into the backseat folded down We’ll go virtually unnoticed What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town Chorus: We’ll be a shade shy of true wickedness We’ll be a shade shy of truly loving this, yeah There are other things that we’ll surely miss Bridge: We’ll load out through the snow through Small groups of people smoking Hey, get that kick drum loaded Into the backseat folded down We’ll go perfectly unnoticed What’s gripping the city ain’t hitting the town