Left and Leaving

Fallow

Reconstruction Site

The Weakerthans are a Canadian indie rock/folk band headed by former Propagandhi member, John K. Samson. Their blend of punk-inflected folk rock with literate, witty, introspective lyrics have made them one of the most popular bands on the Canadian music scene.  Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, The Weakerthans have produced four full albums with a variety of unusual subjects; a couple of songs are sung from the point of view of John's cat Virtute (Ver-tu-tay).

Intro: B   G#m7  F#sus4  Esus2 x2

Verse 1:
B                G#m7                        F#sus4  
  My city's still breathing, but barely it's true
       Esus2                         B    
Through buildings gone missing like teeth
                 G#m7                    F#sus4 
The sidewalks are watching me think about you
Esus2                 
Sparkled with broken glass
G#m7   F#/A#     B        E  
   I'm back with scars to show
G#m7    F#/A#    B         E
   Back with the streets I know
    C#m/F# 
Will never take me anywhere but here.

(Intro 1x)

Verse 2:
B                  G#m7                     F#sus4
  The stain in the carpet, this drink in my hand
    Esus2                   B 
The strangers whose faces I know
                 G#m7                   F#sus4
We meet here for our dress rehearsal to say
   Esus2     
"I wanted it this way"
G#m7    F#/A#   B       E
   Wait for the year to drown
G#m7      F#/A#    B         E
   Spring forward, fall back down
    C#m/F#                         B /G#  B /F#  B /E 
I'm trying not to wonder where you are.

B /G#  B /F#  B /E

Bridge:
B /G#     B /F#     B /E
     All  this   time
B /G#      B /F#  B /E
     Lin - gers   undefined
B /G#       B /F#  B /E
     Should  one  choose
         F# 
   Who's left and who's leaving

(Intro 1x)

Verse 3:
  B             G#m7                F#sus4 
    Memory will rust and erode into lists
   Esus2                 B 
Of all that you gave me
                G#m7                     F#sus4
A blanket, some matches, this pain in my chest
    Esus2               G#m7
The best parts of lonely
     F#/A#    B        E
Duct tape and soldered wires
G#m7  F#/A#     B     E 
New   words for old desires
    C#m/F#
And every birthday card I threw away

Solo:

B   G#m7  F#sus4  Esus2 (4x)

Verse 4:
G#m7  F#/A#     B   E
    I  wait  in 4/4 time
G#m7      F#/A#  B       E
    Count yellow highway lines
     C#m/F#                        B   G#m7  F#sus4  Esus2      
That you're relying on to lead you home.
That you're relying on to lead you home.
That you're relying on to lead you home.

Left And Leaving

G       C       G C G
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               neon lights and slinking

G                                         G7
purple skies squeeze out soft regrets from all our lives as
C                              Am
i greet another door that opens in
C                      D           C
to that place that we repeatedly begin
    G        C         G
I'm tangled up in tries
C          D
slipping on "i wonder why"
  C        D             G
i face affection, not embrace.
G
another urban wasteland thick with fears
                              G7
i see lights that shine like frozen television tears
C                    Am
or dying embers of another day
C                             D
please tell me what it is i, i wanna say
G        C         G
I'm tangled up in tries
C          D
slipping on "i wonder why"
  C        D             G
i face affectionate embrace.


Riff
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Slips And Tangles

A                       D
Garage Sale. Saturday. I need to pay
   E                   F#
my heart's outstanding bills.
A                          D
A cracked-up compass and a pocket watch,
     E       F#
some plastic daffodils.
     A                 D
The cutlery and coffee cups I stole
     E               F#
from all-night restaurants,
  A                    D
a sense of wonder only slightly used
  E              F#        E      D
a year or two to haunt you in the dark.
      A          E        D
For a phone call from far away
       A        E       D
with a "Hi, how are you today?",
      A      E      D
and a sign recovery comes
       A          E         D
to the broken ones.
  A                     D
A wage-slave forty-hour work week weighs
  E            F#
a thousand kilograms.
   A                            D
So bend your knees comes with a free fake smile
    E              F#
for all your dumb demands.
    A                      D
The cordless razor that my father bought
     E        F#
when I turned 17,
  A                        D
a puke-green sofa, and the outline to
  E           F#       E    D
a complicated dream of dignity.
      A          E            D
For a laugh, too loud and too long.
      A           E       D
For a place where Awkward belongs,
      A      E      D
and a sign recovery comes
       A          E       D
to the broken ones.
       A          E       D
to the broken ones.
       A          E       D
to the broken ones.
       A          A       A
For the broken ones.


Everything Must Go

Intro.
C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C			         Am
You always stole all my last words.
G			       
Here's no exception then.  
F
One more for me to send.
C			     Am
And nothing happens in the end.
G
I'm thinking of you less.
F			     C              Am             F
More concerned and more is less I guess it doesn't matter now.  

C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C			 Am
Maybe we'll never go insane.
G
We allway's said we would.  
F
Sometimes I wish we could with.
C			 Am
You lying naked in the rain.
G
And singing Boney M.
F			    C                Am         F
Cutting down all our old friends. I talk to them again now.

C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C			        Am
So here's the last one I have left.
G
We fell a little deep
F
I watched you fall asleep.
C			    Am
And nothing happens in the end.
G	           F
And I remember when, I could remember when.
C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C (hold)    Am (hold)     F

C	       Am  G	     F
Seems like a long, time ago.

C   Em  Am  G  F  G  C  

C   Em  Am  G  F  G  C

C  Dm  Am  Cmaj7  F  G  C

C   Em  Am  G  F  G  C   

(Outro).

Cmaj7

Last Last One

G
They're tearing up streets again.

C
They're building a new hotel.

D7                                                D
The Mayor's out killing kids to keep taxes down,

G
and me and my anger 

C
sit folding a paper bird,

D7                                                D
letting the curtains turn to beating wings.

C
Wish I had a socket-set 

G                         Gm
to dismantle this morning.

G
And just one pair of clean socks.

D7
And a photo of you.

G
When you get off work tonight,

C
meet me at the construction site,

D7                                                D
and we'll write some notes to tape to the heavy machines,

G
like "We hope they treat you well. 

C
Hope you don't work too hard.

D7                                                D
We hope you get to be happy sometimes."

C
Bring your swiss-army knife, 

G                      Gm
and a bottle of something,

G
and I'll bring some spraypaint 

D7
and a new deck of cards.

G
Hey I found the safest place 

C
to keep all our tenderness.

D7                                                D
Keep all those bad ideas. Keep all our hope.

G
It's here in the smallest bones, 

C
the feet and the inner-ear.

D7                                                D
It's such an enormous thing to walk and to listen.

C
I'd like to fall asleep 

G                         Gm
to the beat of you breathing

G                                        D7
in a room near a truckstop on a highway somewhere.

G
You are a radio. 

C
You are an open door.

D7                                                D
I am a faulty string of blue christmas lights.

G
You swim through frequencies.

C
You let that stranger in, 

D7                                                D
as I'm blinking off and on and off again.

C
We've got a lot of time.

G                   Gm
Or maybe we don't, 

G                                  D7
but I'd like to think so, so let me pretend.

G
These are my favourite chords.

C
I know you like them too.

D7                                                D
When I get a new guitar, you could have this one.

G
And sing me a lullaby.

C
Sing me the alphabet.

D7                                                D
Sing me a story I haven't heard yet.

My Favorite Chords

G F C F

G                  F                       C F              
  Late afternoon, another day is nearly done
G                 F                             C F
  A darker grey is breaking through a lighter one
G                F                            C  F
  A thousand sharpened elbows in the underground
G                 F          Am               F
  That hollow hurried sound, feet on polished floor
    Am            F          Am               Dm
And in the dollar store, the clerk is closing up
                                   F
And counting loonies trying not to say
       C
I hate Winnipeg

G                       F                       C F
  The driver checks the mirror seven minutes late
G                     F                    C  F
  The crowded riders' restlessness enunciates
G                           F                     C F
  The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway
G                    F
  The same route everyday
    Am             F
And in the turning lane
Am                 F
Someone's stalled again
Am                 Dm
He's talking to himself
                                  F
And hears the price of gas repeat his phrase
       C
I hate Winnipeg

G F C F 

    Am          F
And up above us all
Am           F
Leaning into sky
Am                  F
Our golden business boy
Am                       F
Will watch the North End die
Am                     Dm
And sing, “I love this town”
                                     F
Then let his arcing wrecking ball proclaim

I 
G
Hate
C
Winnipeg

One Great City!

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

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School Friends

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

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Here We Go Round The Mulberry Bush

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