C5                                            F5

The streets of Vancouver are flooded
C5                                                   F5       G5

With the blood of the sleepwalking dead
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Dreamed we walked on this river together
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His greasy hands pulled us in 'bove our heads

 

C5                                              F5

This land's ancient insides are burning
C5                                                F5        G5

The fiery pine needle cooks her bones
A5                                   G5

Told me if I burn bright like she does
F5                    G5                           A5

Come winter I won't make it home

 

 C5                G5                         A5                  F5

So follow me out through grey rain, and darker doubt
C5                   G5                           A5                    F5

Follow me back, coals are red, soles are black
A5                      G5                    A5            G5

Said you'd follow me to the end of the earth
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But the end of me is bound to come first

 

C5                                         F5

Calgary's gold is someone's curse
C5                                                      F5               G5

Seen the good life get better as the livin' gets worse
A5                                            G5

Came to you oil rich and angry
F5                             G5                                           A5

But the power weighed more than it's worth

 

C5                       G5                             A5                 F5

So you follow me west to keep fire off my chest
C5                     G5                          A5                         F5

And you follow me east to console the icy beast



A5                  G5                        A5                       G5

Said you follow me to the end of the earth
F5                        G5                                        C5

But the end of me is bound to come first

 

A5                                      G5

Lady; I know its a life that you long for 
C5                               A5

I'll win it for you if I can
A5                                             G5

Folks says there's a good flood that's coming
C5                                                F5

And I've seen the drowning's begun
D5                       G5                       C5

This river has swept up your man