• Song:

    Emperor Penguin

  • Artist:

    Tragically Hip

  • Album:

    Phantom Power

Intro:
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Verse:
   Ci (x32010@1)like the tone of your trumpet
    Gcome (320003@1)on let's spill some paint
       D (xx0232@1)                         Emlet's (022000@1)raise a glass of milk to the end of another day
            Cand (x32010@1)to the kiss that's still intangible
    Gthe (320003@1)kids are alright just unmanageable
D (xx0232@1)                        Em (022000@1)           
 they won't do a damn thing that you say

Interlude:
  G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)       Em (022000@1)      C|---------------------------------------| (x32010@1)|-3--------0--------0-----1-0-----------|
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Verse 2:
      G (320003@1)                       Dyour (xx0232@1)voice is all detached on a radio-wave breeze 
    Em (022000@1)                      Cwe (x32010@1)have another caller with a bachelor degree
         G (320003@1)                  Dtalkin' (xx0232@1)alien invasion as the only chance for unity
      Em (022000@1)                                      C (x32010@1)                    
well sorry to interrupt you caller but that's a physical impossibility

Chorus:
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)     that's a physical impossibility
G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1)      Em (022000@1)         A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1) D(listen (xx0232@1)for timing)
      that's a physical impossibility


Bridge:
           A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)        A (x02220@1)             Dyou'd (xx0232@1)be tossed up or washed up the narrator relates 
       A (x02220@1)        D (xx0232@1)         A (x02220@1)                   Din (xx0232@1)a spartan antarctican can walk for many days
          A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)  A (x02220@1)                Dmeet (xx0232@1)with emperor penguin devotion to the egg
          A (x02220@1)            D (xx0232@1)       A (x02220@1)               Dand (xx0232@1)their women are swimming from half an ocean away

Solo:
G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)Em (022000@1)C (x32010@1) x2

Verse 3:
G (320003@1)                      D (xx0232@1)don't sound so detached this is you and me
      Em (022000@1)                    Cjust (x32010@1)give me your opinion before you turn to leave
      G (320003@1)                           Dyour (xx0232@1)crust is just incredible, the radio was edible
             Em (022000@1)                              Cwhen (x32010@1)you said don't wipe your asses with your sleeves

your're a physical impossibility  

Chorus:         
G (320003@1)D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1)         C (x32010@1)       
       your're a physical impossibility
                 F (133211@1)             C (x32010@1)       G (320003@1)  FG (133211@1) D   It was a physical impossibility


Outro Solo:
C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Fx (133211@1)7

End on C



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