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From: ummikit0@cc.UManitoba.CA (j mikita)
Subject: CHD: s/spirit_of_the_west/far_too_canadian.crd
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 16:51:02 GMT

Far Too Canadian
by Spirit of the West (Geoff Kelly, John Mann)
"Go Figure"
All Spirit Publishing Ltd. (SOCAN)
Transcribed: Jen Mikita


D (xx0232@1)         F#mG             AI?m (x02220@1)so content, to stand in line
D (xx0232@1)       F#m (244222@1)G (320003@1)        AWait (x02220@1)and see, pass the time
D (xx0232@1)       F#m (244222@1) G (320003@1)   ATalk (x02220@1)a streak, fall asleep
D (xx0232@1)      F#m (244222@1)  G (320003@1)      AWake (x02220@1)up late, whine and weep
               BmI (x24432@1)kiss the hand that slaps me senseless
A (x02220@1)                   Bm (x24432@1)     AI?m (x02220@1)so accepting, I am so defenseless
Dm (xx0231@1)    Am (x02210@1)    Dm (xx0231@1)           Am (x02210@1)     DmI (xx0231@1)am far too Canadian, I am far too Canadian

I pick the bones of what?s been done and I
Lick them clean with a cautious tongue
In dim-lit rooms, I spill my guts
I?m the revolution when the doors are shut
I?d bite the hand that slaps me senseless
But my patience, it is too relentless
I am far too Canadian, I am far too Canadian

Bridge:
D (xx0232@1)       G (320003@1)         AI (x02220@1)am the face of my country
F#m (244222@1)                BmExpressionless (x24432@1)and small
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)            AWeak (x02220@1)at the knees, shaking badly
F#m (244222@1)                    BmCan?t (x24432@1)straighten up at all
              G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)     F#m (244222@1)    BmI (x24432@1)watch the spine of my country bend and break
G (320003@1)        A (x02220@1)   DI?m (xx0232@1)in a sorry state

I scratch the walls to mark the days
With my coup de tete I am locked away
With mother Jones, pots of tea
The kitchen poster, anarchy
I never march in demonstrations
I hold my breath for arbitration
I am far too Canadian, I am far too Canadian
I am far too Canadian, I am far too Canadian

G (320003@1)      A (x02220@1)  DI (xx0232@1)am a sorry state
           G (320003@1)            A (x02220@1)    DWon?t (xx0232@1)you welcome to the sorry state?

Just a note: most of the F#m?s can also be played as F#m 7th, if you
prefer.  This sounds most authentic on an acoustic.