The Tragically Hip – Emperor Penguin (Guitar)

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Tabbed by: http://www.andreasvockrodt.de [Intro] G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em [Verse]
C
I like the tone of your trumpet

  G
C'mon, let's spill some paint

      D/F#
Let's raise a glass of milk to

    Em
The end of another day

           C
And to the kiss that's still intangible

    G
The kids are all right, just unmanageable

     D/F#                      Em G D/F# Em C
They won't do a damn thing you say

     G                          D/F#
Your voice is all detached on a radio-wave breeze

   Em                         C
We have another caller with a Bachelor's degree

         G                     D/F#
Talkin', alien invasion is the only chance for unity

      Em
Well, sorry to interrupt you, caller

             C                       G D/F#
But that's a physical impossibility

         Em           C            G D/F#
That's a physical impossibility

         Em         A           D A D
That's a physical impossibility

        A               D
If you tossed up or wash up

    A               D
The narrator relates

      A           D       A                 D
And a Spartan Antarctican walk for many days

          A       D          A               D
Meet with Emperor Penguin, devotion to the egg

          A              D        A              D
And their women are swimmin' from half an ocean away
[Interlude] G D/F# Em C G D/F# Em C [Verse 2]
G                        D/F#
Don't sound so detached, this is you and me

     Em                     C
Just give me your opinion before you turn to leave

         G
And your crust is just incredible

    D/F#
The radio was edible

               Em                              C
When you said, don't wipe your asses with your sleeves

                            G D/F#
You're a physical impossibility

         Em           C            G D/F#
You're a physical impossibility

        F
It was a physical impossibility
[Outro] C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C G/B Gm/Bb C