The Tragically Hip – The Luxury (Guitar)

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From the album Road Apples [Intro] Em D x12 [Verse 1]
Em        D           Em                   D
Zoo lion sobers up, starts to scream and shout

  Em              D                Em            D
A little dose of home fire got him all smoothed out

Am          D           Am   G
Melancholy wine-soaked tenderness

    Em        D             Em       D    Em  D
She hated it here, oh, she couldn't care less
[Interlude] Em D x3 [Verse 2]
Em            D          Em             D
Prison yard stares and fleur-de-lis tattoos

Em             D     Em               D
Cannibals are saving all their bones for soup

Am              D           Am                G
Eating with my fingers and sucking hulls of ships

Em      D            Em       D           Am  D  Am  G
My parasite don't deserve no better than this
[Interlude] Em D x2 [Chorus]
E                     G
The Golden Rim Motor Inn

                       A   C
Soft water and a color TV

    E                              G
Ah, so consumed with the shape I'm in

                A      C
Can't enjoy the luxury
[Interlude]
     Em  D
The luxury
Em D x7 [Verse 3]
          Em           D              Em       D
She said, Why are you partial to that Playboy con?

 Em           D            Em       D
When you can see me naked any time you want?

     Am            D        Am               G
If I had loads of money to make me tame and sour

         Em           D         Em           D
I could pay you to remind of my baby by the hour
[Interlude] Em D x4 [Verse 4]
      Em        D              Em                   D
Yeah, zoo lion sobers up and starts to scream and shout

  Em              D                Em            D
A little dose of home fire got him all smoothed out

    Am               D          Am      G
If this is where it all starts getting good

     Em            D               Em            D
Then I'll be here waiting for you like I said I would
[Interlude] Am D Am G Em D x2 [Chorus]
E                     G
The Golden Rim Motor Inn

                       A   C
Soft water and a color TV

    E                              G
Ah, so consumed with the shape I'm in

                A      C
Can't enjoy the luxury
[Outro]
    Em  D
The luxury
Em D x3
    Em  D
The luxury
Em D x7