The Tragically Hip – Vaccination Scar (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] A Bm A Bm
A Bm   A Bm
(slide begins)
A Bm A Bm A Bm A Bm [Verse 1]
                   G
So the chemistry's set,

                A
and I'm not the saddest cheerleader

       Bm
to for-get the American word.

                G
For the gang in the head

     A                        Bm
that dwindles 'til no members when

              G
The mystery's met,

    A
the sky looks threatened

Bm
heading home in the dust,

                 G
singing 'Life Is Forgettin',

A                   Bm
good enough for the frivilous.
[Slide Interlude] Bm Bm [Chorus]
G                 A
There's one thing I remember is

G                 A
this tear on your bare shoulder,

G                 A
this little silver boulder,

            Bm
this slowly falling star.

                  G
We're rolling, so what?

A                             Bm                    A
Never getting older where the moon-shocked curtains part.

               G
The start of e-nough,

  A                       Bm
a tear dropped in a vacci-nation scar.
[Bridge]
G                    A             Bm
 I'll tell ya if I'm able, that is,

Bm
 I'll tell ya like it is.

   G                A                   A  G
He went down like a bad card table, like

                    G        A    G
 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge,

                    Bm
 the Tacoma Narrows Bridge,
[Verse 2]
              G
Swimming on a bit,

A                                    Bm
"stop, you're treading water" as the sun assimilated the words.

    G
For lighthouse fire

A               Bm
burning down to ember's end.

            G
The mystery met

A
sky just reddened,

Bm
heading home under dusk.

                G        A                    G
Is life just forgettin' another word for frivilous?

A                      G            A
Little silver boulder, silence from Mars.

A                 G
For the heart of enough

     A                  Bm           G  A
or a teardrop in a Vaccination Scar.

             Bm       Bm   G  A  Bm   Bm
Wherever you are,     scar