The Weakerthans – One Great City (Guitar)

D/F#               C                        G
  Late afternoon, another day is nearly done

D/F#               C                              G
  A darker grey is breaking through a lighter one

D/F#                   C                         G
  A thousand sharpened elbows in the underground

D/F#                 C
  That hollow hurried sound

Em      D/F#     C
Feet on polished floor

    Em     D/F#   C
And in the dollar store

    Em       D/F#    A
The clerk is closing up

                                   C
And counting loonies trying not to say

       G
I hate Winnipeg

D/F#                     C                         G
   The driver checks the mirror seven minutes late

D/F#                   C                         G
   The crowded riders' restlessness enunciates

D/F#                         C                      G
   The Guess Who sucked, the Jets were lousy anyway

D/F#                 C
The same route everyday

    Em     D/F#    C
And in the turning lane

Em        D/F#     C
Someone's stalled again

     Em      D/F#  A
He's talking to himself

                                      C
And hears the price of gas repeat his phrase

       G
I hate Winnipeg

    Em  D/F#    C
And up above us all

Em      D/F# C
Leaning into sky

    Em     D/F#     C
Our golden business boy

     Em        D/F#      C
Will watch the North End die

    Em       D/F#      A
And sing, “I love this town”

                                  C
Then let his arcing wrecking ball proclaim

C       D/F#        G
I       Hate        Winnipeg