Wheat Kings Chords & Tabs
Wheat Kings, The Tragically Hip
From FULLY COMPLETELY, 1992
Tabbed by Duncan Koerber
This the second acoustic guitar tab ONLY. The first acoustic plays the
chords I've listed above the tab. An electric guitar comes into the
song halfway through but I have no inclination to tab that.
Remember, in this song the guitar I have tabbed is in the right channel,
while the electric guitar and the first guitar are on the left channel.
When listening to BOTH channels (which I'm sure you will do), some of the
parts I've tabbed won't be as obvious or very clear. Keep that in mind
if you think you see sections that need corrections. :)
CHORDS:
C - x32010
D - xx0232
G - 320033
Em7+5 - x32030
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|--------------------1p0--------|
G|--------------------------------|---------------------------2---|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|---1p0-0-----------------------|
G|0-------------------------------|---------2--0------0-0---------|
D|--------------------------------|---------------2p0-----2--0--0-|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------1p0---|0h3-------------5-3--3-----5p3-|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---3--5---3-3-3-3--------------0h3----------------1p0-0---------|
G|--------------------5---4-------|------------------------2p0---0|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|--------------------------0h2p0|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Sun down in the Paris of the Prairies
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|----------------------2p0-0----|
D|--------------------------------|--------------0h2-0------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
Wheat Kings of all treasures buried
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
D|----------------2---------------|--------2--2------------2p0---0|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------0--------2--|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
And all you hear are the rusty breezes
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
B|--------------------------------|----------------------1p0--0--3|
G|----------------------0--0------|----------------0--0----------0|
D|---0-----------------2--2-------0----0-------------------------0|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------2|
E|--------------------------------|----------3-------------------3|
Pushing around weathervane Jesus
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
B|----------------1-----1---------3--------1p0-0------------------|
G|--4-------0---------------------0-------------2p0---0----0----0-|
D|----------------------------2-2-0---2p0-----------2-------------|
A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--0-------0---------0---0-------|-----------------0----2--4-----|
D|-----------------2-----2----2---|-0----0---2------------------0-|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
In his Zippo Lighter he sees the killer's face
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------3-|
G|--------------------------------|---------------0---2----4----0-|
D|--0-----0-----2---0-----2p0--0--|------------2------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
Maybe its someone standing in a killer's place
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-----------------0--------------|----------------0--------------|
B|-----------------1-----3--1-1---|---1h3---1------1--3p1--1h3----|
G|-----------------0--------------|----------------0-----------0-0|
D|-----------------2--------------|----------------2--------------|
A|-----------------3--------------|----------------3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new, besides
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----3---------3-------3------3-|---------------------1p0-0----3|
G|0---------0---------0---------0-|----0-----0---------------2p0-2|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
No ones interested in something you didn't do
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------2---------2---2---------2------------------------------3|
B|3-------3---------3---3---------3-------------3----------------3|
G|2-------2--2------2-2-2---2-----2------0h2-2-----2--0--4--0----0|
D|--------------------------------|------------------------------0|
A|--------------------------------|------------------------------2|
E|--------------------------------|------------------------------3|
Wheat Kings and pretty
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0----0---------------------|------------------------------2|
B|-----1----1-------1p0-----------|--1p0--0----------------------3|
G|-----0----0-----------2p0-------|---------2-0-----0------0-----2|
D|-----2----2---------------------|-------------2p0---2p0---------|
A|-----3----3---------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----------------------0h3--3---|---3----0-------------------1--|
G|2------2-----2-------0------2---|--------------0-----2----------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Let's just see what the
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3---------------------1p0-------|------------------2----1p0-0---|
G|0-------------------------2p0---|------------0h2-2------------0-|
D|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
morning brings
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------0--|-------------------------------|
D|-------------2------------------|---0--------------------2p0---0|
A|--------------------------------|----------------------------2--|
E|--------------------------------|----------0h3------------------|
There's dream he dreams where the high school dead stark
a is and
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G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|---------------------------0---|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------0---1---3---|
G|-----------------------0--------|-------------0-----------------|
D|-----------2--------------------0----------2--------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
B|0--3--3--------------3-3-3------3---3--3--3--3-------0-0-3\1-0-3|
G|--------------0--0----0-0-0-----0-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------0-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
The walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----------0-------------------|-------------------3--3--------|
B|3-----------1--------3----3-----|-3---3----3-----3--3--3--0---3-|
G|0-----------0-------------------|-----------------------------2-|
D|0-----------2-------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Hung with pictures of our parents prime ministers
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------2------2-2--------2-----2-------------------------------|
B|--------3------3-3-----3--3-----3--1-----0-----------------3----|
G|0h2-----2--2---2-2-0h2----2-----2-----------2----0--------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----------0-------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-----3-----1----3---------3----|--3---3----------5p3-0--3--5---|
G|0-----------0---------2---------|----------2-------------------2|
D|0-----------2-------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|---3-----3----3-------0--3------3-----3--------5p3-0---3---5----|
G|---2-----2---------2---------2--2-----2-------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wait and see what
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----3-----0---3--0--3---0-----|---3---------------------------|
B|3-----------1-------------------3--------1----3-1--3p1----------|
G|0-----------0-------------------|----------------------2p0------|
D|0-----------2-------------------|----------------------------0--|
A|2-----------3-------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
tomorrow brings
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
G|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
D|-----2--------2-----0--------0--|---2----------3p2-----0--------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------2-----------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Late breaking story on the CBC
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|------------------------------0|
B|-------------------1p0----------|------------------1p0-0-------3|
G|-----------------------2-0------|-------------------------2--0--|
D|---0---2------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A nation whispers "we always knew that he'd go free"
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3----3-----3------3-3-1-0-----3-|-3---1-----3--3-3---5\3-0----3-|
G|0----0-----0------0-----------0-|-0---------0--0-0---0---0----0-|
D|0-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
They add "you can't be fond of living in the past"
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|---------------------3--3--0--5|
B|3----3-----3---1----0--3p1p0----3-------3----3--------3--3--3--3|
G|0----0-----0---0----0-----------0-------0----0------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
'Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------2---------2---2---------2-------------------------------|
B|--------3---------3---3---------3---------------------3---------|
G|--------2--2------2-2-2---2-----2--------------0h2-2-----2--0---|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|0-------------------------------|-----------------------------0-|
B|3-----3-----------1-0-1p0-------|-----0----------1--1---5p3---5-|
G|0-----------2-------------------|----------0--------------------|
D|0-------------------------2-2---0-------------------------------|
A|2-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|3-------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|-------2------------------------|-----------0-0-0----0----0-----|
B|-------3----3--------------3----|----3------5p3p0----3----5-----|
G|-------2--------2------2p0----2-|----2--------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Let's just see what
G C G C
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----3--------3--0--3-----0--0--0---------3---------------------|
B|5----5----5---------------3--3--3----1----3----1---5==p==3=p=0--|
G|----------0---------------0--0--0-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------0--0--0-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------2--2--2-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------3--3--3-------------------------------|
tomorrow brings
D D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|2-------2------2----------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-------3------3-----3--3p0-----0-------0-----0----1--3--5p3--0-|
G|2-------2---2--2----------------|-------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Wheat Kings and
Em7+5 Em7+5
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B|3-------3---3---3---3---------3-|-3----------3--3---3-3--3---3-3|
G|0-------0---0---0---0---------0-|-0----------0--0---0-0--0---0-0|
D|2-------2---2---2---2---------2-|-2----------2--2---2-2--2---2-2|
A|3-------3---3---3---3---------3-|-3----------3--3---3-3--3---3-3|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
pretty things Oh that's what tomorrow
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|----3------------------3--0-----3-----0-------------------------|
B|3----------------3--3-----------3-----3----3------3-------3-----|
G|--------------------------------0-----0----2--------------------|
D|--------------------------------|----------0--------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
brings
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0-----------------3---0----|-----------2-------------------|
B|3----3----3-----3--3------------3-----3-----3----3----3---3-----|
G|0----0----2---------------------0-----2-----2-------------------|
D|----------0---------------------2-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C D
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3----0--------------------0h3---3-----0-------------------------|
B|3----3-----0---1---3---0h5------3-----3-----3----3----3---3-----|
G|0----0--------------------------0-----0-----2-------------------|
D|--------------------------------|-----------0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
Em7+5 C D Em7+5 C G
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
e|3-----0--------------3----2-----|-----------3-------------------|
B|3-----3-----3-----3-------------3-----3-----3-------------------|
G|0-----0-----2-------------------0-----2-----0-------------------|
D|------------0-------------------2-----0-----0-------------------|
A|--------------------------------3-----------2-------------------|
E|--------------------------------|-----------3-------------------|
Duncan
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