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From: sports2@genie.geis.com
Date: Tue,  1 Aug 95 19:40:00 UTC
Subject: CRD: Smalltown Bringdown - HIP

"Small Town Bringdown" (2:56) - The Tragically Hip
>From the EP - THE TRAGICALLY HIP, 1987, MCA Records.
 
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 INTRO:  x 2
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e--------------------------------------------------------------
B--------------------------------------------------------------
G--7-9-9--7-9-9--7h9--7h9--12--9---7-9-9--7-9-9--7h9--7h9------
D---------------------------------------------------------9----
A--------------------------------------------------------------
E--------------------------------------------------------------
 
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 VERSE:
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Em                                       G        D
Been to Reno drives an El Camino can you dig that style?
Em                                             G     D
Hip canteen you always make the scene you're a crazy child
 
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 CHORUS:
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       C   D     C            D
It's a sad thing bourbons all around
   G         Asus2               G           Asus2
to stop that feeling when you're living in a Small Town
       C        D        C                    D
You're long and lean but things don't get you down
         G                      Asus2
You're a top ten kingpin in the borders of your hometown
 
INTRO x 1
 
Em                                                  G        D
Can't get hip you work the jobs I've quit don't you dig that style?
Em                                                       G    D
Won't admit you just don't give a shit cuz you're mind's gone wild
 
CHORUS
 
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 INTERLUDE:
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Dsus4                         G
Can't live to die -- too easy  why stick around
C                               C/G                D
I want my life to please me not another Small Town Home Town Bringdown
 
INTRO x 2 (slight variation)
 
Em                                                G        D
This is it you might as well get pissed don't you dig that style?
Em                                                     G           D
Make your trip there ain't that much to miss when your mind's gone wild
 
CHORUS
 
INTRO to end (slight variation)
 
Chords used:
 
Em    - x22000
G     - 320033
C     - x32010
C/G   - 332010
D     - xx0232
Asus2 - x02200
Dsus4 - xx0233
 
Duncan
sports2@genie.com