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Northern Wish
On the album "Melville" and "Music Inspired by the Group of 7"
Transcribed by Johanna Macdonald (johanna.macdonald@utoronto.ca)
Cwake up, raise the cuEmrtains
Fon your deep provinciCal eyes
Fspeak out, for i am certCain
Fthat it's no disguise
C'cause soldiers stoppiEmng traffic
Fcouldn't keep these wheeCls at bay
Ftheir guns smoked and thCe sun broke
Fand we hauled away
Cand did you get my messaEmge
Fon the peoples' radio? C
Fi wrote it in alberta C
Facross the prairie spine
Cand "i'd rather jumEmp the border
Fthan trail from east to Cwest."
Fthen get the booking ageCnt
Fto find another band
Cand mothers of the countEmry
Ftake two flags and make Ca sail
Fwe'll sail the big dominCion
Fthis song is falling...
Di built my rocket in a shed
i'm gonna launch it at tAhe sun
i'm gonna launch it fromD my pad
Foh - could i get this?
Cit's my GnorthernC wish.
Cmeanwhile in the forest Em
Fin a parliament of treesC
Fthe ink will crack and dCry all up
Fbut the compass will swing, any-way
Cand we don't need mathemEmatics
Fwe don't need submarinesC
Fto tell how far that theC land does go
Funtil it hits the shore
Cand mothers of the countEmry
Ftake two flags and make Ca sail
Fwe'll sail the big dominCion
Fthis song is falling
Di built my rocket in a shed
i'm gonna launch it at tAhe sun
i'm gonna launch it fromD my pad
Foh - could i get this?
Cit's my GnorthernC wish.
Cwake up, raise the curtaEmins
Fon your deep provincial Ceyes
Fspeak out for i am certaCin
Fthis song is over C
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the Go7 version adds a G chord between verses:
Fand we hauled away... G
Cand mothers of the countEmry... etc.