Tuning: E A D G B E

The Tragically Hip Fly World Container [Verse 1]

^DSevent^Gy days to cross the ocean ^DSevent^Gy nights where no one’s gonna hear me fall ^DFreddi^Ae Mercury, “I’ve sometimes wished ^GI’d never been born at all”

[Verse 2]

^DI rema^Gin unphotographed yea ^DI don’^Gt exaggerate my intelligence ^DI migh^At turn a broom into a tree ^GBut I’ll never be one of them

[Chorus]

^BmI f^Gly, ^D caus^Ge there’s no why in getting beaten up by ^Bma g^Guy ^A who cries before he fights

[Verse 3]

^DI don’^Gt want em to see me like this ^DThe wa^Gy they like to kick people when their down ^DYou sa^Aid, ‘please stop worrying bout this ^GThey stop kicking once you’re down’

[Verse 4]

^DThere’^Gs Mistaken Point, Newfoundland ^DThere’^Gs Moonbeam, Ontari-ari-o ^DThere ^Aare places I’ve never been ^Gand always wanted to go

[Chorus]

^BmI f^Gly, ^D cau^Gse woe betide a guy who just lives to fight ^BmFly^G, ^A love is to try and die trying

[Bridge]

^BmFly^C, ^Dyea, that’s right ^BmFly^C, ^Dyea, that’s right ^BmTry^C, ^Dlo^Dve ^Gis^A to try and die trying

[Solo] Bm G D G Bm G A [Verse 5]

^DCoastl^Gine rising out of the ocean ^DCoastl^Gine rises like a pair of glowing thighs ^DThere'^As something down deep inside me says, ^G‘Where ya been all my life.’

[Chorus]

^BmFly^G, tu^Drn ^Gyour back, get your face in the sky ^BmFly^G, love ^Ais to try and die trying ^BmTry^G, le^Dft ^Gand right, across your mind ^BmTry^G, love ^Ais to try and die trying

[Outro] D A G D A G D A G

^DD…^A….^G(fade)

The Tragically Hip - Fly