Tragically Hip - Drop off
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Tabbed By Geoff Lawson (geofflawson@hotmail.com)
NOTE The formatting for UG sucks when you paste from Microsoft Word so all the chords
not be in the exact places...but they are close. Listen to the song for the timing. Also,
main riff may be hard to keep up for the whole song so you may just want to strum
the F# to A and B
to D parts for the verses.
Riff A Riff B
e|-----------------------| e|-----------------------|
B|-----------------------| B|-----------------------|
G|-----------------------| G|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-| D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-|
A|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-7-| A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-5-|
E|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-5-| E|-----------------------|
Intro: Riff A x4
Verse 1
Riff A x4
When the summer is young
and nobody has their prices
Riff B x2
No one is no one
Riff A x2
and nobody in a crisis
Chorus
D5There’s no swiA5mming past the drop-F#5off
D5or feeling sorrA5y for yourselF#5f
D5Ya don’t go swimmA5ing past the drop-ofF#5f
D5 A5 Riff Ax4
or else
Verse 2
Yer a pistol, yer a gun
and suddenly I have no prices
I’m like a friend of Dylan’s
our shovels meeting in some crisis
Chorus
But D5there’s no sA5wimming past the drF#5op-off
D5Yea we doA5n’t replace ourselvesF#5
D5Ya don’t go swimmA5ing past the drop-ofF#5f
or D5else E5
Bridge 1
The fateE5s are aE5mok and spE5un, measured and cut anE5d tD5he past is meant to please us
Yer a comet E5from earth in E5a Kiss AE5live shirt saying, ‘hoE5ly fuck, itD5’s jesus!?’
The surface E5is green anE5d the dark interweavE5es in a lE5onely iridescencD5e
It’s E5terribly E5deep and theE5 cold isE5 complete and D5it only laA5cks a presence
Riff A x4
and nothing else.
Verse 3
When the summer is done
and nobody sympathizes
Yer no friend of Dylan’s
Yea, you won’t see another crisis
Chorus
There’s no swimming past the drop-off
or feeling sorry for ourselves
Ya don’t go swimming past the drop-off
or else
Bridge 2
Personal stakes will get raised and get raised til your story gets compelling
If you lacked the sense or were willfully dense is forever in the telling
The surface is green and the dark interweaves in a lonely iridescence
It’s E5terriblyE5 deep and thE5e cold iE5s complete aD5nd it onlyA5 lacks a presence
and nC5othing else.
notD5hing else
nE5othing else
Riff A x4
and no one else.
Enjoy!