The Tragically Hip – Wheat Kings
Capo: no capo
[Intro]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[Verse 1]
[G]Sundown in the [C]Paris of the [G]prairies[C]
[G]Wheat kings have [C]all their [G]treasures [C]buried
[G]And all you [C]hear are the [G]rusty [C]breezes
[G]Pushing around the [C]weathervane [G]Jesus[C]
[Instrumental]
[G] [C] [G] [C]
[Verse 2]
[G]In his Zippo [C]lighter he [G]sees the [C]killer’s face
[G]Maybe it’s [C]someone [G]standing in the [C]killers place
[G]Twenty years for [C]nothing, well [G]that’s nothing [C]new, besides
[G]No one’s [C]interested in [G]something you [C]didn’t do
[Chorus]
[D]Wheat kings and [G]pretty [C]things, [G][C]
[D]Let’s just see [G]what the [C]morning [G]brings [C]
[Verse 3]
[G]There’s a dream he [C]dreams where the [G]high school is [C]dead and stark
[G]It’s a [C]museum and we’re [G]all locked up in it [C]after dark
[G]Where the walls are [C]lined all [G]yellow, grey and [C]sinister
[G]Hung with pictures of [C]our parents’ [G]Prime [C]Ministers
[Chorus]
[D]Wheat kings and [G]pretty [C]things [G][C]
[D]Wait and see [G]what [C]tomorrow [G]brings [C]
[Verse 4]
[G]Late breaking [C]story on the [G]CBC [C]
[G]A nation [C]whispers, “We [G]always knew that he’d go [C]free”
[G]They add, “You [C]can’t be fond of [G]living in the [C]past
[G]Cause if you [C]are then there’s [G]no way that you’re [C]gonna last”
[Chorus]
[D]Wheat Kings and [G]pretty [C]things [G][C]
[D]Let’s just see [G]what [C]tomorrow [G]brings [C]
[D]Wheat Kings and [C]pretty things
[C]Ah that’s what tomorrow [D]brings
[Outro]
[C] [D] [C] [D] [C] [G]
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Wheat Kings by The Tragically Hip: Guitar Chords and Lyrics
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