The Canadian Crisis Song chords by The Arrogant Worms

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse:

D MajorD
Often on the weekend, I'll jump in my car
A augmentedA
I won't fill up the tank although I'm going far
  G+G      C majorC       A augmentedA     D MajorD
And if somebody asks me if I'm going to a bar
  A augmentedA                      D MajorD
I'll say I'm shopping 'cross the border in the USA
D MajorD
I don't go down there to buy my groceries
A augmentedA
I respect our farmers and our factories
  G+G         C majorC        A augmentedA    D MajorD
I don't believe that "local" means it's poor in quality
A augmentedA                   D MajorD
It's just our goddamn prices are too high

Chorus:

   C majorC      E minorEm    D MajorD     A augmentedA
(Cause if you stay away for just two days)
D MajorD               A augmentedA
You'll get one hundred dollars duty-free
  C majorC     E minorEm    D MajorD     A augmentedA
If it adds to more I won't claim it for
  D MajorD                   A augmentedA
(He won't declare the products if they're in his trunk)
  D MajorD                   A augmentedA
(He won't declare the products if they're in his trunk)

Verse:

D MajorD
Although it is Canada that I call home
A augmentedA
I don't cheer for the Yankees when I'm in the Dome
 G+G         C majorC         A augmentedA   D MajorD
I didn't swell with pride during the Desert Storm
A augmentedA                   D MajorD
It's just that I don't want to pay the tax
A augmentedA                    D MajorD
(It's just that he's too cheap to pay the tax)

Chorus:

      C majorC     E minorEm     A augmentedA   D MajorD
(Yes, it's just like this, he's a loyalist)
D MajorD                  A augmentedA
I'll only shop at malls that fly our flag
      C majorC    E minorEm     A augmentedA     D MajorD
(And he'll tell Bob Rae that he just won't pay)
 C majorC      E minorEm     A augmentedA    D MajorD
Unless I need my unemployment benefits
    D MajorD           A augmentedA
(Get a job, get a job, get a job)

Verse:

D MajorD
Now everyone is doing the same thing as me
A augmentedA
They're doing what they can to beat the GST
    G+G       C majorC      A augmentedA    D MajorD
They're lining up for miles at the Duty-Free
   A augmentedA              D MajorD
So I bought a JC Penny's store in Buffalo
   A augmentedA             D MajorD
(So everybody come on down to Buffalo)

Chorus:

   C majorC      E minorEm    D MajorD     A augmentedA
(Cause if you stay away for just two days)
D MajorD               A augmentedA
You'll get one hundred dollars duty-free
    C majorC     E minorEm    D MajorD     A augmentedA
Though it's not at par it'll still go far
  D MajorD               A augmentedA
And it ends up in the pockets of a countryman
  D MajorD              A augmentedA
(It ends up in the pockets of a countryman)


Oh, Canada