Mean Streak chords by The Tragically Hip
Guitar chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)
🎸 Intro:
Em C D Em x 2
🎸 Verse 1:
Em C
Is it a mean streak? You'd swear, you'd swear
D Em
We'd never seen a stranger 'round here
Em C
Is it the way the dust clings to the air?
D Em
But you'd swear, you'd swear
🎸 Verse 2:
Em C
Is it a mean streak? A desolation sound
D Em
A copy of desire, oh nothing's that far down
Em C
A mean streak on a western swing
D Em C
On TV saying the damnedest things
🎸 Chorus:
C
A meanstreak, you'd swear, you'd swear
Em
We'd never seen a stranger round here
C
It's the way the dust clings to the air
G Em G Em
After a stranger's been there
G Em G Em
You'd swear, you'd swear
🎸 Interlude:
Em C D Em
Was that you there?
🎸 Verse 3:
Em C
Is it a mean streak? To a certain degree
D Em
You come whistling down the crookedest street
C
A mean streak in the ghost state
D Em C
Between the certain and the hesitating
🎸 Chorus:
C
A meanstreak, you'd swear, you'd swear
Em
We never seen a stranger round here
C
It's the way the dust clings to the air
G Em G Em
After a stranger's been here
G Em G Em
You'd swear, you'd swear
🎸 Bridge 1:
C
Was that you there?
Em
That was you there
C
Was that you there?
G Em G Em
That was you there
🎸 Interlude:
G Em G Em
🎸 Bridge 2:
F# C
The shh-shh sound of the bottoms of their boots
Em
On the tops of the grass
C Em
As their haywagon rolled past
🎸 Outro:
G Em G Em
And I'd swear, I'd swear
G Em G Em
The way the dust clings to the air
G Em G Em G Em
After the stranger's been here
G Em
I'd swear, I'd swear
C Em G Em
That that was you there
Em C D Em x8 Published:
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