Our Retired Explorer Dines With Michael Foucault In Paris 1961 chords by The Weakerthans

Chords with lyrics

Standard tuning, capo on the first fret. All chords relative to capo.

E5E5 - x799xx
E/Eb - x699xx

Verse:

E MajorE
Just one more drink and then I
N.C.
should be on my way home.
N.C.
I'm not entirely sure
           E MajorE
what you're talking about.
            BB
I've had a really nice time,
  A augmentedA          E MajorE
but my dogs need to be fed.
               BB
I must say that in the right light,
   A augmentedA
you look like Shackelton.

Chorus:

E MajorE       BB
Comment allez-vous ce soir?
  A augmentedA         E MajorE
Je suis comme ci comme ca.
         BB
Yes, a penguin taught me French
   A augmentedA     E MajorE
back in Antarctica.

Verse:

E MajorE
Oh, I could show you the way
N.C.
shadows colonize snow.
N.C.
Ice breaking up on the bay
         E MajorE
off the Lassiter coast.
            BB
Light falling over the pole
  A augmentedA        E MajorE
as every longitude leads
            BB
up to your frostbitten feet.
A augmentedA
Oh, you're very sweet,

Chorus:

E MajorE         BB
thank you for the flowers
     A augmentedA      E MajorE
and the book by Derrida,
        BB        A augmentedA      E MajorE
but I must be getting back to dear Antarctica.

Bridge:

C# minorC#m              A augmentedA
......Say, do you have a ship,
           BB
and a dozen able men
                E MajorE
that maybe you could lend me?
       E MajorE
Oh, Antarctica
       E MajorE A augmentedA
Oh, Antarctica
       E MajorE A augmentedA
Oh, Antarctica ...... Oh, Antarctica

Outro:

E5E5 E/Eb C# minorC#m BB A augmentedA (x2)

E MajorE (x2)