SONG: Problem Bears 
                  BAND: The Tragically Hip 
                  ALBUM: Unreleased (2002) 
                  TABBED BY: Ross Guertin (econobuzz@hotmail.com) 
                  TUNING: EADGBe 


                  Esus4 E Esus4 E 
                  Writing a song about Lake Memphramagog 
                  Esus4 E D A 
                  And tonight I don't believe 
                  Esus4 E Esus4 E 
                  There are words to spare and be a tip and a nod 
                  Esus4 E D 
                  Admitting it's half the defeat 

                  Esus4 E Esus4 E 
                  Tonight, the non-essential worker 
                  Esus4 E D A 
                  Is hunting the problem bears 
                  Esus4 E 
                  One sounds cornered 
                  Esus4 E 
                  And one can go no further 
                  Esus4 E D 
                  It all sounds like it's happening upstairs 

                  D E 
                  Do you hear that? 
                  A 
                  Like dry leaves a-stragglin' 
                  D A E 
                  Or a guard dog's claws on cement 
                  E A D 
                  Or an idea that's getting more determined 
                  D E A 
                  To get where it's get-ting 


                  This might be harder than keeping it simple, yeah 
                  This could be simpler than keeping it real 

                  Shakespeare, you're a drunken savage 
                  You're a sobering green-eyed Voltaire 
                  It almost sounds funny 
                  Like two tough-talking bullies 
                  Really going at it upstairs 

                  This might be harder than keeping it simple, yeah 
                  This could be simpler than keeping it real 

                  Tonight, the non-essential worker 
                  Takes on the green-eyed Voltaire 
                  It won't go further than sounding just like murder 
                  Then everything is quiet upstairs 

                  Now do you hear that? 
                  The song of Memphramagog 
                  The shh's of this gentle lament 
                  It's maybe a song that can't quite be determined 
                  Till it gets where it's getting