Lake Fever by The Tragically Hip
Tabbed by Steve Fissel
sfissel@shaw.ca

Here's my take on this
beautiful track off the forthcoming album Music@Work.  Of course,
since the album hasn't been released yet all the lyrics you find in
here are guesses.

Standard Tuning (E A D G B E) Capo II

Intro Riff
|-----------------------------|
|------------------0----------|
|----------------2------------|
|----2---------0---------2-2--|
|--------------------4--------|
|-0---------------------------|

   "We can take a bit of a breather"
|---0-------------------------------|
|---0-------------------------------|
|---4--------(1)(2)-2---------------|
|---2-------------------------------|
|---2-------------------------------|
|-0---------------------------------|

    "We can skip to the practical part"
|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0---------0---0---0-----0-0-0-----|
|-4-4---------4---4---4-----4-4-4-----|
|-2-2---------2---2---2-----2-2-2-----|
|-2-2---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|

    "We can skip to the time of neither"
|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------0---|
|-2---2-2-2---2-2-2---2-2-2-2---|
|-4---4-2-4---4-2-4---4-2-4-4---|
|-5---5-5-5---5-5-5---5-5-5-----|
|-------------------------------|

   "When we're together even when we're apart"
|--------------------------------------0----|
|--------------------------------------0----|
|---4-------------------------------4--4----|
|---2-------------------------------2-------|
|-2-2-------------------------------2-------|
|-0-0---------------------------------------|

E5
Tell you a story about the Lake Fever
A5
We can skip to the coital fury
B5
You didn't say yes or no or neither
A5             E5
You whispered, "Hurry"
A5
"Hurry"
B5
"Hurry"
A5
"Hurry"

[Main Riff]
E5             Dsus6 A/C#
|----0------------------------|
|----0-------------0----------|
|----4-----------2---------2--|
|----2---------0---------2----|
|--------------------4--------|
|-0---------------------------|

E5
We can take it a little bit further
E5
We can stick to the after effects part
D
Not trying to make you a believer
E5
Don't want a little piece of your heart
E5
Just telling you a story about the Lake Fever
A5
Or we can skip to a neutral fury
B5
You didn't say yes or no or neither
A5
You whispered
E5
Hurry (Wanna be nobody without you)
A5
Hurry (Wanna be a flag that's never done)
B5
Hurry (Wanna shake your faith in aviation)
A5
Hurry (Wanna break the hearts of everyone)

 
E5             D5         A/C#
Wanna be your weeds and screen doors
E5             D5         A/C#
Wanna be your stars of algonquin
E5             D5         A/C#
Wanna be your roaring floorboards
E5               D5         A/C#
Wanna break the hearts of everyone

E5

      A5
Cause discontent till they cease 
      B
in their investigation, bring back 
      A
the days of dance it's innocent 
      B
    time well spent and we're talking in whispers again

[Main Riff]
Until we're talking in whispers again (repeat lots)

Chords:
E5   0 2 2 4 5 0
D    x 5 4 2 x x
D5   x 0 0 2 3 x
A5   x 0 2 2 x x
B5   x 2 4 4 x x
A/C# x 4 2 2 x 0

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