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 =====Family Happiness=====
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-Heavy strumming on top, pursue with power great gusto and passion! The rhythm comes from the vocals. I think I made up a couple chords because I couldn't find the ones I wanted anywhere.
+Heavy strumming on top, pursue with power great gusto and passion!
-C/A x00010
+E        022100
-E/F# x22102
+G6       320000
+Em11/F#  200000
+C        x32010
+Cadd9/B  x20010
+Cadd9/A  x00010
+D        x00232
+A#       x1333x
+A        x02220
-cheers,
+Here is the E riff. It's marked in the tab as "E*"
-J. Anderson
+e--0--3--2--0--2--0--0
+B--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
+G--1--1--1--1--1--1--0
+D--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
+A--2--2--2--2--2--2--0
+E--0--0--0--0--0--0--0
+Intro:
+E G6 Em11/F# (open) E
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
-E                    G   G/F#     E
+E                   G6   Em11/F#  E
 as we cruised across the Canadian border
-E                                           G     G/F#     E
+                                            G6    Em11/F#  E
 you reached into your handbag, pulled out a micro-cassette recorder,
-E
 started quoting Tolstoy into the machine,
-      G    G/F#        E
+     G6   Em11/F#      E
 i had no idea what you meant.
 i guess i'm supposed to figure these things out,
-   G            G/F#         E
+   G6           Em11/F#      E
 or maybe it's supposed to be self-evident.
-         C    Cadd2/B
+              C    Cadd9/B
 but i've gone feral,
-    C/A           G     G/F#      E
+    Cadd9/A           G6  Em11/F#-E*
 and i don't speak the language anymore.
-C            Cadd2/B       C/A    G   G/F#    E
+C            Cadd9/B       Cadd9/A  G6  Em11/F#   E
 we're headed deep into the forest,
 i've got the pedal to the floor.
-                     D                          E            D
+                           D                   E             D
 the engine shudders, like a dying man, when you reach out to grab my hand,
 A#                         A
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 you can't make me go to war.
-(Heavy strumming in double time!)
+E* E*
-E – E/F# - E – E/F# - E
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
-G – G/F# - (open E) - E
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
-E – E/F# - E – E/F# - E
+E                              G6       Em11/F#       E*
-G – G/F# - (open E) - E
+long winding Canadian highways, innumerable evergreens.
+E
-(repeat)
-long winding Canadian highways,
-innumerable evergreens.
 weather forecast on the AM radio
+           G6           Em11/F#     E
 says we'll be expecting highs in the low teens
-when i mouth my silent curses at you,
+                                     G6
+when i mouth my silent curses at you,
+Em11/F#     E
 i can see my breath.
+                                             G6
 i hope the stars don't even come out tonight.
+      Em11/F#        E
 i hope we both freeze to death.
-look at the person i've turned into, tell me,
+C           Cadd9/B     Cadd9/A      G6                  Em11/F#  E*
-how do you like him now?
+look at the person i've turned into, tell me, how do you like him now?
+C            Cadd9/B        Cadd9/A   G6    Em11/F#-E*
 no standards of any kind to break, no creeds to disavow
+E                         D
 i am right here where you want me
+E                      D
 do what you brought me out here for.
+        A#            A
 you can arm me to the teeth.
+(muted strumming)       E
 you can't make me go to war.
+E* E*
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
+E* E*
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
+E* E*
+G6 Em11/F# (open) E
+End with string breaking power!
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