The Tragically Hip

Gus The Polar Bear From Central Park

The Tragically Hip


Tom: Em

Em
   What's troubling Gus, you sound demented
                                          A
Is it because someone talked and she told me

He no longer thinks anything that moves and
Em                                             C
   Everything he sees is something to kill and eat


[Chorus 1]
       G           Em      
What's troubling Gus, is it nothing goes quiet
C               G          A   
  The whip-poor-will at dusk


[Verse 2]
Em
   What's troubling Gus, overhearing conversations
                                            A
That it's because you're too either them or me
 
When it's either them or it's us, anything that moves and
Em                                             C
   Everything you see is something to kill and eat


[Chorus 2]
       G           Em      
What's troubling Gus, is it nothing goes quiet
C                G               Em                         C
  Is that what's troubling you Gus, the mere mention of the name
        G       Em
Used to be enough to make every bird stop singing
C                G                A                  Em
  Is that what's troubling you Gus, no one is afraid


[Solo]
Em


[Chorus 3]
C        G           Em      
  What's troubling Gus, is it nothing goes quiet
C                G               Em                         C
  Is that what's troubling you Gus, the mere mention of the name
        G       Em
Used to be enough to make every bird stop singing
C               G          A                       Em
  The whip-poor-will at dusk, tells you no one is afraid
           A                    Em
No one is afraid enough, is it afraid
          A                         
Or is it afraid enough, troubling Gus


[Outro]
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