Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

Does your mother tell you things

 Long, long when I'm gone

 Who you talking to

 Is she telling you I'm the one

 It's a grave mistake

 And I'm wide awake

Drive-in's rained out

 Weatherman wet fingers the sky

He pokes it out

 He pulls it in

 He don't know why

 It's the same mistake

 Chorus It's been a long time running

  It's been a long time coming

  It's well worth the wait

We don't go anywhere

Just on trips

We haven't seen a thing

 We still don't know where it is

 It's a safe mistake

  It's been a long time running

  It's been a long time coming

Well, well it's all the same mistake

 Dead to rights and wide awake

 I'll drop a caribou

 I'll tell on you

 I'll tell on you

You got a boat load of nerve

 But I would say you've been told

 You work me against my friends

 And you'll get left out in the cold

 It's the same mistake

Chorus

This is the first time I post something here, so all comments are

welcome. I know this song only from a Dutch radio-show where all kind

of bands come and play, sort of semi-unplugged, so it's maybe a little

different from the original (which I don't really know). This song

also appears on a CD of this radio-show: 2 Meter Sessies, Vol. 3.

(Radio Records VCD 474724 2, distribution by Sony). On these CD's

(Vol. 5 is out now) are a lot of famous bands, playing

very-good-to-play-yourself-acousticly versions of well- or less

well-known songs. I'm planning to post a few more if it's appreciated,

let me know.

Long time running - Tragically Hip

Does you mother tell you things?

 Long, long when I'm gone?

 Who you talking to?

 Is she telling you I'm the one?

 It's a grave mistake and I'm wide awake.

Drive-in's rained out

Weatherman wet-fingers the sky

He pokes it out, he pulls it in

He don't know why

It's the same mistake

 It's been a lo - - ng time running

 It's been a lo - - ng time coming

 It's well worth the wait

We don't go anywhere

Just on trips

We haven't seen a thing

We still don't know where it is

It's a safe mistake

It's been a long time running

It's been a long time coming

Well, well it's all the same mistake

 Dead to rights and wide awake

 I'll drop a caribou, I'll tell on you

 I'll tell on you, I'll tell on you

You've got a boatload of nerve

But I would say you've been told

You work me against my friends

And you'll get left out in the cold

It's the same mistake