The Tragically Hip - Nuclear Bbq

      This is an unreleased track from The Hip's 1986 demo recorded by Ken Greer. I'd encourage you to
look the demo up on YouTube for reference, as there are parts I'm not sure of the lyrics.
Any suggestions would be welcome.

[Intro]
Em Dsus2 x4

[Verse 1]
Em          D
He asked me where I'm at
     G             C
It's down a block around the back
Em       D
Summer's head been cracked
    G                   C
But truth be known, I'm wild like that

Em     D
On any other day
Em           D
We'd prob'ly turn away
C                          D
We made the call, we never take the rap

Em Dsus2 x4

[Verse 2]
Em          D
and all the time I lost
   G             C
to find a cure I paid the cost
Em          D
I climbed a castle wall
  G               C
despite my fear I fought it all

Em         D
I've taken this and that
Em    D
Been around and back
C                           D
Making out like things were really tough
C                     D
Never knowing when to say "enough"

[Chorus]
G              C       D
Welcome to the Nuclear BBQ
G                 C               D
Welcome those who can't afford to wait
         G               C              D
Where we always done the things that we wanted to
          C           G                 D
Well it's easy on the north side of the lake

Em    D
Mason Scott come back
   G                  C
He done some time but beat the rap
Em       D
Tried to take him back
     G               C
from Mason's mom and her friend Jack

Em             D
Even though we prayed
Em          D
He'd always go away
C                        D
His mother said that his kind was trash
C                       D
I never will forget the way he laughed

[Chorus]
G              C       D
Welcome to the Nuclear BBQ
G                 C               D
Welcome those who can't afford to wait
         G               C              D
Where we always done the things that we wanted to
          C           G                 D
Well it's easy on the north side of the lake

[Bridge]
C                        G
Feeling young and living fast
                      Am
Never think about the past
                         Em
Never learned to make it last

C                          G
Broken lines and sleepless nights
                           Am
Neon lights that cures all bites
                              D
Start out wrong, can't get it right

[Solo]
Em Dsus2 x4

[Verse 3]
Em        D
Someone's got to lose
   G             C
to some degrees, some pay the dues
Em     D
Madman slipped the noose
    G                  C
The meek stay home and watch the news

Em      D
Another man in black
Em      D
Another heart attack
C                          D
We hang on hope but wonder what's the use
C                             D
It seems that some just never get to choose

[Chorus]
G              C       D
Welcome to the Nuclear BBQ
G                 C               D
Welcome those who can't afford to wait
         G               C              D
Here we've always done the things that we wanted to
          C           G                 D
Well it's easy on the north side of the lake

And I said
G              C       D
Welcome to the Nuclear BBQ
G                 C               D
Welcome those who can't afford to wait
         G               C              D
Here we've always done the things that we wanted to
          C           G                 D
Well it's easy on the north side of the lake

        C           G                 D
It's so easy on the north side of the lake
        C           G                 D
So damn easy on the north side of the lake

[Outro]
Em Dsus2