The Canadian Crisis Song

D
Often on the weekend, I'll jump in my car
A
I won't fill up the tank although I'm going far
    G           C              A          D
And if somebody asks me if I'm going to a bar
   A                                            D
I'll say I'm shopping 'cross the border in the USA
D
I don't go down there to buy my groceries
A
I respect our farmers and our factories
   G                  C                A        D
I don't believe that "local" means it's poor in quality
A                                      D
It's just our goddamn prices are too high

[Chorus]

      C            Em       D         A
(Cause if you stay away for just two days)
D                              A
You'll get one hundred dollars duty-free
    C          Em        D         A
If it adds to more I won't claim it for
    D                                     A
(He won't declare the products if they're in his trunk)
    D                                     A
(He won't declare the products if they're in his trunk)

[Verse]

D
Although it is Canada that I call home
A
I don't cheer for the Yankees when I'm in the Dome
  G                 C                 A     D
I didn't swell with pride during the Desert Storm
A                                      D
It's just that I don't want to pay the tax
A                                       D
(It's just that he's too cheap to pay the tax)

[Chorus]

           C         Em          A      D
(Yes, it's just like this, he's a loyalist)
D                                    A
I'll only shop at malls that fly our flag
           C        Em          A          D
(And he'll tell Bob Rae that he just won't pay)
  C           Em         A        D
Unless I need my unemployment benefits
       D                     A
(Get a job, get a job, get a job)

[Verse]

D
Now everyone is doing the same thing as me
A
They're doing what they can to beat the GST
        G             C            A       D
They're lining up for miles at the Duty-Free
     A                            D
So I bought a JC Penny's store in Buffalo
     A                         D
(So everybody come on down to Buffalo)

[Chorus]

      C            Em       D         A
(Cause if you stay away for just two days)
D                              A
You'll get one hundred dollars duty-free
       C          Em        D         A
Though it's not at par it'll still go far
    D                              A
And it ends up in the pockets of a countryman
    D                            A
(It ends up in the pockets of a countryman)