C                    Em              
wake up, raise the curtains
F                    C
on your deep provincial eyes
F                       C
speak out, for i am certain
F         
that it's no disguise
C                     Em
'cause soldiers stopping traffic
F                       C
couldn't keep these wheels at bay
F                       C
their guns smoked and the sun broke
F
and we hauled away
 
C                       Em
and did you get my message
F                       C
on the peoples' radio?
F                       C
i wrote it in alberta
F
across the prairie spine
C                       Em
and "i'd rather jump the border
F                       C
than trail from east to west."
F                       C
then get the booking agent
F
to find another band
 
C                       Em
and mothers of the country
F                       C
take two flags and make a sail
F                       C
we'll sail the big dominion
F
this song is falling...
 
D
i built my rocket in a shed
                        A
i'm gonna launch it at the sun
                        D
i'm gonna launch it from my pad
F
oh - could i get this?
C       G       C
it's my northern wish.
 
C                       Em
meanwhile in the forest
F                       C
in a parliament of trees
F                       C
the ink will crack and dry all up
F
but the compass will swing, any-way
C                       Em
and we don't need mathematics
F                       C
we don't need submarines
F                       C
to tell how far that the land does go
F
until it hits the shore
 
C                       Em
and mothers of the country
F                       C
take two flags and make a sail
F                       C
we'll sail the big dominion
F
this song is falling
 
D
i built my rocket in a shed
                        A
i'm gonna launch it at the sun
                        D
i'm gonna launch it from my pad
F
oh - could i get this?
C       G       C
it's my northern wish.
 
C                       Em
wake up, raise the curtains
F                       C
on your deep provincial eyes
F                       C
speak out for i am certain
F                       C
this song is over
 
 
*****
 
the Go7 version adds a G chord between verses:
F                       G
and we hauled away...
C                       Em
and mothers of the country... etc.