DESCRIPTION:
Smokin Joe wrote this song on the long run from Wabowden to Winnipeg on Highway 6 which cuts through the heart of Manitoba. A loop dancer will often appear at a festive occasion dressed in traditional First Nations clothing and will spin loops around arms, legs and body while dancing to a rhythmic beat. The image was too powerful to escape Joe's lyrics. Wabowden is a Metis community. Some claim the girl is real but Smokin Joe cagily responds "I'm married and that's the way it is!"

Metis Girl (Give It a Whirl)
Drummer -- 05 Pattern -- 137 Tempo


(D) (Gmaj) (Csus9) (D) 2X
(D) Headin down (Gmaj) Highway One
(Csus9) Winnipeg from Edmon(D)ton
Chasin' that (Csus9) gorgeous girl who's
(Gmaj) More (Csus9) than just a (D) friend

I'm going down to (Gmaj) Portage and Main
(Csus9) Buy me some peace of (D) mind
She'll call up all of her (Csus9) crazy friends
(Gmaj) Have us a (Csus9) real good (D) time

Chorus 2X
(A7) Give it a whirl
Give it a whirl
I'm gonna (Gmaj) get me that Metis (D) Girl
(D) (Gmaj) (Csus9) (D) 2X

When I got to (Gmaj) Winnipeg
And the (Csus9) CN Rail Way (D) Line
She'd bought a fare on the (Csus9) 5:15
(Gmaj) Long gone (Csus9) for Grosse (D) Isle

Imagin'er dancing at a (Gmaj) powwow there
In a (Csus9) beaded buckskin (D) thing
Spinnin' round her (Csus9) arms and legs
(Gmaj) Sparkling (Csus9) shiny (D) rings

Chorus 2X
(D) (Gmaj) (Csus9) (D)
(F) (F) (D) (D) 2X

Bridge
(F) That blue eyed beauty's mama was a blood (D) Cree
(F) She's the one for me for eterni(D)ty

Final Chorus 4X
I (A7) gave it a whirl
Gave it a whirl
And I (Gmaj) got me that Metis (D) Girl
(D) (Gmaj) (Csus9) (D) 2X


© 2009 Joe Wiseman SOCAN

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