Ian Tyson

Summer Wages(Chords)

Ian Tyson

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Intro:  C  F  C  G  C 
  
          C           C7                   F  
Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer,  
            C                  Am                         G  
For you know that the odds won't ride with you.  
           C                           C7                   F  
Never leave your woman alone with your friends around to steal her.  
              C                  Am                    G   C 
She'll be gambled and gone like summer wages.  

   
                C            C7                          F   
And we'll keep rollin' on till we get to Vancouver  
             C             Am                     G  
And the lady that I love, she's living there.   
              C           C7                                     F  
It's been six long months and more since I've seen her,  
                     C                Am                     G   C 
Maybe she's gambled and gone like summer wages.  

   
G7 F C In all the beer parlors all down along Main Street C Am F G The dreams of the season are all spilled out on the floor. G F C All the big stands of timber waitin' there just for fallin'. C Am F G And the hookers standin' watchfully, waitin' by the door.
C C7 F So I'll work on the tow boats with my slippery city shoes? C Am G Lord, I swore I would never do that again. C C7 F Through the gray fog-bound straits where the cedars stand watchin', C Am G C I'll be far off and gone like summer wages. F C Am And the years are gambled and lost G C G C Like summer wages

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