Chords for Greg Brown & Bill Morrissey - Summer Wages

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Never hit seventeen when [C] you play against a dealer,
[G] For you know [Em] the odds won't [D] ride with you.
_ [G] Never leave your woman alone when [C] your friends are out to steal her,
[G] Yes, I've gambled and lost [D] like summer [G] wages. _
And we'll keep rolling out [C] till we get to Vancouver
[G] And the one that [Em] I love is [D] living there.
_ It's [G] been six long months and [C] more since I've seen her,
[G] Made the gamble and gone like [D] summer wages.
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[D] In all of the beer [C] bars [G] down along Main Street,
[Em] The dreams of the season [C] are all [G] spilled out on the floor.
All [D] the big stands of timber [C] just waiting for the fall,
[Em] And the hookers waiting watchful as they sit [G] there [D] by the door.
So [G] I'll work on the toe bolts [C] in my slippery city shoes,
[G] Which I swore [Em] I'd never do [D] again.
Through [G] the grey, fault-bound streets where [C] the cedars stand waiting,
[G] I'll be far [Em] off and gone like [D] summer [G] wages. _ _
[D] In all of the beer [C] bars down [G] along Main Street,
[Em] The dreams of the season [C] are all spilled out on [G] the floor.
All [D] the big stands of timber just [C] waiting for the fall,
[Em] And the hookers waiting watchful as they sit [G] there by [D] the door. _
[G] Never hit seventeen [C] when you play against the [G] dealer,
For you know [Em] the odds won't ride [D] with you,
_ [G] Never leave your woman alone [C] when your friends are out to steal her.
[G] Years of gambling [Em] and lost like summer [G] wages. _ _
Years of gambling [Em] and lost like [D] summer wages.
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