Chords for Ian Tyson & David Wilcox pt 4 Summer Wages

_ Have you done summer wages somewhere else in the documentary?
Well, there's that, or whatever you want to do.
[B] _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [F#] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ [F#] _ _ _ [G#] _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Never hit 17 when _ _ [E] you play against the dealer _ _ _
[B] For you know _ _ [G#m] the odds won't ride [F#] with you
_ Never _ _ _ [B] leave your woman alone when _ your [E] friends are out to steal her
But she'll be [B] gone _ _ _ [G#m]
like _ [F#] summer _ _ [B] wages
_ _ _ _ _ _ And we'll keep rolling on _ [C#] _ till [E] we get to _ Vancouver _
[B] And the lady [G#] that I [G#m] love, she's [F#] living there
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _
[B] Six long months _ _ _ [E] and more since I've seen her
[B] Maybe then, maybe [G#m] gone like _ [F#] summer _ wages
_ [B] Can you do the harmony?
Oh boy, I don't think so.
In the _ beer parlor, _ [E] down the [B] long main street
The dreams [D#m] of the season get all spilled out [B] on the floor
In [F#] the beach stands a timber, _ just waiting there [B] for a falling
_ The hookers standing [D#m] _ watchfully, [C#] _ waiting [F#] by the door
_ _ [C#] _ _
_ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
[C#] I [E] went to Nashville for a year, made a bunch of demos, [B] nothing happened
I [G#m] was starting to train cutting horses, _ [F#] down in Tennessee
I rode a lot of horses down there, and I'm learning the [B] trade, you know. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ Hi, [G#] _ I've [B] _ _ _ [G#m] _
been practicing in [F#] the bathroom.
_ _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ In [F#] the beer parlor, _ [E] down [B] the long main street
_ The dreams of [D#m] the season _ [G#] get all [E] spilled out [B] on the floor
In the [F#] beach _ stands a timber, _ just [E] waiting there [B] for a falling
The hookers [D#m] standing _ watchfully, [E] waiting [F#] by the door _ _ _ _
[B] Better get some seven-three _ [E] when you play, _ there's a dealer _
[B] calling on you
_ I'd been in [D#m] Nashville for about a year, [F#] and they jerked my green card
because I had a marijuana [B] possession conviction.
Sylvia and I had parted [E] amicably, _ and I came out to Alberta,
went down [B] to Pincher Creek and [G#] cowboyed there, and [F#] _ got out of music, basically.
I got out of it.
_ [B] And the [E] years are _ gambled, and they're [G#m] lost, and [F#] life's a _ waiting [B] dream.
[G#] _ _ [B] _ _ _