Summer Wages Chords by Ian & Sylvia

[E] _ [A] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F#m] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ [D]
Never hit _ _ seventeen when [G] you play against the dealer
Oh, [D] you know _ [Bm] that the odds won't ride [A] with you _ _ _ _
Never [D] leave your woman alone when [G] your friends are out to steal her
[D] Years are gambled and gone like summer _ _ wages _ _
_ _ _ And we'll keep _ rolling on till [G] we get to _ Vancouver
And [D] the woman that [Bm] I love who's [A] living _ there
_ _ It's [D] been six long months _ [G] and more since I've seen her
Maybe [D] _ gambled and gone like [A] summer _ _
_ [D] wages
_ _ In _
_ [A] _ all the beer _ parlors, [G] falls down on [D] Main Street
The dreams of [F#m] the seasons are [G] all still down on the [D] floor
[A] Off the big stand of timber, _ [G] just _ waiting for it [D] to fall in
And the hooker [Bm] standing watchfully, _ [G] waiting by [A] the door
_ _ [Em] So [D] I'll work on the towboats with [G] my slippery city shoes
Which [D] I swore I [Bm] would never do [A] _ again
_ _ _ Through [D] the grey fog-bound streets where [G] the cedars stand
Watching how [D] before all am gone [A] like summer _ _
_ [D] _ wages
_ _ In [G] _ [A] _ all the beer parlors, [G] falls down on [D] Main Street
The dreams of [F#m] the seasons are [G] all still down on [D] the floor
[G#] [A] Off the big stand of timber, _ [G] just waiting for it to [D] fall in
And the hooker standing [Bm] _ watchfully, _ [G] waiting by [A] the _ [G]
door
[F#m] _ [A] So never [D] hit _ seventeen _ when you [G] play _ against the dealer
For you [D] know _ that the [G] odds [Bm] won't ride [A] with you _
_ _ _ Never [D] leave your woman alone [G] when your friends are out to steal
Her years [D] are gambled and lost like summer [A] _ _ _
[D] wages
_ _ _ _ [G] Her years [D] are gambled and [G] lost like [A] summer _ _ [D] wages _ _
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