Summer Wages Chords by Tony Rice

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[D] _ _ [A] _ Never hit seventeen [D] when you play against the [A] dealer, for you know [F#m] that the odds won't [E] ride with you.
[A] _ And never leave your woman [Am] alone [F#m] when your friends are [Dm] out to steal her, [A] and yours are gambled [F#m] and lost [E] like summer [A] wages. _
_ [D] [A] And we'll keep rolling on, [D] till we get to Vancouver, [A] and the woman [F#m] that I love is [E] living there. _
[A] It's been six long [E] months [D] and more since I've seen her, [A] she may be [F#m] gambled and gone [E] like summer [A] wages. _ _
[E] And all the beer [Bm] taverns all down [A] upon the Yonge Street, the dreams of the season [D] are all still down [A] on the floor.
[E] All the big stands are [D] tethered, just waiting [A] for a call to [F#m] me, and the hustlers [A] sit and watch for [Bm] me as they [A] wait there [E] by the door.
[A] _ Saw work on them towboats [D] in my slippery city shoes, [A] which I swore [F#m] I would never [E] do again.
Through [A] the grey fog bound [D] straight, where the cedars stand watching, [A] and I'll be far [F#m] off and gone [E] like summer _ [A] wages.
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Well she's a woman so fine, [D] I may never try to find [A] her, for good memories [F#m] are what we [E] had before.
For [A] they should never be changed, [D] for they're all that I'll take with me, [A] now I'm [E] gambled and lost like summer _
[A] wages.
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_ Yes I'm [F#m] gambled and lost like summer [E] _ [A] wages. _ _
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