Summer Wages Chords by Ian Tyson

_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
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_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _
_ _ _ [F#] _ _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Never hit _ seventeen
_ _ [E] When you play against the dealer
You [B] know that [G#m] they are alright [F#] with you
_ _ _ _ [B] Never leave your woman alone
With [E] your friends around to steal her
[B] She'll be gamblin' [G#m] gone
Like [F#] summer rain
_ [B] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ And we'll keep rollin' on
[E] Until we get to Vancouver
[C#m] _ [B] And the lady that [G#m] I love
She's [F#] livin' there
_ _ _ And it's been [B] six _ _ months _ [E] and more
Since I've seen her
Maybe [B]
she's gamblin' [G#m] gone
Like [F#] summer rain [B] in Egypt _ _ _ _ _
[F#] In North America
_ _ [E] All _ down [B] on Main Street
The dreams of [D#m] the season
It [E] all slid down [F#] on [B] the floor
_ [F#] Of the big stand of timber
_ [E] The weight man [B] took the fallin'
_ Of her _ [D#m] standin' watchin'
_ [E] _ Waitin' by [F#] the door _ _
_ No [B] work on the towboats
[E] With my slippery steady shoe
Lord [B] I swore _ [G#m] I would never do that [F#] again _
To _ _ [B] the great fog-bound streets
[E] Where the cedars stand a-waitin'
I'll [B] be far off [G#m] and on
_ [F#] Summer _ _ _ [B] wages _
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_ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [G#m] _ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ _ [F#] In North America _
All [E] _ _ down [B] on Main Street
The dreams of [D#m] the season
It [E] all spilled down [F#] on [B] the floor
[F#] Of the big stand of timber
_ [E] The weight man took [B] the fallin'
Of her _ [D#m] waitin' watchin' _
_ [E] _ Standin' by [F#] the _ _ _ _ door [B] Every _ _ _ _ 17th
When you [E] play _ against the dealer
Boy [B] you know that [G#m] the odds won't ride [F#] with you _ _
_ And [B] never leave your woman alone
_ [E] With friends around to steal her
[B] She'll be _ gamblin' [G#m] gone
_ Like [F#] summer rain in [B] Egypt _ _ _ _
[E] And the [B] years are _ gamblin' [G#m] lost
Like [F#] summer rain in [B] Egypt _ _
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