Long Gone To Saskatchewan

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Well I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan
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Where the gettin's good if you're 
gettin' gone
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I'm gonna put my boots and my hat 
back on.
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Cause I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan

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Well it's a hell of a battle to try 
to raise cattle
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In the prettiest place on the hoof
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Oil refiners and lot sub-dividers
Got land prices right through the 
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roof

They got value's distorted and my 
brow's all contorted
With the words that the banker just 
wrote
Me and the missus, we love the cow 
business
Took jobs just to keep us afloat

The old lady's a waitress in three 
different places
And still can't afford her own car
I've been drivin' grader, I'm a 
smooth operator
Wonderin' where all the gravel roads
 are

I like Alberta, but dang ain't ya 
hearda
How much it can cost to buy oats?
I'll always love her and think 
kindly of her
But I got no money left over for 
smokes

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Well I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan
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Where the gettin's good if you're 
gettin' gone
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I'm gonna put my boots and my hat 
back on
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Adios, goodbye, farewell, so long
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I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan

She's a little bit flatter but the 
cows are as fatter
So I think I'm gonna get me a tent
Cuz I can buy up an acre beside a 
nice lake here
For what it costs me at home to just
 rent

Sure, the winters are tough and 
roads get rough
And we might have to feed a bit more
And it's further to ship'em, but 
damned if it isn't
Good cow country this, that's for 
sure

I can miss my foothills here and 
still drink my pilsner
And bitch and complain and surmise
About missin' the mountain, buy hey,
 look, who's countin'
My place here is five times the size

Well I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
Long gone to Saskatchewan
Where the gettin's good if your 
gettin' gone
I'm gonna put my boots and my hat 
back on
Adios, goodbye, farewell, so long
I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
Long gone to Saskatchewan

Solo (Play chorus chords)

Now i gotta give honours to Stompin'
 Tom Connors
For "Roll on Saskatchewan" first
And Hus put his toque on in "Long 
Gone to the Yukon"
I figured he owed us a verse

But I've been comin' out bringin' my
 t-shirts and singin'
To my good eastern neighbours so 
long
And you put up with dumb jokes about
 your province and so I figured hey,
 I owed you a song.

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Well I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan
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Where the gettin's good if you're 
gettin' gone
          B7
I'm gonna put my boots and my hat 
back on
Raise my cows like my grand daddy 
done
Where the birch trees grow and the 
sharp tail roam
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Adios, goodbye, farewell, so long
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I'm long gone to Saskatchewan
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Long gone to Saskatchewan

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Long gone
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Long gone
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Long gone to Saskatchewan