Summer Wages

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[Verse 1:]
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Never hit 17, when you play against the dealer
          D             Bm                   A
Cause you know That the odds won't ride with you
          D                                G
And never leave your women alone when your friends are out to steal her
             D           Bm               A    D
She might be gambled and gone like summer wages


[Verse 2:]
                               G
And we'll keep rolling on till we get to Vancouver
          D           Bm                A
Cause the lady that I love she's living there
         D                       G
And it's been six long months or more since I've seen her
             D           Bm               A    D
She might be gambled and gone like summer wages


[Chorus:]

   A                        G             D
In all the beer parlors all down the long main street
              Bm         G                   A
Dreams of the season are spilled down on the floor
                          G              D
Big stands of timber wait there just for falling
                     Bm            G              A
The Hookers standing watch for me, waiting by the door


[Verse 3:]

     D                         G
So I work on them toes with my slippery city shoes
         D             Bm            A
Though I swore I would never do that again
            D                                 G
Through the great fog bound streets where the sea stands awaiting
        D           Bm               A    D
I'll be far off and gone like summer wages


[Instrumental:]

D   G   D   Bm   A      D   G   D   Bm   A     D


[Chorus:]


[Verse: 4:]

      D                G
Never hit 17, when you play against the dealer
          D             Bm                   A
Cause you know That the odds won't ride with you
      D                                G
Never leave your women alone when your friends are out to steal her
             D           Bm               A    D
She might be gambled and gone like summer wages
                              Bm               A    D    G  D
And the years are gambled and lost like summer wages