Battlefords

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[Verse 1]
G                             Amadd9
Another summer wasted in the Battlefords
     Cmaj7
On a banana seat bike
       G
With a hockey card in the spokes
G                                                         Amadd9
A friend of ours who's dad stopped his car by to say that "he better get home"
                            Cmaj7
He said "you're gonna get a beating,
                     G
You're gonna get the beating of your life"

[Pre-chorus]
D          Em              D/F#           Cmaj7
Whoo-oo-ah  Nutrasweet and Fresca and Pop Shoppe
Cmaj7                                    Am7
And all the best of what a baby sitter could afford
     Em                        Cmaj7
With enough negotiation and freckled smile

[Verse 2]
G                                 Amadd9
Another summer wasted here in the Battlefords
                Cmaj7
Our dust coated freezie stained lips
     G
And lawn darts in the yard
G                                                                      Amadd9
And the richest guy in town drives his new Lincoln drunk    on the old dusty streets
            Cmaj7
Balancing a snifter of gin
       G
On the edge of his knee

[Pre-chorus]
D        Em             D/F#            Cmaj7
Whoo-oo  Rocky road and tiger tail and bubble gum
Cmaj7                                           Am7
And all the rest of them that a baby sitter could afford
         Em                         Cmaj7
With the right negotiation and freckled smile

[Chorus]
G                                         Bm
  They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
Bm                                C
That's why we're all wearing braces
          G
And dirty fingernails  ah-aaah
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Amadd9              Cmaj7
  That a good akela wouldn't approve of
G                                Bm
  Not another broken arm in this heat
Bm                                         C
He fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
           G
We weren't invincible  ah-aa oh
Amadd9                       Cmaj7
   And the sensei said he'll sit out the tournament

[Verse 3]
G                                 Amadd9
Another summer wasted here in the Battlefords
               Cmaj7
Dad shakes his head at the car
             G
That's been sitting on blocks for years
G                                                               Amadd9
And the weird kid who smoked two cigarettes playing Bingo, then his mom came to his rescue
                  Cmaj7
She stood up and chided everyone   with her finger outstretched
       G
Saying "you're not the boss of him"

[Pre-chorus]
D        Em             D/F#                Cmaj7
Whoo aw  Ring pops,     banana runts, Popeye cigarettes
Cmaj7                                              Am7
And everything that's best that a babysitter could afford
         Em                         Cmaj7
With the right negotiation and a freckled smile

[Chorus]
G                                         Bm
  They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
Bm                                C
That's why we're all wearing braces
          G
And dirty fingernails  ah-aaah
Amadd9              Cmaj7
  That a good akela wouldn't approve of
G                                Bm
  Not another broken arm in this heat
Bm                                         C
He fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
           G
We weren't invincible  ah-aa oh
Amadd9                       Cmaj7
   And the sensei said he'll sit out the tournament

[Bridge]
Em
Nobody really asked for this
D/F#
Nobody really asked for this noooo
Cmaj7
Nobody  asked for this no
Cmaj7
Nobody really asked for this noooo
Am7
Nobody  asked for this noo
Em
Nobody really asked for this noooo
Cmaj7
The sensei said he'll sit out the tournament
Em
Nobody really asked for this
D/F#
Nobody asked for this noooo
Cmaj7
Nobody really asked for this no
Cmaj7
Nobody really asked for this noooo
Am7
Nobody  asked for this noo
Em
Nobody really asked for this noooo
Cmaj7
The sensei said he'll sit out the tournament

[Verse 4]
G                                       Amadd9
Another summer wasted here in the Battlefords
                  Cmaj7
Your mom says to go get outside
               G
And don't come back till it's dark

[Chorus]
G                                         Bm
  They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
Bm                                C
That's why we're all wearing braces
          G
And dirty fingernails  ah-aaah
Amadd9              Cmaj7
  That a good akela wouldn't approve of
G                                Bm
  Not another broken arm in this heat
Bm                                         C
He fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
           G
We weren't invincible  ah-aa oh
Amadd9                       Cmaj7
   And the sensei said he'll sit out the tournament