Summer Wages

{title: Summer Wages}
{subtitle: Ian Tyson}
{key: C}

{ci: Intro}
Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer
You [C]know that the [Am]odds won't ride with [G]you

{ci: Verse 1}
Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer
You [C]know that the [Am]odds won't ride with [G]you
Never [C]leave your woman alone when your [F]friends are out to steal her
Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone like summer [G]wages [C]

{ci: Verse 2}
And we'll keep rollin' on till we [F]get to Vancouver
And the [C]woman that I [Am]love whose living [G]there
It's been [C]six long months and [F]more since I've seen her
Maybe [C]gambled and [Am]gone like summer [G]wages [C]

{ci: Chorus}
In [G]all the beer parlors
All [F]down along [C]Main Street
The dreams of the [Am]seasons
Are all [F]spilled down on the floor [G]
All the [G]big stands of timber
Just [F]waiting for [C]falling
And the hookers standing [Am]watchfully
[F]Waiting by the door [G]

{ci: Verse 3}
So I'll [C]work on the towboats with my [F]slippery city shoes
Which I [C]swore I would [Am]never do [G]again
Through the [C]great fog bound straits where the [F]cedars stand watching
I'll be [C]far off and [Am]gone like summer [G]wages [C]

{ci: Chorus}
In [G]all the beer parlors
All [F]down along [C]Main Street
The dreams of the [Am]seasons
Are all [F]spilled down on the floor [G]
All the [G]big stands of timber
Just [F]waiting for [C]falling
And the hookers standing [Am]watchfully
[F]Waiting by the door [G]

{ci: Verse 1}
Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer
You [C]know that the [Am]odds won't ride with [G]you
Never [C]leave your woman alone when your [F]friends are out to steal her
Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone like summer [G]wages [C]

{ci: Outro}
Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone like summer [G]wages [C]