Summer Wages

Intro: D 

verse 1: 
                       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 
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 


   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