Summer Wages

G C G G/F# Em D7 G G C Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer G Em D For you know that the odds won't ride with you G C And never leave your woman alone, when your friends are out to steal her G D G She'll be gambled and gone like summer wages G G7 C And we'll keep rollin on, 'til we get to Vancouver G Em D And the lady that I love, she's living there G C It's been six long months and more since I've seen her G D G She may be gambled and gone, like summer wages D C G In all the beer parlors, down around main street G G/F# Em C G The dreams of the seasons, get all spilled down on the floor D C G All the big stands of timber, waiting for the falling G Em C D And the hookers standing watchfully , waiting by the door G C So I'll work on the towboats, with my slippery city shoes G Em D Which lord I swore I would never do that again G C Through the gray fog bound straits, where the cedars stand a watching G D G I'll be far off and gone like summer wages G C G G/F# Em D7 G C G D G D C G In all the beer parlors, down around main street G G/F# Em C G The dreams of the seasons, get all spilled down on the floor D C G All the big stands of timber, waiting for the falling G Em C D And the hookers standing watchfully , waiting by the door G C Never hit seventeen when you play against the dealer G Em D For you know that the odds won't ride with you G C And never leave your woman alone, when your friends are out to steal her G D G She'll be gambled and gone like summer wages C G Em D G Years are gambled and gone like summer wages