Beaches Of Home

{name: Verse} D G D A When I Was A Young Lad Of Just Twenty-three Bm G D A The Alberta Oil Fields Called Out To Me D G D A The Promise Of Fortune Was Too Strong To Refuse Bm G D A So I Signed Up To Work On An Oil Drilling Crew D G D A I Traded My savings For A Train Ticket West Bm G D A And I Said Goodbye To The One That I Love Best5 D G D A An Oil Driller's Life Is Hard Work And Pain Bm G D A But Fortune Called As I Stepped Off The Train {name: Chorus} G A D And The Boys From Back East Kept Calling My Name G A D 'Till The Scenes In My Head Nearly Drove Me Insane G A D Bm The Great Rocky Mountains Just Can't Compare D A G To The Warm Sandy Beaches Of Home D G D A The First Month Went Quickly As I Learned The Trade Bm G A D If A Man Wants To Work, There's Money To Be Made D G D A The Promise Of Fortune Would Soon Bring Me Down Bm G A D With A Fistful Of Money I Hiked Into Town {name: Chorus} G A D And The Boys From Back East Kept Calling My Name G A D 'Till The Scenes In My Head Nearly Drove Me Insane G A D Bm The Great Rocky Mountains Just Can't Compare G A D To The Warm Sandy Beaches Of Home D G D A I Traded The Peice Of The Island's Red Clay Bm G A D For The Glamour And Pleasure Of Big City Ways D G D A New Cars, Fancy Places, And Fast Talking Girls Bm G A D Called Me To Be Part Of A Fast Moving World {name: Chorus} G A D And The Boys From Back East Kept Calling My Name G A D 'Till The Scenes In My Head Nearly Drove Me Insane G A D Bm The Great Rocky Mountains Just Can't Compare G A D To The Warm Sandy Beaches Of Home