Key: D major
Intro 1
C
G
F
C
Am
Em
Bm
C
Verse 1
my father’s brother
F
C
But he wished that he could be
Verse 2
C
Am
Dad Dad had brought him
C
Verse 3
family business
F
C
Building fences in the sun
Am
Em
And worked just like a man of twenty
Bm
C
Till the working day was done
Verse 4
evening
F
C
Sitting in lawn, chairs in the yard
Am
Em
Where they’d drink a toast to
Bm
Seagram’s
Seagram’s never went
Verse 5
Am
C
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
Verse 6
Em
D
C
Maybe this time you will win
Am
Em
Buy a trailer by the river
Bm
C
And you won’t have to work again
G
F
C
Am
Em
Bm
Verse 7
C
F
C
With a mattress on the floor
Am
Em
When one night I heard him crying
Bm
C
As I passed outside his door
Verse 8
F
C
Rita, darling, please don’t go
Em
you happy
Bm
C
I’ve done everything I know"
Verse 9
F
C
The tipping up and putting down
Am
Em
Heard the rustling of the covers
Verse 10
F
C
Standing sternly by his side
Am
Em
All the years of hanging in there
C
Verse 11
F
C
Have children of their own
Bm
C
living so alone
Verse 12
C
Am
C
We’ll get Don to make the coffee
Verse 13
Em
D
C
Maybe this time you will win
Am
Em
Buy a trailer by the river
Bm
C
And you won’t have to work again
Outro 1
Work again
G
F
C
Am
Em
Bm
C
G
F
C
Em
Am
Em
Bm
C
D
Dm
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