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