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