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