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