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