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