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