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