{t:Summer Wages} {st:Ian Tyson} 󴈿:Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer 󴈿:You [C]know that the [Am]odds won't ride with [G]you Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer You [C]know that the [Am]odds won't ride with [G]you Never [C]leave your woman alone when your [F]friends are out to steal her Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone Like summer [G]wages [C] And we'll keep rollin’ on till we [F]get to Vancouver And the [C]woman that I [Am]love whose living [G]there It’s been [C]six long months and [F]more since I've seen her Maybe [C]gambled and [Am]gone Like summer [G]wages [C] {soc} In [G]all the beer parlors All [F]down along [C]Main Street The dreams of the [Am]seasons Are all [F]spilled down on the floor [G] All the [G]big stands of timber Just [F]waiting for [C]falling And the hookers standing [Am]watchfully [F]Waiting by the door [G] {eoc} So I’ll [C]work on the towboats with my [F]slippery city shoes Which I [C]swore I would [Am]never do [G]again Through the [C]great fog bound straights where the [F]cedars stand watching I'll be [C]far off and [Am]gone Like summer [G]wages [C] {soc} In [G]all the beer parlors All [F]down along [C]Main Street The dreams of the [Am]seasons Are all [F]spilled down on the floor [G] All the [G]big stands of timber Just [F]waiting for [C]falling And the hookers standing [Am]watchfully [F]Waiting by the door [G] {eoc} Never [C]hit seventeen when you [F]play against the dealer You [C]know that the [Am]odds won’t ride with [G]you Never [C]leave your woman alone when your [F]friends are out to steal her Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone Like summer [G]wages [C] Years are [C]gambled and [Am]gone Like summer [G]wages [C] {t:Summer Wages} #~~~ChordPro Verson UPDATED May 31, 2015 CEL~~~