Verse
D#
G# dually diesel pullin hard with a horse trailer in tow
Montana side of sweet grass and I'm headed home
G#
Trophy buckles and whiskey bottles and a worn out saddle horn
D#
Bareback riders and teamropers, huskin taber corn
A#7
The roads get better every time I cross north of forty nine
D#
Well I tip my hat and it's good to be back across the medicine line
[Chorus]
G#
Hurtin albertan with nothing more to lose
D#
Too much oil money, not enough booze
G#
East of the rockies and west of the rest
A#7 G#
Do my best to do my damnedest and that’s just about all I guess
[Solo]
D# G# D#
[Verse 2]
D#
Them windy b.c. mountain passes finally flatten out
Hairpin turns and pst got my heart up in my throat
G#
It’s hairy haulin horses up across the great divide
D#
And them wild chilcotin buckaroos, they sure know how to ride
A#7
The roads get better every time I cross that british columbia line
D#
I tip my hat and it's good to back across the kickin horse line
[Chorus]
G#
Hurtin albertan with nothing more to lose
D#
Too much oil money, not enough booze
G#
East of the rockies and west of the rest
A#7 G#
Do my best to do my damnedest and that’s just about all I guess
[Solo]
D# G# D#
[Verse 3]
D#
Well saskabush is pretty, yup she's pretty flat
and lord knows I'm a prairie boy so I’m pretty used to that
G#
but farmers facin off with gophers, man it ain’t the same
D#
as bein home at the saddledome for the oilers at the flames
A#7
the roads get better every time I cross that saskatchewan line
D#
I tip my hat and it's good to be back on mountain standard time
[Chorus]
G#
Hurtin albertan with nothing more to lose
D#
Too much oil money, not enough booze
G#
East of the rockies and west of the rest
A#7 G#
Do my best to do my damnedest and that’s just about all I guess
[Outro]
D# G# E