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