Verse
B F# B F#
You can fail to achieve what you'd always believed
B F# B (walk up to D)
You were capable of from the start
E A E A
You can lose all you have on the gambling ave
E A E (walk down to A)
An' you'll know nothing true of your heart
B F# B F#
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
B F# B
But the prairies won't know what it means
[Chorus]
B
The prairies of Alberta, they ain't never hearda
F#
The things that are keepin' you down
And the short native grasses don't care that the ashes
B
Of your dreams match their dry shade of brown
[Verse 2]
B F# B F#
You can follow the call out to olde Montreal
B F# B (walk up to D)
It may feel like you'll never get back
E A E A
You can do what you want on Boulevard St. Laurent
E A E (walk down to A)
It may feel like you've slipped through the crack
B F# B F#
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
B F# B
And the prairies won't know what it means
[Chorus]
B
The prairies of Alberta, they ain't never hearda
F#
The things that are keepin' you down
And the short native grasses don't care that the ashes
B
Of your dreams match their dry shade of brown
[Verse 3]
B F# B F#
When you fail to remember the gifts of September
B F# B (walk up to D)
And all that's left's a manila, grass rope
E A E A
And that clean, country wedding that you thought you'd be getting
E A E (walk down to A)
Seems delayed beyond reasonable hope
B F# B F#
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
B F# B
And the prairies won't know what it means
[Outro]
B F# B F#
You can see and be seen With those holes in your jeans
B F# B
And the prairies won't know what it means