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