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