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
A# D# A# D#
You can lose all you have on the gambling ave
A# D# A# (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
A# D# A# D#
You can do what you want on Boulevard St. Laurent
A# D# A# (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
A# D# A# D#
And that clean, country wedding that you thought you'd be getting
A# D# A# (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