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