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