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