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          C 
Never hit seventeen 
                F 
When you play against the dealer 
        C 
You know that the odds 
                        G 
Won't ride with you 
        C 
Never leave your woman alone 
                F 
With your friends around to steal her 
                C 
She'll be gambled and gone 
                        G 
Like summer wages 
 
And we'll keep rollin on 

Till we get to Vancouver 

And the lady that I love 

Shes living there 

Its been six long months 

And more since I've seen her 

Maybe she's gambled and gone 

Like summer wages 
 
(Chorus)
        G 
        In all the beer parlors 
                F               C 
        All down along Main Steet 
                C 
        The dreams of the season 
                F                          G 
        Are spilled down on the floor 
                   G 
        All the big stands of timber 
          F                        C 
        Wait there just for fallin' 
                C 
        The hookers stand watchfully 
             F              G 
        Waitin by the door 
 
I'm going to work on them towboats 

With my slippery city shoes 

Lord I swore I would never do that again 

Through the great fog bound straights 

Where the cedars stand waitin 

I'll be lost and gone 

Like summer wages 
 
(Chorus) 

Never hit seventeen 

When you play against the dealer 

You know that the odds 

Won't ride with you 

Never leave your woman alone 

With your friends around to steal her 

She'll be gambled and gone 

Like summer wages 
F                          C 
And the years are gambled and lost 
                      G  C      G C 
Like summer wages