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Never hit seventeen 
                F5 
When you play against the dealer 
        C5 
You know that the odds 
                        G5 
Won't ride with you 
        C5 
Never leave your woman alone 
                F5 
With your friends around to steal her 
                C5 
She'll be gambled and gone 
                        G5 
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)
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        In all the beer parlors 
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        All down along Main Steet 
                C5 
        The dreams of the season 
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        Are spilled down on the floor 
                   G5 
        All the big stands of timber 
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        Wait there just for fallin' 
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        The hookers stand watchfully 
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        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 
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And the years are gambled and lost 
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Like summer wages