THE PITS (CHORUS) G D It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away A Up in the woods or going out the bay D G D There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get Bm D A D Is up on the highway in the grav-el pits Bm D A D D G D We loves to go out in the good old gravel pits Bm D A We loves to go out there when life gets smelly D G D We can spray paint our names on the face of the cliff Bm D A D Go up to the Irving for a coke and chips D G D Hitches up the camper and out of town we go Bm D A Out on the highway with everything in tow D G D The dog is in the back seat and Grandfather's drunk Bm D A D Youngsters in the trailer and the wife is in the trunk (CHORUS) G D It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away A Up in the woods or going out the bay D G D There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get Bm D A D Is up on the highway in the grav-el pits Bm D A D D G D John is coming over and Sue and Henry too Bm D A We polish off a bottle and a pot of moose stew D G D We tell a few stories, an awful lot of lies Bm D A D Green boughs on the fire to keep away the flies D G D The youngsters gets excited then they starts to bounce and jump up Bm D A When we piles in the car and goes up to the dump D G D It's cheaper than the movies so we all sits and stares Bm D A D Up by the garbage b'y you're lookin at the bears (CHORUS) G D It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away A Up in the woods or going out the bay D G D There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get Bm D A D Is up on the highway in the grav-el pits Bm D A D D G D We flies a Newfie flag on an old spruce pole Bm D A And drowns a few worms in a tractor mud hole D G D Then listens to the radio we plays it good and loud Bm D A D A scoff on the Coleman stove is bound to draw a crowd D G D When the weekend's over and we're headed back to town Bm D A A half inch of sloppy snow lying on the ground D G D A hundred dollars poorer, who wants to be rich Bm D A D We just had a lovely time out in the pits (CHORUS) G D It's the 24th of May and we likes to get away A Up in the woods or going out the bay D G D There's all kinds of places but the place we likes to get Bm D A D Is up on the highway in the grav-el pits Bm D A D