F5                   
Now the lounge is full of farmers
        C5
for the 7:30 draw
       A5                                       Bb5
The teammates all left before they had to buy a round
          F5                        C5
When they pull the 50/50, and I've lost again I'll go
A5                                          Bb5 
Maybe have one more brown one for the snowy road
        G5                          Bb5
All the championship banners going yellow on the wall
       F5                 C5               Bb5  
And my name when it gets closer to last call


    F5
So Elvira brings my bottle
        C5
Hold it up and let it bend
A5                                      Bb5
Figures of two rinks battling an extra end
        F5
And i'm peeling off the label
        C5
As they peel a corner guard
A5                                                Bb5
Dance down the sheet to the tune of "Hurry, Hurry Hard"
       G5                
And my popcorn squeaks with the question
        Bb5
Wonders why I'm not at home
       F5                 C5               Bb5  
Where you wait beside a silent telephone
       F5                 C5               Bb5  
Doodle circles within circles all alone
G5
Have to stop myself from climbing
       Bb5
On the table full of empties to yell:

 F5    Bb5                                          F5
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
 Bb5                                    G5
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
                          Bb5
I slide right through the day
                F5
Always throwing hack weight
F5
Right off, no never never ever ever
C5                           
Right off, no never never ever never
A5
Right off, no never never never ever
Bb5
Right off, no never ever never ever

G5
Now the senior bonspiel winners
      Bb5
Circa 1963
       F5                 C5               Bb5  
Are all staring, glaring dis-approvingly
       F5                 C5               Bb5  
From their frame in that old photograph at me
     G5
And I know you're out their waiting
                      Bb5
For an answer I can't give you
so tell me,
 
 F5    Bb5                                          F5
"Why, why can't I draw right up to what I want to say?"
 Bb5                                    G5
"Why can't I ever stop where I want to stay?"
G5                         
We roll right through our years
Bb5
We rip right through our months
G5                    Bb5
We slide through our days
                    F (to end)
And always throwing hack weight
Right off, no never never ever ever
Right off, no never never ever never
Right off, no never ever never ever
Right off