by:  The Tom Russell Band
written by:  Tom Russell - Frontera Music


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How's the weather in Winnipeg?
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The broke down nags with the bandaged legs
C5  D5
At Assinaboa Downs
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The night we painted the town
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A dark, dark blue
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Stolen thunder in Thunder Bay
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Woke up knowin' that we came the wrong way
C5     D5
So we turned it all around
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To the cold hard sound
D5                 C5
The turnin' of the gears
C5      D5
To the blood hard sound
D5                 C5
The turnin' of the years


Chorus:

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I was thinkin' of you last night
F5            G5              C5        F5
North of the border and the Northern Lights
F5         G5             C5      F5
One horse town with the Indian name
    E5                            A5
And all the gentle words, I could never say
     F5                            G5               C5   F5   C5   F5
Love shines in the night, in the morning its gone away


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Cup of coffee in old Moose Jaw
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Used to be the hideout of a bad outlaw
C5     D5
Named Al Capone
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His fedora on
D5                  C5
Walkin' through the snow
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We headed west, then it all broke up
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Skull-Smashed-In-Buffalo-Jump
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Rockin' and a reelin'
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That old buffalo feelin'
D5                     C5
Of fallin' through the air
C5   D5
And never really knowin' how the hell
D5          C5
We ended up there


Repeat Chorus

C5
How's the weather in Winnipeg?
C5
When the ice melts
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On the first of May
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On those desolate streets
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One old Sikh
D5                C5
In  a powder blue cab
C5           D5
Is there an Indian name
D5                                 C5
For the love and the trouble we've had...?


Repeat Chorus