G    Am     C     G

G                           Am
Another summer wasted in the Battlefords
       C                      G
on a banana seat bike with a hockey card in the spokes
G                                                        Am
a friend of ours who's stopped his car by said that "he better get home"
                              C                               G
he said "you're gonna get a beating.  You're going to get the beating of your life"

Em              D          C
Nutrasweeth and Fresca and popshoppe
                           Em          Am
and all the best of what a baby sitter could afford
     Em                         C
with enough negotiotiaion and a freckled smile

 G                             Am
Another summer wasted in the Battlefords
                C
our dust coated freezie stained lips
     G
and lawn darts in the yard

G
And the rickedst guy in town drives his new
                         Am
Lincoln drunk on the old dusty streets
             C                     G
balancing a snifter of gin on the edge of his knee

Em          D              C
Rocky road, tiger tail and bubble gum and all the rest of them
                   Am                            Em                  C
that a baby sitter could afford with the right negotiotiaion and a freckled smile

    G                                   Bm
They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
                             C
that's we're all wearing braces
             G            Am            C
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn't approve of

G                              Bm
Not another broken arm in the heat
                                           C
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
               G
we weren't invincible
Am                         C
and the sensei said "he'll sit out the summer"
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 G                                 Am
Another summer wasted in the Battlefords
               C
Dad shakes his head at the car that's been
G
sitting on blocks for years
G
and the weird kid who smoked two cigarettes playing bingo
         Am
then his Mom came to the rescue
                  C
she stood up and chided everyone with her finger outstretched
        G
saying "you're not the boss of him"

Em         D             C
Ring pops, banana runts, popeye cigarettes
                                              Am
and everything that's best that a baby sitter could afford
          Em                      C
with the right negotiation and a freckled smile

G                                        Bm
They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
                              C
that's we're all wearing braces
           G             Am              C
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn't approve of

G                             Bm
Not another broken arm in the heat
                                           C
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
               G
we weren't invincible
Am                          C
and the sensei said "he'll sit out the summer"

Em                            D                             C
Nobody really asked for this, nobody really asked for this, nobodody really asked for this
Am                            G
Nobody really asked for this, Nobody really asked fot this
C
the sensei said "he'll sit out the summer"

Em                            D                             C
Nobody really asked for this, nobody really asked for this, nobodody really asked for this
Am                            G
Nobody really asked for this, Nobody really asked fot this
C
the sensei said "he'll sit out the summer"

G                                        Am
Another summer wasted here, in the Battlefords
            C                 G
Mom says to go get ouside and don't come back till it's dark

G                                        Bm
They say that wealth is revealed in the teeth
                              C
that's we're all wearing braces
           G             Am              C
and dirty fingernails that a good akela wouldn't approve of

G                             Bm
Not another broken arm in the heat
                                         C
he fell bringing pop and chips home one handed
                G            Am
we weren't invincible
                           C                  G
and the sensei said "he'll sit out the summer"