Battlefords chords by Hawksley Workman

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"



 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"