Battlefords

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"