Biography:
Ian Tyson (born September 25, 1933) is a cowboy folk singer from Alberta, Canada who was born in Victoria, British Columbia.
He and his then-wife Sylvia Fricker constituted one of the most popular folk duos of the 1960s, Ian & Sylvia. Tyson gradually shifted to the cowboy way while still with Sylvia, accentuating the western life through song. Residing on a ranch in southern Alberta, Tyson tours all over the west.
In 2005, CBC Radio One listeners chose his song
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- Albertas Child
- Barrel Racin Angel
- Barrel Racing Angel
- Claude Dallas
- Cottonwood Canyon
- Eighteen Inches Of Rain
- Elko Blues
- Fifty Years Ago
- Four Strong Winds
- Goodnight Loving Trail
- Jaquima To Freno
- Murder Steer
- Navajo Rug
- Old Double Diamond
- Red Velvet
- Roll On Owyhee
- Saddle Bronc Girl
- Some Kind Of Fool
- Someday Soon
- Somewhere In The Rubies
- Spring Time In Alberta
- Springtime In Alberta
- Summer Wages
- The Coyote And The Cowboy
- The Gift
- The Lovin Sound
- The Old Double Diamond
- The Wonder Of It All
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Summer Wages By Ian Tyson
[Intro]
G C G Em D G
G
Never hit seventeen
C
When you play against the dealer
G Em
You know that the odds
D
Won't ride with you
G
Never leave your woman alone
C
With your friends around to steal her
G Em
She'll be gambled and gone
D G
Like summer wages
And we'll keep rollin on
Till we get to Vancouver
And the lady that I love
Shes living there
Its been six long months
And more since I've seen her
Maybe she's gambled and gone
Like summer wages
[Chorus]
D
In all the beer parlors
C G
All down along Main Street
G
The dreams of the season
C D
Are spilled down on the floor
D
All the big stands of timber
C G
Wait there just for fallin'
Em
The hookers stand watchfully
D G
Waitin by the door
I'm going to work on them towboats
With my slippery city shoes
Lord I swore I would never do that again
Through the great fog bound straights
Where the cedars stand waitin
I'll be lost and gone
Like summer wages
[Chorus]
Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gambled and gone
Like summer wages
G Em
And the years are gambled and lost
D G
Like summer wages
[Intro]
G C G Em D G
G
Never hit seventeen
C
When you play against the dealer
G Em
You know that the odds
D
Won't ride with you
G
Never leave your woman alone
C
With your friends around to steal her
G Em
She'll be gambled and gone
D G
Like summer wages
And we'll keep rollin on
Till we get to Vancouver
And the lady that I love
Shes living there
Its been six long months
And more since I've seen her
Maybe she's gambled and gone
Like summer wages
[Chorus]
D
In all the beer parlors
C G
All down along Main Street
G
The dreams of the season
C D
Are spilled down on the floor
D
All the big stands of timber
C G
Wait there just for fallin'
Em
The hookers stand watchfully
D G
Waitin by the door
I'm going to work on them towboats
With my slippery city shoes
Lord I swore I would never do that again
Through the great fog bound straights
Where the cedars stand waitin
I'll be lost and gone
Like summer wages
[Chorus]
Never hit seventeen
When you play against the dealer
You know that the odds
Won't ride with you
Never leave your woman alone
With your friends around to steal her
She'll be gambled and gone
Like summer wages
G Em
And the years are gambled and lost
D G
Like summer wages
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