Short Native Grasses (Prairies of Alberta) - Corb Lund

        A        E                A         E
You can fail to achieve what you'd always believed
        A       E           A                (walk up to D)
You were capable of from the start
        D            G           D        G
You can lose all you have on the gambling ave
        D             G            D          (walk down to A)
An' you'll know nothing true of your heart
        A           E         A                  E
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
        A              E            A
But the prairies won't know what it means

[Chorus]
A
The prairies of Alberta, they ain't never hearda
                                E
The things that are keepin' you down

And the short native grasses don't care that the ashes
                                        A
Of your dreams match their dry shade of brown

[Verse 2]
        A          E            A        E
You can follow the call out to olde Montreal
        A                  E        A               (walk up to D)
It may feel like you'll never get back
D                     G           D        G
You can do what you want on Boulevard St. Laurent
        D                G            D          (walk down to A)
It may feel like you've slipped through the crack
        A          E               A              E
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
        A              E            A
And the prairies won't know what it means

[Chorus]
A
The prairies of Alberta, they ain't never hearda
                                E
The things that are keepin' you down

And the short native grasses don't care that the ashes
                                        A
Of your dreams match their dry shade of brown

[Verse 3]
        A         E          A        E   
When you fail to remember the gifts of September
                A        E              A               (walk up to D)
And all that's left's a manila, grass rope
        D             G                D                G
And that clean, country wedding that you thought you'd be getting
        D             G         D          (walk down to A)
Seems delayed beyond reasonable hope
        A          E               A              E
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
        A              E            A
And the prairies won't know what it means

[Outro Slowing Down]

        A          E               A              E
You can see and be seen with those holes in your jeans
        A              E            A
And the prairies won't know what it means