Key: G
Introduction: G C G C G C G C
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Sundown in the Paris of the prairies
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Wheat kings have all their treasures buried
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And all you hear are the rusty breezes
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Pushing around the weathervane Jesus
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In his Zippo lighter he sees the killer's face
G C G C
Maybe it's someone standing in the killers place
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Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new, besides
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No one's interested in something you didn't do
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Wheat kings and pretty things,
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Let's just see what the morning brings
G C G C
There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark
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It's a museum and we're all locked up in it after dark
G C G C
Where the walls are lined all yellow, grey and sinister
G C G C
Hung with pictures of our parents' Prime Ministers
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Wheat kings and pretty things
D G C G C
Wait and see what tomorrow brings
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Late breaking story on the CBC
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A nation whispers, "We always knew that he'd go free"
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They add, "You can't be fond of living in the past
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Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last"
D G C G C
Wheat Kings and pretty things
D G C G C
Let's just see what tomorrow brings
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Wheat Kings and pretty things
C D
Ah that's what tomorrow brings