PRAIRIE TOWN
Randy Bachman
With
Neil Young

Submitted By Tiny Man

(Country Version)

[Intro]     G   Em   Bm   D (X2)

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Born And Raised In A Prairie Town, ______Just A Kid Full Of Dreams______
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We Didn?t Have Much But An Old Radio, _____Music Came From Places We?d Never Been___
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____Growing Up In A Prairie Town, ______Learning To Drive In The Snow _______
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Not Much To Do So You Start A Band,______And Soon You?ve Gone as Far As You Can Go___


[Chorus]
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Winter Nights Are Long, Summer Days Are Gone, Portage And Main 50 Below, _____
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Springtime Melts The Snow, Rivers Overflow, Portage And Main 50 Below, ____


[Repeat Intro]    G   Em   Bm   D (X2)


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__All The Bands In A Prairie Town, _______Try To-Out-Do The Next In Line,   (Mmmmm)
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Learning Records Out Of Liverpool, ________Dreams Of England On Their Mind_________
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On The Other Side Of Winnipeg, ________Neil And The Squires Played The Zone (Mmmmm)
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But Then He Went To Play, For A While In Thunder bay, He Never Looked Back And, He?s
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Never Coming Home ____


[Chorus]
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Winter Nights Are Long, Summer Days Are Gone, Portage And Main 50 Below, _____
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Springtime Melts The Snow, Rivers Overflow, Portage And Main 50 Below, ____
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___Portage And Main 50 Below, ____



[Repeat Intro]     G   Em   Bm   D (X2)


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___Just A Band From A Prairie Town, _____Sometimes We?d Drive From Coast To Coast, ____
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One Call From LA And We?d Pack And Fly Away, But In Our Hearts We?re Always Prairie Folks___
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____Looking Back At A Prairie Town, ____People Ask Me Why I Went Away____To Fly With The
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Best Sometimes You Have To Leave The Nest, But The Prairies Made Me What I Am Today______


[Chorus]
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Winter Nights Are Long, Summer Days Are Gone, Portage And Main 50 Below, _____
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Springtime Melts The Snow, Rivers Overflow, Portage And Main 50 Below, ____
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Portage And Main 50 Below, ____



[SOLO]       G     Em     Bm     D   (X4)






[Chorus]
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Winter Nights Are Long, Summer Days Are Gone, Portage And Main 50 Below, _____
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Springtime Melts The Snow, Rivers Overflow, Portage And Main 50 Below, ____
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Portage And Main 50 Below, ____Portage And Main 50 Below, ___Portage And Main 50 Below,

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