[Verse 1]
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota
Dm F A
My pa was as drunk as a bar room rag
Dm C F G Bb
I saw him one more time, in the warmth of a begger's refuge
Dm A Dm
Still sailing on his, dirty raft.
[Verse 2]
Dm C F G Bb
Mama's tears, tasted like sea water
Dm F A
I cried on her shoulders while she sleep
Dm C F G Bb
She got cold, she got idle as a picture
Dm A Dm
She died with the flowers in the fall.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Verse 3]
Dm C F G Bb
The graveyard cold, late November
Dm F A
My brother Cody, he come to help
Dm C F G Bb
Cody never cried, he went riding with Hell's Angels
Dm A Dm
At least he's, found his family there.
[Verse 4]
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Me, I left town, and I took no more than a picture
Dm F A
and a coat of my mama's to keep me warm.
Dm C F G Bb
I ain't ever going back, to Vermillion South Dakota
Dm A Dm
I never could return.
[Solo Harmony]
Dm C F G Bb
Dm F A
Dm C F G Bb
Dm A Dm
[Outro]
Dm C F G Bb
It don't get much worse, than winter South Dakota,
Dm A Dm
My pa was as drunk, as a bar room rag.
