Intro
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D C# B A G A7 
 
Verse 1
          D 
well I’ve never been east of the Manitoba border 
    G           D 
or south of the 49 
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cause the loving ways of a western lady took up all my time 
         G                 A 
well a whiskey jack and a one room shack 
       D                 G 
and a pine log burning stove 
  D 
well I’ve never been east of the Manitoba border 
    G                   D 
I’ve never had a call to go 
 
Verse 2
   D 
Well I put down roots on a buffalo prairie 
     G               D 
And tried to settle down 
     D 
And I saddled up my old buck skin pony 
     A7 
A Rocky Mountain bound 
     G                       A          D             G 
Well the loving ways of a western lady move upon my mind 
    D                                                 G         D 
Well I’ve never been east of the Manitoba border or south of the 49 
 
Verse 3
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Well I’ve never been bad and I’ve never been good 
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And I’ve never been in between 
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Just full of pride and satisfied with a rocky mountain scene 
  G#                        Bb          Eb           G# 
Well the loving ways of a western lady move upon my mind 
   Eb                              G#                 Bb        Eb 
Well I’ve never been east of the Manitoba border or south of the 49 
 
  Eb 
Well I wasn’t born to a caribou cowboy 
   G#                       Eb 
I wasn’t born a fisherman’s son 
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21 years as a flatland farmer was 21 years too long 
   G#                         Bb 
now a one room shack and a honey in the sack 
     Eb                             G# 
and the rocks and the smoke of the pine 
     Eb                                               G#         Eb 
Well I’ve never been east of the Manitoba border or south of the 49