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Go Out to Alberta

from Bohemian Outback by Steve and Kristi Nebel

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This is the first version of this song. It was written after playing in a barroom in Beaver Lodge, AB.

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. ALBERTA SONG (Go Out To Alberta) Intro GCGCG

C G C G
I want to go out to Alberta
C G C D
Where the cowboys still wear guns
Em C D
And a man can ride his horse into a seldom setting sun
Em C D
Where life is just a radio, in a Ford crossing the plains
G C G
And skies over Canola fields
C G D G
Wait quietly for rain

I want to ride out to Alberta
On a horse I call Old Paint
I want to buck him in a rodeo,
I want to watch the women faint
Where the Rockies run five hundred miles
And they touch the upper sky
Where farm boys ride red tractors
And never ask their papa why

I want to fly out to Alberta
On a big Canada Air
I want to stare out the plane window
And see the miles of nothing there
We'll fly north to Haye River
Where the sun will seldom fail
We'll stay until the sky's as dark
As one of Old King George's jails
Em C
Oh, those ladies from Alberta
D
They'll never give you trouble boy!
Em C D
Yeah, She'll ride that old red tractor 'til the sun falls from the sky
Em C
And those nights under those Northern Lights
D
Oh, you can bet she'll keep you warm
G C G C G D G
She'll never leave you for a city boy, yeah she loves life on the farm!


That's why I'm headed for Alberta
Where you could guess I fell in love
With a pretty girl from a farm out there
And you could say I've had enough
Of the bright lights of the city
And those fickle city ways
Oh, I'm headed for Alberta
Alberta's where I'll play

END WITH FIRST VERSE REPEAT
I want to go out to Alberta
I'm gonna ride out to Alberta
Gonna fly out to Alberta
Alberta

credits

from Bohemian Outback, released May 31, 2023
Orville Johnson: Dobro
Drums: Denali Williams
Guitar/vocals: Steve Nebel
Bass Guitar/vocals: Kristi Nebel

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Steve and Kristi Nebel Tacoma, Washington

Steve and Kristi Nebel bring passion, finesse, and beauty with their songs of social justice, knife edge observations, and pure, simple love. They have traveled extensively having done nine tours in UK folk clubs and festivals. They have recorded more than ten CDs, mostly of their own songs. ... more

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