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Version 1[Intro] G C G C G C G C [Verse 1] G C G C Sundown in the Paris of the prairies G C G C Wheat kings have all their treasures buried G C G C And all you hear are the rusty breezes G C G C Pushing around the weathervane Jesus [Instrumental] G C G C [Verse 2] G C G C In his Zippo lighter he sees the killer's face G C G C Maybe it's someone standing in the killers place G C G C Twenty years for nothing, well that's nothing new, besides G C G C No one's interested in something you didn't do [Chorus] D G C G C Wheat kings and pretty things, D G C G C Let's just see what the morning brings [Verse 3] G C G C There's a dream he dreams where the high school is dead and stark G C G C 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 [Chorus] D G C G C Wheat kings and pretty things D G C G C Wait and see what tomorrow brings [Verse 4] G C G C Late breaking story on the CBC G C G C A nation whispers, "We always knew that he'd go free" G C G C They add, "You can't be fond of living in the past G C G C Cause if you are then there's no way that you're gonna last" [Chorus] D G C G C Wheat Kings and pretty things D G C G C Let's just see what tomorrow brings D C Wheat Kings and pretty things C D Ah that's what tomorrow brings [Outro] C D C D C G