[Intro - BPM 90 - No drums] Descending chromatic line - can play octaves when playing C# E - 99887766 - 55443 - 5 3 0
[Drums in] | A E | Bm | D D/C# | C# |
[Verse 1] [A] City dweller, suc [E] cessful fella [Bm] Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money" (lot of money) [D] Caught in a [D/C#] rat race terminal [C#] ly
I'm a pro [A] fessional cynic but my [E] heart's not in it I'm [Bm] paying the price of living life at the limit (to the limit) [D] Caught up in the [D/C#] century's anxie [C#] ty (backward beat) Yes, it [E] preys on him (preys on him) He's [E] getting thin (getting thin) {Try a simple life}
[Chorus 1] [A] He lives in a house, a very big house in the [E7] country [D#] Watching [D] afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the [A] country He takes all [A] manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the [E7] country Oh, it's [D#] like an [D] animal farm, lots of rural charm in the [A] country (stop)
[Verse 2] He's got [A] morning glory and l [E7] ife's a different story [Bm] Everything's going Jackanory (Jackanory) [D] Touched with his [D/C#] own mortal [C#] ity He's [A] reading Balzac and [E] knocking back Prozac It's a [Bm] helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland [D] Oh, it's the [D/C#] century's reme [C#] dy (backward drums) For the [E] faint at heart [########Stop and scroll##########] A [E] new start (new start) {Try a simple life}
[Chorus 2] [A] He lives in a house, a very big house in the [E7] country [D#] He's got a [D] fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the [A] country He doesn't [A] drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the [E7] country But [D#] you'll come to [D] no harm on the animal farm in the [A] country
(backward drum beat) [E] In the country (Doo doo doo) [E] In the country (Doo doo doo) [E] In the country-y-y!
[Solo] | A E | Bm | D D/C# | C# | x2
[Quiet bit - no drums - Play twice] [A] Blow, blow me [E] out I am so [D] sad I don't know [A] why
[Chorus 1 & 2] [A] He lives in a house, a very big house in the [E7] country [D#] Watching [D] afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the [A] country He takes all [A] manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the [E7] country Oh, it's [D#] like an [D] animal farm, lots of rural charm in the [A] country
[A] He lives in a house, a very big house in the [E7] country [D#] He's got a [D] fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the [A] country He doesn't [A] drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the [E7] country But [D#] you'll come to [D] no harm on the animal farm in the [A] country
Ooh la la la
[Closing Riff - Horn Riff] A E7 D A E -0---0---0---0------------------------------------ B -10--10--5-s-10--9--9--7-9--7--7--5-7--10-10-5------- G -9---9---6-s-9---9--9--7-9--7--7--5-7--9--9--6----- D -11--11--7-s-11--9--9--7-9--7--7--5-7--11-11-7------ A -0---0---0-------7--7--7-7--5--5--5-5--0--0--0---- E -----------------0--0--0--------------------------
[Intro - BPM - 120 - count 1234 as eighth notes - Just snare] [B]xxx - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx (snare pickup - then full drums - NOTE no G#m and F# before the E) I am the one and only [E]xxx - xxxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#] oh yeah [B]
(full drums in - Badd6 then to B - x24444) [B]xxx - xxxx - [F#]xxx - [G#m]xxx (same pattern as previous) [E][E]x[E] - [E]xxx - [G#m]x[G#m]x - [F#][F#][F#][B] (A is on snare) xx[A]x - xxxx - xxxx - xxxx Oh yeah!
[Verse 1 - B is passing chord - downstrokes chuggy - all changes on straight bass drum] [G#m]Call me, call me by [B]my Name [E] or call me by [B] my num [C#m] ber ... [B]Put me through it ..... [E] I'll still be doing it the [F#]way I do it [Bm]And yet you try to make [D]me [G]forget Who I real [D] ly [Em]am don't [D]tell me I'd know best [G] I'm not the [A] same as all the rest [B]
[Chorus - Do the Badd6 line] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Vamp - 1 bar][A]
[Verse 2] [G#m]I've been a player in [B] the crowd [E] scene A flicker on [B]the [C#m]big screen ... My [B]soul embraces [E]one more in a [F#]million faces Hi [Bm] igh hopes and aspi [D]rations, [G] ideas above my [D]station, may [Em] be but [D]all this time I tried [G] to walk with [A]dignity and [B]pride
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me [A]
[Bridge - Each chord is emphasised on snare] [A] I can't wear this uni [F#m] form - Without some compromises [G] Because you'll find out that we come [Em] In different shapes and sizes
[Short Verse 3] [Am]No one can be myself [C]like [F]I can For this job I'm [C]the [Dm]best man And [C] while this maybe true [F] you are the [G] one and only [A]you!
[NO VOCALS FOR THIS BIT - Words are there to help follow changes Key change down - Guitar solo, or Chorus in A] [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] No [F#m]body I'd [E]rather [A]be [A] I am the [E]one and [F#m]only [D] You can't take [F#m]that a [E]way from......
[Chorus] [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] .... No [G#m]body I'd [F#]rather [B]be [B] I am the [F#]one and [G#m]only [E] ....... You can't take [G#m]that a [F#]way from [B]me
