[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 95] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 1] [G] Another turning point, a [Cadd9] fork stuck in the [D] road, [G] Time grabs you by the wrist, di [Cadd9] rects you where to [D] go [Em] So make the [D] best of this [C] test and don't ask [G] why [Em] It's not a [D] question but a [C] lesson learned in [G] time
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Verse 2] [G] So take the photographs and s [Cadd9] till frames in your [D] mind [G] Hang it on a shelf, in [Cadd9] good health and good [D] time [Em] Tattoos of m [D] emories and de [C] ad skin on tr [G] ial [Em] For what it's [D] worth it was [C] worth all the [G] while
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Instrumental - fuller drums - slightly mute chords to help melody ring out] | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C then Cadd-high9 | D | (gentle strums so not overpowering) | G (e-string- 5p30) - G6 (320000) | C | D | | G (sus4 figure) | C | D | | Em (g-string- 2 0)| D | C (g-string- 02)| G | | Em | D | C | G |
[Chorus] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
[Interlude] | G | G | Cadd9 | D | | G | G | Cadd9 | D |
[Chorus - Drums stop - more free time] [Em] It's something unpredic [G] table but in [Em] the end it's [G] right [Em] I hope you had the [D] time of your [G] life.
