[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--------------------------
[BPM 81 - Intro - No drums - Fmaj7 Riff] [C][Fmaj7+riff][C][Fmaj7] - straight quarter note strums drums in - don't play riff second time
[Verse 1 - Drums in - Big fill flat of hand on main body - don't play final riff of intro] [C] Slip inside the [G] eye of your mind [Am] Don't you [E7] know you might [F] find ...... [G] A better place to [C] play [Am][G]
[Verse 2] [C] You said that [G] you'd never been [Am] But all the [E7] things that you've [F] seen .... [G] Slowly fade a [C] way [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head
[F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (drums - backward beat S B S B) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou.... [G] out [Vamp on G - Big fills thumb and chords at same time - play quarter notes on bass drum throughout]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Instrumental] C G Am E7 F G C Am-G
[Verse 3] [C] Take me to the [G] place where you [Am] go Where no [E7] body knows [F] .... [G] If it's night or day [C][Am][G] [C] Please don't put your [G] life in the [Am] hands Of a [E7] Rock and Roll [F] band .... [G] Who'll throw it all [C] away [Am][G]
[Prechorus] [F] Gonna start a revo [Fm] lution from my [C] bed Cos you [F] said the brains I [Fm] have went to my [C] head [F] Step outside the [Fm] summertime's in [C] bloom (backward beat) [G] Stand up beside the fireplace [E7] Take that look from off your face (normal beat) [Am] Cos you ain't ever [G] going to burn my [F] heart ou... [G]..outX
[Vamp on G - with drum fills] (drums - leave open strings of G ringing - play r/h bottom of board) (l/h - top of board near submarine pickup)
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[Chorus] [C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C]soul [G] slides a [Am] way [E7] but don't look [F] back in anger [G] I heard you [C] say [Am][G]
[C] So [G] Sally can [Am] wait, she [E7] knows it's too [F] late As we're [G] walking on [C] by [Am][G] Her [C] soul [G] slides a [Am] way, [Stop]
But don't look [F] back in anger Dont look [Fm] back in anger I heard you [C] say
[G][Am][E7][F][Fm] At least not to [C] day [End]
[Notes] [Fmaj7 Riff] E 0-0-0 B 1-1-1 G x-x-0 D 2-3-3 on D string finger 2 with 2nd finger, 3 with 3rd finger - G is sort of naturally muted
