[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 - play Doobie Brothers Listen to the Music Riff] BPM 104 Dxxx xGGG is rhythm
[Verse - Just bass drum] Oh place your [D] hands [G] , [D] on my [D] hope [G][D] Run your [G] fin.............gers through my [D] soul, [G] alr [D] ight Oh and the [Em] way that I feel right [G] now Oh Lord it may [D] go [G]
[Verse - Full drums] [D] So place your [D] hands, [G][D] on my [D] hope [G][D] Run your [G] fin............gers through my [D] soul, [G] alr [D] ight Oh and the [Em] way that we feel right [G] now Oh Lord it may [D] go
[Chorus - Chords at beginning and end mainly] [D] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D] Put your hands on, [D] put your hands on [G] [D] Put your hands on, [D] put-
[Bridge] You know you cannot [Bm] hide, [D-G] from what's ins [Bm] ide [D-G] You know you cannot [Bm] hide, [D-G] from what's ins [Bm] ide, [D] so I [G] ask of you to help me through I [G] ask of you this thing to do
[Chorus] [D] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D] Put your hands on, [D] put your- (hands on)
[Verse] So lay me [D] down, [G][D] for a [D] while [G][D] Join my [G] bo...............dy with my [D] mind. [G] al [D] right now Oh and I [Em] cried at the Common [G] One For weeks after he [D] died
[Chorus] [D] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D] Put your hands on, put your hands.... [G] ... [D] on
[Drum break - no chords - bring both hands over to play - sextuplet paraddidles etc]
[Chorus - Play the G to D phrase then bring left hand over for drum soloing - simple funky drummer stuff and sextuplet paradiddles] [D][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on [G] [D][N.C.] Put your hands on, put your hands on
'Cause the [Em] way that we feel right [G] now Oh Lord it may [D] go. [G] .. [D] a.. [G] ...... [D] way [G][D][G]