[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
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[Verse 1] [Am] Is it getting better [D] [F] Or do you feel the s [G] ame [Am] Will it make it eas [D] ier on you now [F] you got someone to [G] blame
[Chorus] You say, [C] one love, [Am] one life [F] When it's one need [C] , in the night [C] One love [Am] , we get to share it, [F] It leaves you baby if you [C] don't care for it
[Instrumental - Drums in] [Am][D][F][G]
[Verse 2] [Am] Did I disa [D] point you? [F] Or leave a bad taste in your [G] mouth? [Am] You act like you never [D] had love [F] And you want me to go with [G] out
[Chorus] Well it's [C] too late, [Am] tonight [F] To drag the past out in [C] -to the light [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other O [Am] ne ... [D] ..... [F] ..... [G] .....
[Verse 3] [Am] Have you come here for for [D]giveness [F] Have you come to raise [G] the dead [Am] Have you come here to play [D] Jesus [F] To the lepers in your [G] head
[Chorus] [C] Did I ask too much [Am] More than a lot [F] You gave me nothing Now it's [C] all I got [C] We're one, but we're [Am] not the same Well we, [F] hurt each other, then we [C] do it again
[Bridge] You say, [C] love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law [C] Love is a temple, [Am] love's a higher law You [C] ask me to enter, but [G] then you make me crawl And [G] I can't be holding o [F] To what you got [F] , when all you got is [C] hurt
[Chorus] One [C] love, [Am] One blood [F] One life, you got to [C] do what you should [C] One life [Am] , with each other [F] Sisters, [C] brothers [C] One life, but we're [Am] not the same We get to [F] carry each other, car [C] ry each other [C] One, [Am] O [F] ne [C]
[Outro] [C][Am][F][C] x4
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