[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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[Intro] (no tempo - start note F# (fretted note on high E string when playing Bm7) [Bm7] i...................... [Em7] can't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one ....[D#maj7#5/A#-x2103x] who [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real
[Em7] oh! what am i supposed to do oh! what am [Em7] i supposed to do baby when i'm so [F#m7] hooked up on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise, [Em7] oh i realise [A7sus4] that you are somebody el [A7] se's guy
[Bridge] (tempo) - add solo widdles in Bm [Em7][Em7][F#m7][Bm7] x4 [Em7][Em7][A7sus4][A7] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Verse] [G7] can you re [F#m7] member the [Bm7] times we spent together [G7] sharing our [F#m7] days in the [Bm7] sun [G7] then i [F#m7] found out that [Bm7] you were somebody else's lover [G7] after all the plans we [F#m7] made, now [Bm7] were shattered
[Chorus] but still i [Em7] can't get off my high horse i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Verse] [G7] that day in sep [F#m7] tember, i'm [Bm7] sure you can remember [G7] that's when all the [F#m7] stuff hit the [Bm7] fan [G7] you told me a [F#m7] lie and you [Bm7] didn't have an alibi but [G7] baby yet i [F#m7] still [Bm7] cared
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go, no, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Bridge] [G7][F#m7][Bm7][Bm7] x4
[Chorus] you know i [Em7] loved you so baby that i [F#m7] can't let you [Bm7] go, no [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and then i realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy
[Chorus] oh i c [Em7] an't get off my high horse and i [F#m7] can't let [Bm7] go [Em7] you are the one who makes me [F#m7] feel so [Bm7] real ooh [Em7] what am i supposed to do when i'm [F#m7] hooked so on [Bm7] you [Em7] and realise that you're [A7sus4] somebody else's [A7] guy