[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--------------------------
Vox - 3rd on let, double in middle? Am/C play x3x555 - try to play second note of double on snare with fingers below strings Thumb and chord, then am below soundhole
[Intro] BPM 160 N.C. One, two three, four ... | E7 | % | % | % |
[Verse 1] - Well she was [E7] just seventeen and you [A7] know what I [E7] mean And the [E7] way she looked was way beyond compare [B7] So [E] how could I [E7/G#] dance with [A] another oh [Am/C], When I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Verse 2] - Well [E7] she looked at me and [A7] I, I could [E7] see That [E7] before too long I'd fall in love with [B7] her [E] She [E7/G#] wouldn't [A] dance with [Am/C] another, ooh When I [E] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Bridge] - Well my [A] heart went boom When I [A]crossed that room And I [A] held her hand in mine [B7][A7]
[Verse 3] - Well we [E7] danced through the night and we [A7] eld each other [E7] tight And [E7] before too long I fell in love with [B7] her Now [E] I'll [E7/G#] never [A7] dance with [Am/C] another, oh Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [E7]
[Bridge] Well my [A] heart went boom When I [A]crossed that room And I [A] held her hand in mine [B7][A7]
[Verse 4] - Well we [E7] danced through the night and we [A7] eld each other [E7] tight And [E7] before too long I fell in love with [B7] her Now [E] I'll [E7/G#] never [A7] dance with [Am/C] another, oh Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing [E7] there [Outro] Oh, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing [E7] there Yeah, well, since I [E7] saw her [B7] standing there [x x A7 x (A7 A7) x x E7 E7 E7 E9 ........ E7]
