E (on chorus)
	
e|--4-----------|
B|----5---------|
D|--4-----------|
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A|--------------|
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[Intro]
| A   E   | Bm      | D   D/C# | C#      |
[Strophe]
A                E 
City dweller, successful fella 
Bm                                   
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a
           D 
 lot of money" (lot of money) 
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money" (lot of money) 
            D/C#             C# 
Caught in a rat race terminally  
         A                     
I'm a professional cynic but my
 E 
 heart's not in it 
I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it 
    Bm                             
I'm paying the price of living life
                      D 
 at the limit (to the limit) 
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit (to the limit) 
                 D/C#           C# 
Caught up in the century's anxiety 
        E 
Yes, it preys on him (preys on him) 
     E 
He's getting thin (getting thin) {Try
 a simple life}
He's getting thin (getting thin) {Try a simple life}
[Refrain]
A                                    
He lives in a house, a very big house
        E7       E D# 
 in the country 
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country 
         D                        
Watching afternoon repeats and the
                     A 
 food he eats in the country 
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country 
             A                  
He takes all manner of pills and
                              
 piles up analyst bills in the
 E7      E D# 
 country 
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country 
                 D                   
Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of
                    A 
 rural charm in the country
Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country
[Strophe]
         A                  E7 
He's got morning glory and life's a
 different story 
He's got morning glory and life's a different story 
Bm                          
Everything's going Jackanory
       D 
 (Jackanory) 
Everything's going Jackanory (Jackanory) 
                 D/C#      C# 
Touched with his own mortality 
     A                  E 
He's reading Balzac and knocking back
 Prozac 
He's reading Balzac and knocking back Prozac 
       Bm                         
It's a helping hand that makes you
                   D 
 feel wonderfully bland 
It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland 
             D/C#          C# 
Oh, it's the century's remedy 
        E 
For the faint at heart 
  E 
A new start (new start) {Try a simple
 life}
A new start (new start) {Try a simple life}
[Refrain]
A                                    
He lives in a house, a very big house
        E7       E D# 
 in the country 
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country 
           D                      
He's got a fog in his chest, so he
                           
 needs a lot of rest in the
 A 
 country 
He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country 
           A                         
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes
                     E7       E D# 
 herbal baths in the country 
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country 
                   D             
But you'll come to no harm on the
                     A 
 animal farm in the country 
But you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country 
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
A             E           D          
Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't
      A 
 know why
Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why
A             E           D          
Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't
      A 
 know why
Blow, blow me out I am so sad I don't know why
[Refrain]
       A                           
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big
              E7       E D# 
 house in the country 
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country 
         D                        
Watching afternoon repeats and the
                     A 
 food he eats in the country 
Watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country 
             A                  
He takes all manner of pills and
                              
 piles up analyst bills in the
 E7      E D# 
 country 
He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country 
                 D                   
Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of
                    A 
 rural charm in the country 
Oh, it's like an animal farm, lots of rural charm in the country 
       A                           
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big
              E7       E D# 
 house in the country 
Oh, he lives in a house, a very big house in the country 
           D                      
He's got a fog in his chest, so he
                           
 needs a lot of rest in the
 A 
 country 
He's got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country 
           A                         
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes
                     E7       E D# 
 herbal baths in the country 
He doesn't drink, smoke, laugh, takes herbal baths in the country 
                      D          
Yes you'll come to no harm on the
                    A 
 animal farm in the country 
Yes you'll come to no harm on the animal farm in the country 
  
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