A house in the country
D
1. He don't need no sedatives to ease his troubled mind,
D
at
work he is invariably unpleasant and unkind.
G
Why should he care, if he is
hated in his stately home,
- A - A
he's
got a house in the country and a a big sports car,
- D - D
he's
got a a house
in the country and a a big sports car.
G
But he ain't
got a home, oh no, he got as wicked as can be,
A
he's gotta house in the country,
D - A7
where
he likes to spend his weekend days.
D
2. He likes to drive the people in his office round the day,
D
and I
have heard his secretary is more than just a friend.
G
He's got the cash, he can spend just what he likes,
- A - A
he's
got a house in the country and a a big sports
car,
- D - D
he's
got a house in the country and a a big sports
car.
G
But he's socially dead, oh no,
it doesn't matter much to him,
A
he's gotta house in the country,
D
where
he likes to spend his weekend days.
B7
E A
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well, all
right.
+ A - D - G - A - D
D
3. Well, he got his job when drunken Daddy tumbled down the stairs,
D
from
that day this boy is having had more than his share.
G
One of these days I'm gonna knock him off that throne,
- A -
A
he's
got a house in the country and a a big sports
car,
- D
- D
he's
got a a house
in the country and a a big sports car.
G
And he's oh so smug, oh yeah,
it doesn’t matter much to him,
A
he's gotta house in the country,
D
where
he likes to spend his weekend days.
B7
E A
Oh yeah, oh yeah, well, all right.
A - D
+ A house in the country, a house in the country.
A - D
A house in the country, a house in the country
.......
(Pretty Things)