Country house (intro)

G D

1. City dweller, successful fella,
 Am
 thought to himself, oops, I’ve got a lot of money,
 C  Bm B7
 I'm caught in a rat race terminally.
 G D
 I'm a professional cynic but my heart’s not in it,
 Am
 I'm paying the price of living life at the legal limit,
C Bm B7
 caught up in the centuries anxiety,
 D D7
 yes, it preys on him, he’s getting thin.
 G  D
 Now he lives in a house, a very big house in the country,
 C G
 watching afternoon repeats and the food he eats in the country.
  G D
 He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country,
 C G
 oh, it’s like an animal farm, lot’s of rural charm in the country.
 
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2. He’s got morning glory, and life’s a different story,
 Am
 everything going jackanory, 
C Bm B7
 in touch with his own mortality.
 G D
 He’s reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac, 
 Am
 it’s a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully 
 C Bm B7
  bland, oh, it’s the centuries remedy, 
 D D7
 for the faint at heart, a new start.
 G D
 He lives in a house a very big house in the country,
 C G
 he’s got a fog in his chest, so he needs a lot of rest in the country.
 /  D
 He doesn’t drink, smoke, laugh, he takes herbal baths in the country,
 C G
 oh, it’s like animal farm, but you’ll come to no harm, in the country…..
 
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(orig. = capo 2nd)  (Blur)