Chords for A Place In the Country
Tempo:
80.55 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
G
Db
C
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] For thirty [C] some odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city, [G]
hustling [C] day in, day [D] out,
just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the finer things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit [Am] he tried to [D] put aside.
[G] But through it [C] all he had one [D] thing that seemed to keep him going, [G] a dream that [C] someday he
could [D] leave this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, [G] but his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
He always wanted a place out [C] in the country where [G]
the birds sing in the morning [A] and the
grass is [D] emerald [G] green.
A place where he could feel the [C] morning sunshine and sit down [G] in the evening [Am] where the [D] air
is [G] fresh and clean.
[Eb]
It [Ab] took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses and more to [Db] get his son
out [Eb] of his running's wolf's lair.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
[Ab] I never thought [Db] he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city [Ab] and now he's got [Db] that special
little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see.
[Db] It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
He always wanted a place out in [Db] the country where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning [Bb] and the
grass is [Eb] emerald [Ab] green.
A place where he could feel the morning [Db] sunshine and sit down in [Ab] the evening where [Bbm] the air
[Eb] is [Ab] fresh and clean.
He always wanted [Ab] a place out [Db] in the country where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning
[Bb] [Eb] and the
hustling [C] day in, day [D] out,
just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the finer things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit [Am] he tried to [D] put aside.
[G] But through it [C] all he had one [D] thing that seemed to keep him going, [G] a dream that [C] someday he
could [D] leave this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, [G] but his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
He always wanted a place out [C] in the country where [G]
the birds sing in the morning [A] and the
grass is [D] emerald [G] green.
A place where he could feel the [C] morning sunshine and sit down [G] in the evening [Am] where the [D] air
is [G] fresh and clean.
[Eb]
It [Ab] took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses and more to [Db] get his son
out [Eb] of his running's wolf's lair.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
[Ab] I never thought [Db] he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city [Ab] and now he's got [Db] that special
little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see.
[Db] It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone.
He always wanted a place out in [Db] the country where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning [Bb] and the
grass is [Eb] emerald [Ab] green.
A place where he could feel the morning [Db] sunshine and sit down in [Ab] the evening where [Bbm] the air
[Eb] is [Ab] fresh and clean.
He always wanted [Ab] a place out [Db] in the country where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning
[Bb] [Eb] and the
Key:
Ab
G
Db
C
Eb
Ab
G
Db
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ For thirty [C] some odd years he [D] faced the grind here in the city, [G]
hustling [C] day in, day [D] out,
just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the finer things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit [Am] he tried to [D] put aside. _
[G] But through it [C] all he had one [D] thing that seemed to keep him going, [G] a dream that [C] someday he
could [D] leave this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, [G] but his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
_ _ He always wanted _ a place out [C] in the country where _ _ _ [G]
the birds sing in the morning _ [A] and the
grass is [D] emerald _ [G] green.
A place where he could _ feel the [C] morning sunshine _ _ _ _ and sit down [G] in the evening [Am] where the [D] air
is _ [G] fresh and clean.
[Eb] _
_ It [Ab] took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses and more to [Db] get his son
out [Eb] of his running's wolf's lair.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
_ [Ab] I never thought [Db] he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city [Ab] and now he's got [Db] that special
little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see.
_ _ [Db] It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone. _
_ He always wanted _ a place out in [Db] the country _ where _ _ [Ab] the birds sing in the morning _ [Bb] and the
grass _ is [Eb] emerald _ [Ab] green.
A place where he could feel the morning [Db] _ sunshine _ _ _ _ and sit down in [Ab] the evening where [Bbm] the air
[Eb] is [Ab] fresh and clean.
_ _ He always wanted [Ab] a place out [Db] in the country _ _ where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] and the _ _
hustling [C] day in, day [D] out,
just trying to survive.
[C] He bought his wife the finer things [G] and sent his kids to college.
[C] That always took what a little bit [Am] he tried to [D] put aside. _
[G] But through it [C] all he had one [D] thing that seemed to keep him going, [G] a dream that [C] someday he
could [D] leave this city life behind.
[C] I watched his hair turn thin and gray, [G] but his dream had never faded.
[C] He told me all about it [D] at least a [G] thousand times.
_ _ He always wanted _ a place out [C] in the country where _ _ _ [G]
the birds sing in the morning _ [A] and the
grass is [D] emerald _ [G] green.
A place where he could _ feel the [C] morning sunshine _ _ _ _ and sit down [G] in the evening [Am] where the [D] air
is _ [G] fresh and clean.
[Eb] _
_ It [Ab] took lots of [Db] overtime to [Eb] keep his wife up with the [Ab] Joneses and more to [Db] get his son
out [Eb] of his running's wolf's lair.
[Db] The more it took, the more he [Ab] gave, never once complaining.
[Db] I don't know how he ever stood [Bbm] the pressure of [Eb] it all.
_ [Ab] I never thought [Db] he'd make it, [Eb] but he finally left the city [Ab] and now he's got [Db] that special
little [Eb] place to call his own.
[Db] Today I took a ride out in [Ab] the country just to see.
_ _ [Db] It wasn't hard to find because [Eb] his name was [Ab] on the stone. _
_ He always wanted _ a place out in [Db] the country _ where _ _ [Ab] the birds sing in the morning _ [Bb] and the
grass _ is [Eb] emerald _ [Ab] green.
A place where he could feel the morning [Db] _ sunshine _ _ _ _ and sit down in [Ab] the evening where [Bbm] the air
[Eb] is [Ab] fresh and clean.
_ _ He always wanted [Ab] a place out [Db] in the country _ _ where [Ab] the birds sing in the morning _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [Eb] and the _ _