The Day We Sold The Farm Chords by Slim Dusty
Tempo:
94.1 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
C
A
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] [C] [G]
[D] [G]
City lights are cold tonight, they make a man [D] feel small
To me they say you can work all [C] day with no [D] return at all
[G] And so I dream of a mountain stream lit by a [C] pearly dawn
I've never [G] lost a feeling [D] for the place [G] where I was born
Highway lights get in your sights and soon [D] ambitions grow
Till business clowns start coming [G] round [C] with easy [D] foreign loans
[G] It's their disguise to look surprised as your feet just [C] leave the ground
Next thing an [G] auction date has set [D] the banks [G] have closed you down
[D] And I'm heading over mountains down the [C] slopes of brown [G] and green
[D] My family's farmed for a hundred years [C] those valleys [D] in between
[G] And yes I used to curse those hills in the rain when I [C] was young
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] And I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
And [G] the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never saw [G] their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Now tourists stroll round the 18 holes where fruit trees [D] used to grow
Accountants talk while farmers walk with [C] nowhere else to [D] go
[G] If there's work around in the local towns they might be [C] hanging on
While trying to [G] find a way back [D] to the place where [G] they belong
And [C] I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
[G] And the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day [G] we sold the farm
[D] So I'm heading over mountains [C] down the slopes of [G] brown and green
[D] Trying to find a way back to [Em] what once belonged [D] to me
[G] Oh how I used to curse those hills in the rain when [C] I was young
No I never [G] saw their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] [G] [Bm] [D] [G]
[D] [G]
City lights are cold tonight, they make a man [D] feel small
To me they say you can work all [C] day with no [D] return at all
[G] And so I dream of a mountain stream lit by a [C] pearly dawn
I've never [G] lost a feeling [D] for the place [G] where I was born
Highway lights get in your sights and soon [D] ambitions grow
Till business clowns start coming [G] round [C] with easy [D] foreign loans
[G] It's their disguise to look surprised as your feet just [C] leave the ground
Next thing an [G] auction date has set [D] the banks [G] have closed you down
[D] And I'm heading over mountains down the [C] slopes of brown [G] and green
[D] My family's farmed for a hundred years [C] those valleys [D] in between
[G] And yes I used to curse those hills in the rain when I [C] was young
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] And I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
And [G] the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never saw [G] their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] [G]
[D] [G]
Now tourists stroll round the 18 holes where fruit trees [D] used to grow
Accountants talk while farmers walk with [C] nowhere else to [D] go
[G] If there's work around in the local towns they might be [C] hanging on
While trying to [G] find a way back [D] to the place where [G] they belong
And [C] I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
[G] And the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day [G] we sold the farm
[D] So I'm heading over mountains [C] down the slopes of [G] brown and green
[D] Trying to find a way back to [Em] what once belonged [D] to me
[G] Oh how I used to curse those hills in the rain when [C] I was young
No I never [G] saw their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] [G] [Bm] [D] [G]
Key:
G
D
C
A
Am
G
D
C
[Am] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
City lights are cold tonight, they make a man [D] feel small
To me they say you can work all [C] day with no [D] return at all
[G] And so I dream of a mountain stream lit by a [C] pearly dawn
I've never [G] lost a feeling [D] for the place [G] where I was born _
Highway _ lights get in your sights and soon [D] ambitions grow
Till business clowns start coming [G] round [C] with easy [D] foreign loans
[G] It's their disguise to look surprised as your feet just [C] leave the ground
Next thing an [G] auction date has set [D] the banks [G] have closed you down _
[D] And I'm heading over mountains down the [C] slopes of brown [G] and green
[D] My family's farmed for a hundred years [C] those valleys [D] in between
[G] And yes I used to curse those hills in the rain when I [C] was young
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day we [G] sold the farm _
[C] And I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
And [G] the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never saw [G] their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Now tourists stroll round the 18 holes where fruit trees [D] used to grow
Accountants talk while farmers walk with [C] nowhere else to [D] go
[G] If there's work around in the local towns they might be [C] hanging on
While trying to [G] find a way back [D] to the place where [G] they belong
_ And [C] I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay _
[G] And the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day [G] we sold the farm _
[D] So I'm heading over mountains [C] down the slopes of [G] brown and green
[D] Trying to find a way back to [Em] what once belonged [D] to me
[G] Oh how I used to curse those hills in the rain when [C] I was young
No I never [G] saw their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ [Bm] _ [D] _ [G] _ _
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[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _
City lights are cold tonight, they make a man [D] feel small
To me they say you can work all [C] day with no [D] return at all
[G] And so I dream of a mountain stream lit by a [C] pearly dawn
I've never [G] lost a feeling [D] for the place [G] where I was born _
Highway _ lights get in your sights and soon [D] ambitions grow
Till business clowns start coming [G] round [C] with easy [D] foreign loans
[G] It's their disguise to look surprised as your feet just [C] leave the ground
Next thing an [G] auction date has set [D] the banks [G] have closed you down _
[D] And I'm heading over mountains down the [C] slopes of brown [G] and green
[D] My family's farmed for a hundred years [C] those valleys [D] in between
[G] And yes I used to curse those hills in the rain when I [C] was young
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day we [G] sold the farm _
[C] And I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay
And [G] the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never saw [G] their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
[C] _ _ [G] _ _ _
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
Now tourists stroll round the 18 holes where fruit trees [D] used to grow
Accountants talk while farmers walk with [C] nowhere else to [D] go
[G] If there's work around in the local towns they might be [C] hanging on
While trying to [G] find a way back [D] to the place where [G] they belong
_ And [C] I never thought that I'd be bought and sold [A] on [G] market day
[A] They gave away a lifetime with the cattle [D] and the hay _
[G] And the thistles by the riverside and the bracken on [C] the run
No I never [G] saw their charm till [D] the day [G] we sold the farm _
[D] So I'm heading over mountains [C] down the slopes of [G] brown and green
[D] Trying to find a way back to [Em] what once belonged [D] to me
[G] Oh how I used to curse those hills in the rain when [C] I was young
No I never [G] saw their charm [D] till the day we [G] sold the farm
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