City Vs. Country by Jonathon Richman off the album "You Must Ask the Heart"
standard tuning, barre chords
F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FI (133211@1)wanna live close to downtown to be near my friends
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Gm (355333@1) CI (x32010@1)want to be close to them and still be out by the trees in the wind
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) BbHavin' (x1333x@1)both will be hard to find I'm sure, but then ain't that the way of
Bbmthe (x13321@1)world
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)want the city, but I want the country, too.
F (133211@1) Bb (x1333x@1) FI (133211@1)wanna be with my friends by the fire and the starlight
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) Gm (355333@1) CBut (x32010@1)I want music, music in my life, Yes!
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) BbmI (x13321@1)want a bar-hopping music scene and I wanna pick from ten or fifteen
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)want the city, but I want the country too.
Musical Interlude (same as verse)
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Dm (xx0231@1) BbMy (x1333x@1)mind is quiet. When my thoughts are slow.
Dm (xx0231@1) Bb (x1333x@1) Gm (355333@1) C (x32010@1)
I've got to learn what I'm wanting to know
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) BbmI (x13321@1)need to live in the ancient world if I'm going to do what I want to do.
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)want the city but I want the country too.
Dm (xx0231@1) Am (x02210@1) Bb (x1333x@1) BbmI'll (x13321@1)never have both moon and sun. But one never knows just one.
F (133211@1) C (x32010@1) FI (133211@1)want the city, but I want the country too.
