"Country Life" 
by Show of Hands

Transcribed by Chris Parker



Em (022000@1)                G (320003@1)          CWorking (x32010@1)in the rain cutting down wood
G (320003@1)                 DDidn't (xx0232@1)do my little brother much good
Em (022000@1)                  G (320003@1)      CLost (x32010@1)two fingers in a chainsaw bite
G (320003@1)                DAll (xx0232@1)he does now is drink and fight
C (x32010@1)                  D (xx0232@1)     GSells (320003@1)a bit of grass hots up cars
Am (x02210@1)            G (320003@1)        CTalks (x32010@1)of travel never gets far
C (x32010@1)            D (xx0232@1)      GLoves (320003@1)his kids left his wife
Am (x02210@1)                 G (320003@1)     CAn (x32010@1)everyday story of country life

Em (022000@1)                            G (320003@1)   CAnd (x32010@1)the red brick cottage where I was born
       G (320003@1)              DIs (xx0232@1)the empty shell of a holiday home
Em (022000@1)                     G (320003@1)    CMost (x32010@1)of the year there's no-one there
G (320003@1)                     DThe (xx0232@1)village is dead and they don't care
C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)     GNow (320003@1)we live on the edge of town
Am (x02210@1)                        G (320003@1)        CHaven't (x32010@1)been back since the pub closed down
C (x32010@1)              D (xx0232@1)      GOne (320003@1)man's family pays the price
    Am (x02210@1)                    G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)      CFOr (x32010@1)another man's vision of country life

C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)    DI'm (xx0232@1)singing oooooooh oh ooh
Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)    Doooooooh (xx0232@1)oh ooh...

Em (022000@1)          G (320003@1)    CMy (x32010@1)old man is eighty four
G (320003@1)            DHis (xx0232@1)generation won the war
Em (022000@1)             G (320003@1)     CHe (x32010@1)left the farm forever when
G (320003@1)               DThey (xx0232@1)only kept on one in ten
C (x32010@1)           D (xx0232@1)    GLanded (320003@1)gentry county snobs
Am (x02210@1)                     G (320003@1)        CWhere (x32010@1)were you when they lost their jobs
C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)   GNo-one (320003@1)marched or subsidised
   Am (x02210@1)           G (320003@1)    CTo (x32010@1)save a country way of life

EmSilent (022000@1)fields empty lanes

Drifting smoke distant flames

Picture postcard hills on fire

Cattle burning in funeral pyres
C (x32010@1)               D (xx0232@1)     GOut (320003@1)to graze they look so sweet
   Am (x02210@1)              G (320003@1)      CWe (x32010@1)hate the blood we want the meat
C (x32010@1)                D (xx0232@1)     GBuy (320003@1)me a beer I'll take my knife
Am (x02210@1)               G (320003@1)     C (x32010@1)     CCut (x32010@1)you a slice of country life

C (x32010@1)         Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)    DI'm (xx0232@1)singing oooooooh oh ooh
Em (022000@1)  C (x32010@1)    Doooooooh (xx0232@1)oh ooh...

Em (022000@1)                        CIf (x32010@1)you want cheap food well here's the deal
DFamily (xx0232@1)farms are brought to heel
Em (022000@1)            CHammer (x32010@1)blows of size and scale
DFoot (xx0232@1)and mouth the final nail
Em (022000@1)              CThe (x32010@1)coffin of our English dream
DLies (xx0232@1)out on the village green
Em (022000@1)              CWhile (x32010@1)agri-barons CAP in hand
DStrip (xx0232@1)this green and pleasant land
   Em (022000@1)              COf (x32010@1)meadow, woodland, hedgerow, pond
DWhat (xx0232@1)remains gets built upon

Em (022000@1)       CNo (x32010@1)trains, No jobs
DNo (xx0232@1)shops, no pubs
Em (022000@1)      C (x32010@1)      DWhat (xx0232@1)went wrong
D (xx0232@1)            Em (022000@1) C (x32010@1)           DCountry (xx0232@1)life        Country life
        N/A                  EmIt's (022000@1)a little bit of country life