Downtuned 2 semitones from standard(DGCFAD) Wooooah x 2 A5 C5 G5 Working in the rain, cutting up wood, it didn?t do my little brother much good A5 C5 G5 Lost two fingers in a chainsaw bite, all he does now is drink and fight F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 Sells a bit of grass, hots up cars, talks of travel, never gets far F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 Loved his kids, left his wife, an everyday story of country life A5 C5 G5 And the red brick cottage, where I was born, is the empty shell of a holiday home A5 C5 G5 Most of the year, there?s no one there, the village is dead and they don?t care F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 Now we live on the edge of town, haven?t been back since the pub closed down F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 One man?s family pays the price, for another man?s vision of country life Wooooah x 2 (Chords as above) And my old man is eighty four, his generation won the war He left the farm , forever when they only kept on one in ten Land and gentry, county snobs, where were you when they lost their jobs Noone marched or subsidised to save a country way of life I'm singing wooooah x 2 (Break.) A5 Silent fields Empty lanes G5 Drifting smoke Distant flames A5 Picture postcard Fields on fire G5 Cattle burning in funeral pyres F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 Out to graze, they look so sweet, we ate the blood we wore the meat F5 G5 A5 D5 F5 Buy me a beer i?ll take my knife and cut you slice of country life I?m singing Wooooah x 4 (back to verse chord structure) If you want cheap food, well here?s the deal, family farms are brought to heel By the hammer blows , scythes and scale, foot and mouth; the final nail A coffin of our English dream , lies out on the village green Where I grew balance, cap in hand, strip this green and pleasant land Of meadow, woodland, hedgerow, park What remains gets built upon No trains, no jobs, no shops, no pubs, no where to run Country life country life country life (pause) A5 It?s a little bit of country - life
