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. 



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