Farmer in the City
from the album Tilt (1995)
by Scott Walker

INRTO (PATTERN 1)

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...


VERSE ONE (PATTERN 2)

(Introduction of verse theme: Em)

Em                           F
This night you are mistaken, I'm a farmer in the city

Am                               G                  Em
Dark farmhouses against the sky, every night I must wonder why

Em                              F
Harness on the left nail, keeps wrinkling, wrinkling...then

Am                G        Em
higher above me - e so...  e so


CHORUS ONE (PATTERN THREE)

Em                          C
Can't go by a man from Rio, can't go by a man from Vigo

G                             Bm              Am
Can't go by a man from Ostia, hey Ninetto, re-member that dream..

          Em
We talked about it...so many times


INTERLUDE (PATTERN 1)

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...


VERSE TWO (PATTERN 2)

(Introduction of verse theme: Em)

Em                       F
And if I'm not mistaken, we can search from farm to farm

Am                                G                  Em
Dark farmhouses against our eyes, every night I must realize

Em                              F
Harness on the left nail, keeps withering, withering...then

Am                G        Em
higher above me - e so...  e so


CHORUS TWO(PATTERN THREE)

Em                               C
Can't go by a man in this shirt, can't go by a man in that shirt

G                                   Bm
Can't go by a man with brain grass, go by his long long eye gas

Em                          Cmaj7
And I used to be a citizen, I never felt the pressure

G                               Bm                       Am
I knew nothing from the horses, nothing of the thresher, Paulo, take me

                      Em
with you...it was the journey ... of a life...


OUTRO (PATTERN ONE)

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...

Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...



# Chord suggestion by Ace Pete
# Lyrics taken from www.elyrics.net
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