| D | |
| Because he | calls the forest "Brother" |
| A | D | |
| Because he | calls the Earth his | mother |
| G | D | |
| They drove him | out into the | rain |
| A | D | |
| Some | people even said that the boy from the country was | insane |
| Because he spoke to the fish in the creek |
| He tried to tell us that the animals could speak |
| And who knows? perhaps they do |
| How do you know they don't just because they've never spoken to you? |
| CHORUS: |
| A | |
| Boy from the country |
| D | |
| Left his home when he was | young |
| A (n.c.) |
| Boy from the country |
| D | |
| He loves the | sun. |
| He tried to tell us that we should love the land |
| We just turned our heads and laughed; you see we did not understand |
| Sometimes I think the boy from the country is the only one who sees |
| 'cause the boy from the country doesn't want to see the forest for the |
| trees. |
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| D: xx7770 |
| Dmaj7:xx7779 |
| D6: xx7777 |
| D: xx7797 |