Country Life Show of Hands
http://www.showofhands.co.uk/
Downtuned 2 semitones from standard(DGCFAD)
Wooooah x 2
[Am]Working in the rain, [C]cutting up wood, [G]it didn?t do my little brother much good
[Am]Lost two fingers in a [C]chainsaw bite, [G]all he does now is drink and fight
[F]Sells a bit of grass, [G]hots up [Am]cars[Dsus2], talks of travel, neve[F]r gets far
[F]Loved his kids, [G]left his [Am]wife, an e[Dsus2]veryday story of c[F]ountry life
[Am]And the red brick cottage, where [C]I was born, is the e[G]mpty shell of a holiday home
[Am]Most of the year, there?s [C]no one there, the v[G]illage is dead and they don?t care
[F]Now we live on the[G] edge of [Am]town, [Dsus2]haven?t been back since the [F]pub closed down
[F]One man?s family [G]pays the [Am]price, [Dsus2]for another man?s vision of [F]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.)
[Am]Silent fields Empty lanes
[G]Drifting smoke Distant flames
[Am]Picture postcard Fields on fire
[G]Cattle burning in funeral pyres
[F]Out to graze, they l[G]ook so s[Am]weet, [Dsus2]we ate the blood we wore t[F]he meat
[F]Buy me a beer i?ll [G]take my k[Am]nife and [Dsus2]cut you slice of count[F]ry 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)
It?s a little bit of country - l[Am]ife
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