"Country Life"
by Show of Hands
Transcribed by Chris Parker
[Em]Working in the rain [G]cutting down [C]wood
[G]Didn't do my little [D]brother much good
[Em]Lost two fingers in a [G]chainsaw [C]bite
[G]All he does now is [D]drink and fight
[C]Sells a bit of grass [D]hots up [G]cars
[Am]Talks of travel [G]never gets [C]far
[C]Loves his kids [D]left his [G]wife
[Am]An everyday story of [G]country [C]life
[Em]And the red brick cottage where [G]I was [C]born
Is the [G]empty shell of a [D]holiday home
[Em]Most of the year there's [G]no-one [C]there
[G]The village is dead and [D]they don't care
[C]Now we live on the [D]edge of [G]town
[Am]Haven't been back since the [G]pub closed [C]down
[C]One man's family [D]pays the [G]price
FOr [Am]another man's vision of [G]country [C]life[C]
[C]I'm singing [Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh
[Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh...
[Em]My old man is [G]eighty [C]four
[G]His generation [D]won the war
[Em]He left the farm [G]forever [C]when
[G]They only kept on [D]one in ten
[C]Landed gentry [D]county [G]snobs
[Am]Where were you when they [G]lost their [C]jobs
[C]No-one marched or [D]subsid[G]ised
To [Am]save a country [G]way of [C]life
[Em]Silent fields empty lanes
Drifting smoke distant flames
Picture postcard hills on fire
Cattle burning in funeral pyres
[C]Out to graze they [D]look so [G]sweet
We [Am]hate the blood we [G]want the [C]meat
[C]Buy me a beer I'll [D]take my [G]knife
[Am]Cut you a slice of [G]country [C]life [C]
[C]I'm singing [Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh
[Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh...
[Em]If you want cheap food well [C]here's the deal
[D]Family farms are brought to heel
[Em]Hammer blows of [C]size and scale
[D]Foot and mouth the final nail
[Em]The coffin of our [C]English dream
[D]Lies out on the village green
[Em]While agri-barons [C]CAP in hand
[D]Strip this green and pleasant land
Of [Em]meadow, woodland, [C]hedgerow, pond
[D]What remains gets built upon
[Em]No trains, [C]No jobs
[D]No shops, no pubs
[Em]What went [C]wrong[D]
[D]Country life [Em] [C]Country life[D]
N/A Em
It's a little bit of country life
by Show of Hands
Transcribed by Chris Parker
[Em]Working in the rain [G]cutting down [C]wood
[G]Didn't do my little [D]brother much good
[Em]Lost two fingers in a [G]chainsaw [C]bite
[G]All he does now is [D]drink and fight
[C]Sells a bit of grass [D]hots up [G]cars
[Am]Talks of travel [G]never gets [C]far
[C]Loves his kids [D]left his [G]wife
[Am]An everyday story of [G]country [C]life
[Em]And the red brick cottage where [G]I was [C]born
Is the [G]empty shell of a [D]holiday home
[Em]Most of the year there's [G]no-one [C]there
[G]The village is dead and [D]they don't care
[C]Now we live on the [D]edge of [G]town
[Am]Haven't been back since the [G]pub closed [C]down
[C]One man's family [D]pays the [G]price
FOr [Am]another man's vision of [G]country [C]life[C]
[C]I'm singing [Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh
[Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh...
[Em]My old man is [G]eighty [C]four
[G]His generation [D]won the war
[Em]He left the farm [G]forever [C]when
[G]They only kept on [D]one in ten
[C]Landed gentry [D]county [G]snobs
[Am]Where were you when they [G]lost their [C]jobs
[C]No-one marched or [D]subsid[G]ised
To [Am]save a country [G]way of [C]life
[Em]Silent fields empty lanes
Drifting smoke distant flames
Picture postcard hills on fire
Cattle burning in funeral pyres
[C]Out to graze they [D]look so [G]sweet
We [Am]hate the blood we [G]want the [C]meat
[C]Buy me a beer I'll [D]take my [G]knife
[Am]Cut you a slice of [G]country [C]life [C]
[C]I'm singing [Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh
[Em]oooooo[C]oh oh o[D]oh...
[Em]If you want cheap food well [C]here's the deal
[D]Family farms are brought to heel
[Em]Hammer blows of [C]size and scale
[D]Foot and mouth the final nail
[Em]The coffin of our [C]English dream
[D]Lies out on the village green
[Em]While agri-barons [C]CAP in hand
[D]Strip this green and pleasant land
Of [Em]meadow, woodland, [C]hedgerow, pond
[D]What remains gets built upon
[Em]No trains, [C]No jobs
[D]No shops, no pubs
[Em]What went [C]wrong[D]
[D]Country life [Em] [C]Country life[D]
N/A Em
It's a little bit of country life
