COUNTRY HOUSE
by BLUR
from THE GREAT ESCAPE
G+
(So the story begins)
F C
City dweller, successful fella
Gm
Thought to himself
Oops I've got alot of money
A# (ABass) Db
I'm caught in a rat race terminally
F
I'm a prefessional cynic
C
But my hearts not in it
Gm
I'm paying the price of living life at the legal limit
A# (ABass) Db
Caught up in the centuries anxiety
C
It preys on him, he's getting thin
F
Now he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
A#
Watching afternoon repeats
F
And the food that he eats in the country
He takes all manner of pills
C (Eb)
And piles up analyst bills in the country
A#
It's like an animal farm,
F Fb
Lots of rural charm in the country
F C
Now he's got morning glory, life's a different story
Gm
Everything going jackanory
A# (ABass) Db
In touch with his own mortality
F C
He's reading balzac, knocking back prozac,
Gm
It's a helping hand
That makes you feel wonderfully bland
A# (ABass) Db C
Oh, it's the centuries remedy for the faint at heart,
F new start
F C (Eb)
He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
A#
He's got a fog in his chest
F
Se he needs alot of rest in the country
He doesn't drink smoke laugh
C (Eb)
He takes herbal baths in the country
A#
Oh it's like an animal farm
F
But you'll come to no harm in the country
F C A# F
Blow blow me out I am so sad I don't know why