Intro: Am
verse 1
Em B Am G
The wind is blowin', the farmer is sowin' now
C B C G Am
And soon you'll be going to seed, yes and growing oh,
G
Careless Weed
D G
Rise beside the road and sing to me
D C
To be where roads and rivers lead
D G Em
And living without greed Careless Weed
verse 2
B Am
So grow beneath the bridge and grow you in the fence row now
C B G Am
But God help you in the farmers field 'cause he will make you weep,
with his hoe-down now,
G Am G
Oh, Careless Weed, from across the river bed you’re calling to me
B C
To be where roads and rivers lead
Am G Em
In love and without need Careless Weed
verse 3
B D C Am G D Em C
I lean on my hoe and stare and stare, because I know I ain't really
D G Em
going nowhere, oh, Nowhere
B Am C
And the mare, the mare, she's foalin', the tumbleweeds are rollin' now,
B C G Am C
Movin' down the line and leavin' tracks for the wind to read
G B Em G Am G
Oh, Careless Weed, stand beyond the hills and call to me
D C
To be where roads and rivers lead
Am G
Loving without need careless weed
Am
And living without greed
D G D
Careless Weed