Farm on the Freeway Chords

KeyEm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays480

Farm on the Freeway by Jethro Tull is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, C, Asus4, D and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			use um CAPO no 3º traste 

 intro     Em C  Em C 
  
Em                             C                                         Em         C            Em 
Nine miles of two-strand topped with barbed wire  
C           Asus4                    Em  C 
laid by the father for the son.  
Em                              C                         Em         C                    Em    C  
Good shelter down there on the valley floor,  
C                       Asus4                    Em                      C    Em 
down by where the sweet stream run.  
C                                 D        Asus4  
Now  they might give me compensation...  
Em                       D            Em  
That's not what I'm chasing.  
        F                           C         Em  
I was a rich man before yesterday.  
 C                                          Em                          C  
Now all I have got is a cheque and a pickup truck.  
C              Asus4             Em      C       Em C  
I left my farm on the freeway.  
   
Em                    C                         Em                  C                        Em 
They're busy building airports on the south side...  
C                      Asus4               Em   C 
Silicon chip factory on the east.  
Em                                  C                        Em                      C                    Em    C  
And the big road's pushing through along the valley floor.  
C                    Asus4                             Em                      C    Em 
Hot machine pouring six lanes at the very least.  
 
C                                     D        Asus4  
Now  they might give me compensation...  
Em                   D            Em  
That's not what I'm chasing.  
        F                         C         Em  
I was a rich man before yesterday.  
 C                                        Em                         C  
 Now all I have left is a broken-down pickup truck. 
C                          Asus4         Em  C       Em C  
 Looks like my farm is a freeway.  
 
 
Em                                C                         Em                C                        Em 
They forgot they told us what this old land was for.  
C                                  Asus4                               Em      C 
Grow two tons the acre, boy, between the stones.  
Em                             C                             Em         C                    Em    C  
This was no Southfork, it was no Ponderosa. 
C                        Asus4                      Em                      C    Em 
 But it was the place that I called home.  
 
C                                    D        Asus4  
Now  they might give me compensation...  
Em                       D            Em  
That's not what I'm chasing.  
        F                            C         Em  
I was a rich man before yesterday.  
 C                                             Em                                            C  
And what do I want with a million dollars and a pickup truck?  
C                         Asus4                 Em        C       Em C  
When I left my farm under the freeway.  
 
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