Someday Ill Be A Farmer Chords

KeyG Capo3st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays327

Someday Ill Be A Farmer by Melanie is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords G, D, Em and C. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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G
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rd Fret 
  
  
Intro: G 
              Da da da da da da da da 
  
  
Someday I'll be a farmer, working the land 
  
I wish I was a farmer, to work with my hands 
                D 
'Cause it's been too long a ride, too high the fare 
        Em                  C                G  D   G 
Well, I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there 
          Em            C             G  D G 
And I been looking all around, looked everywhere 
        Em                  C                G  D   G 
Well, I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there 
         Em 
It isn't there, dum ta dum 
                        D             G 
It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere 
  
  
  
I'm gonna pick an apple, right from the tree 
  
I'm gonna eat the apple, 'cause it grew there for me 
                 D 
And it's been too long a ride, too high the fare 
        Em                  C                G  D  G 
Well, I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there 
          Em            C             G  D G 
And I been looking all around, looked everywhere 
   Em                C               G D   G 
To build and climb a mountain, if it isn't there 
         Em 
It isn't there, dum ta dum 
                        G          D  G 
It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere 
  
  
  
I wish I was a farmer, working the land 
  
Some day I'll be a farmer, to work with my hands 
                 D 
'Cause, it's been too long a ride, too high the fare 
           Em                  C                G  D   G 
You know I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there 
           Em           C             G  D G 
And I been looking all around, looked everywhere 
        Em                  C                G  D   G 
Well, I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there 
           Em           C             G  D G 
And I been looking all around, looked everywhere 
   Em                C               G D   G 
To build and climb a mountain, if it isn't there 
         Em 
It isn't there, dum ta dum 
                        G          D  G 
It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere 
  
  
  
I wish I was a farmer, working the land 
  
Some day I'll be a farmer, to work with my hands 
                                    D  G 
Da da ti da ti dum dum ti dum da da da dum 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante