Farmer's Song Chords

KeyG Capo2st fret TuningStandard Difficulty Plays390

Farmer's Song by Murray Mclaughlin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G with a capo on the 2st fret. It uses the chords G, G6, D, D2, C, Em and Am. 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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Intro: G   G6   G   G6   G   G6   G   G6 

G          G6          G            G6 
Dusty old farmer out workin' your fields 
         G         G6            D      D2 
Hangin' down over your tractor wheels 
     D          D2              D            D2 
The sun beatin' down turns the red paint to orange 
     D         D2         G     G6  
And rusty old patches of steel 
        G           G6           G       G6 
There's no farmer songs on that car radio 
      G               G6         C 
Just cowboys, truck drivers and pain 
                 D           G            Em 
Well this is my way to say thanks for the meal 
       Am                D          G   G6   G   G6 
And I hope there's no shortage of rain 

 
G              G6         G        G6            
Straw hat and old dirty hankies 
G          G6          D     D2  
Moppin' a face like a shoe 
D              D2             D           D2 
Thanks for the meal here's a song that is real 
        D             D2     G     G6  
From a kid from the city to you (2x) 


     G            G6        G           G6 
The combines gang up, take most of the bread 
        G               G6          D   D2 
Things just ain't like they used to be 
             D            D2           D      D2 
Though your kids are out after the American dream 
             D         D2         G   G6 
And they're workin' in big factories 
G         G6               G         G6 
If I come by, when you're out in the sun 
       G           G6           C 
Can I wave at you just like a friend? 
                 D          G         Em 
These days when everyone's takin' so much 
         Am        D         G   G6   G   G6 
There's somebody givin' back in 

Chorus (x2) 
    	

Chord diagrams

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Reference tones

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

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Metronome

100 BPM Andante