Farmer In The City Chords
by Scott Walker
Farmer In The City by Scott Walker is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Em. It uses the chords Em, F, Am, G, C, Bm and Cmaj7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
VERSE ONE (PATTERN 2)
Introduction of verse theme: Em
Em F
This night you are mistaken, I'm a farmer in the city
Am G Em
Dark farmhouses against the sky, every night I must wonder why
Em F
Harness on the left nail, keeps wrinkling, wrinkling...then
Am G Em
higher above me - e so... e so
Em C
Can't go by a man from Rio, can't go by a man from Vigo
G Bm Am
Can't go by a man from Ostia, hey Ninetto, re-member that dream..
Em
We talked about it...so many times
INTERLUDE (PATTERN 1)
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
VERSE TWO (PATTERN 2)
Introduction of verse theme: Em
Em F
And if I'm not mistaken, we can search from farm to farm
Am G Em
Dark farmhouses against our eyes, every night I must realize
Em F
Harness on the left nail, keeps withering, withering...then
Am G Em
higher above me - e so... e so
CHORUS TWO(PATTERN THREE)
Em C
Can't go by a man in this shirt, can't go by a man in that shirt
G Bm
Can't go by a man with brain grass, go by his long long eye gas
Em Cmaj7
And I used to be a citizen, I never felt the pressure
G Bm Am
I knew nothing from the horses, nothing of the thresher, Paulo, take me
Em
with you...it was the journey ... of a life...
OUTRO (PATTERN ONE)
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
Do I hear tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...
Em
I'll give you tweny-one, twenty-one, twenty-one...