Farmer in the City
from the album Tilt (1995)
by Scott Walker
INRTO (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 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
CHORUS ONE (PATTERN THREE)
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...
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# Lyrics taken from www.elyrics.net
