Country Dreams
Words and Music by Harry Chapin
(capo 3rd fret)
Open: D - Em - A (2x's)
D A
This phone's growin' in to my ear
G D
I made three hundred calls today
A Em
Though yours is the only voice that I want to hear
A Em A
I gotta make me a living some way
D C/G
I know you hate me doing this
Bm E
You say I'm selling out
G E7
But how in the hell is a man supposed to live
A
Selling what it's all about
D Am C G
Hello sir. I'm the Pocono Land Development Company
D Am C G
And I'm calling you with an offer of some land that you'll just have to see
Em D Em D
A quarter acre plot, that's what I've got for you
Em Dmaj7 Em D C/G Asus A
Nineteen ninety five, four hundred dollars down and just ten bucks a week
Em Bm
It's two short hours from New York City
Em D D/C#
A Pocono land site green and pretty
Bm Bm/A G G/F#
There's lakes there and trout streams
Em A D A D
Mountain views, country dreams, country dreams
D A
We dreamed our dreams in college girl
G D
Back then we thought we should
A Em
And we promised that we would save the world
A Em A
Way back then we thought we could
D C/G
I know you love your teaching now
Bm E
But I wish you'd understand
G E7
There aren't that many jobs around
A
I'm doing the best I can
D Am C G
Hello sir. I'm the Pocono Land Development Company
D Am C G
And I'm calling you with an offer of some land that you'll just have to see
Em D Em D
A quarter acre plot, that's what I've got for you
Em Dmaj7 Em D C/G Asus A
Nineteen ninety five, four hundred dollars down and just ten bucks a week
Em Bm
It's two short hours from New York City
Em D D/C#
A Pocono land site green and pretty
Bm Bm/A G G/F#
There's lakes there and trout streams
Em A D A Bm
Mountain views, country dreams, country dreams
Bm
I'm here with forty other guys crowded in a room
C/G Bm G Em A
Makin' a living selling the moon, and rustic dreams in June
Bm
I used to hate the city now I'm dwelling in it
C/G
I used to love the country now I'm selling it
Bm G A
I'm doing well at it, that's the hell of it
D A
I said that we would find a farm
G D
And live out on the land
A Em
It strange how dreams come back at us
A Em A
In ways that we had never planned
D C/G
Here I'm selling real estate
Bm E
And laughin' at myself
G E7
If I can't have my country dream
E7 A
I'm gonna sell it out to somebody else
D Am C G
Hello sir. I'm the Pocono Land Development Company
D Am C G
And I'm calling you with an offer of some land that you'll just have to see
Em D Em D
A quarter acre plot, that's what I've got for you
Em Dmaj7 Em D C/G Asus A
Nineteen ninety five, four hundred dollars down and just ten bucks a week
Em Bm
It's two short hours from New York City
Em D D/C#
A Pocono land site green and pretty
Bm Bm/A G G/F#
There's lakes there and trout streams
Em A D A D
Mountain views, country dreams, country dreams
D
Darlin' don't get mad at me
Em A
I'm doing this for you
D
It's really not so sad to see
Em A D
We had growin' up to do, country dreams
D
Aw please don't push me any more
Em A
It's gonna work out fine
D
I know I said I'd quit before
Em A D Em - A
But just give me a little more time, country dreams
D
Country Dreams.
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