Blur
Country House
The Great Escape (1995)

(basse)  c♯ c♯ c c b b a♯ a♯ a a g♯ g♯ g c♯ c b

A  E  Bm(sus4)   D  D/C♯  C♯(m,sus4)   So the story begins

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City dweller, successful feller
Bm
Thought to himself, "Oops, I've got a lot of money
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Caught in a rat race terminally

I'm a professional cynic but my heart's not in it
I'm paying the price of living life at the limit
Caught up in the century's anxiety"

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Yes, it preys on him (preys on him) he's getting thin (try the simple life)

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  Now he lives in a house, a very big house in the country
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  Watching afternoon repeats and the food that he eats in the country
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  He takes all manner of pills and piles up analyst bills in the country
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  Ooh, it's like an Animal Farm, lots of rural charm in the country

He's got morning glory and life's a different story
Everything's going Jackanory
Touched with his own mor - tality

He's reading Balzac, knocking back Prozac
It's a helping hand that makes you feel wonderfully bland
Oh, it's a century's remedy

For the faint at heart (faint at heart) a new start (try the simple life)

  He lives in a house, a very big house in the country
  He's got a fog in his chest so he needs a lot of rest in the country
  He doesn't drink smoke laugh, takes herbal baths in the country
  You should come to no harm on the Animal Farm in the country

    w/ (Blow, blow me out, I am so sad I don't know why)  x 2

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In the country (ooh ooh ooh) in the country (ooh ooh ooh) in the country

A  E  Bm   D  D/C♯  C♯   x 2  w/ solo

  (Blow, blow me out, I am so sad I don't know why)  x 2  tout doux

  Refrain 1  (rembarque)  w/ (Blow...)

  Refrain 2  w/ (Blow...) & cuivres

A  E  D7  A  x 4  w/ cuivres

(fade out)