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Ab As I walk through the valley
Bb where I harvest my
Ab grain, I
B take a look at my wife and
Cm realize.
she's very plain.
Ab But that's just perfect
Fm for an Amish like me.
You
B know I shun fancy things like
C electricity.
Ab At 4.
30.
in the morning
F I'm milking cows.
B Jebediah feeds the chickens
C and Jacob plows.
Ab Fool, and I've been milking
Fm and plowing so long that
B even Ezekiel thinks
C that my mind is gone.
Fm I'm a man of the land, I'm into discipline.
B Got a Bible in my hand
C and a beard on my chin.
But
Fm if I finish all of my chores and you finish thine,
B then tonight we're gonna party
C like it's 1699.
Fm We've been spending most our lives
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab I churn butter once or twice
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab It's hard work
Fm and sacrifice
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab We sell quilts
Fm at discount price
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
F A local boy kicked me in the butt last week.
I just smiled at him and I turned the other cheek.
I really don't care, in fact I wish him well.
Cause I'll be laughing my head off when he's burning in hell.
But
Fm I ain't never punched a tourist even if he deserved it.
B An Amish with a toot,
Cm you know that's unheard of.
Ab I never wear buttons
Fm but I got a cool hat
B and my homies agree I
C really look good in black
Ab fool.
If you come to visit
Fm you'll be bored to tears.
We
B haven't even paid the phone
C bill in 300 years.
Ab But we ain't really quaint
F so please don't point and stare.
B We're just technologically
C impaired.
There's
Fm no phone, no lights,
F no motor car,
G not a single
C luxury.
Ab Like Robinson
F Crusoe, it's
B as primitive as
C can be.
Ab We've been
Fm spending most our lives
G living in an
Cm Amish
Gm paradise.
Ab We're just plain
Fm and simple guys
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab There's no time
Fm for sin and vice
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab We don't fight,
Fm we all play nice
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab Hitching up the buggy,
F churning lots of butter.
B Raise the barn on Monday,
C soon I'll raise another.
Ab Think you're really righteous,
Fm think you're pure in heart.
G Well I know I'm a million
Cm times as humble as thou
Ab art.
I'm the pious guy, the
Fm little omelettes wanna be like
B on my knees day and night.
C Scoring points for the afterlife.
Ab So don't be vain
Fm and don't be whiny or
B else my brother I might have to
Cm get medieval on your hiney.
Ab We've been spending
Fm most our lives
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab We're all
Fm crazy men and knights
G living in an
C Amish paradise.
Ab There's no cops
Fm or traffic lights
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
Ab But you'd probably
Fm think it's bikes
G living in an
Cm Amish paradise.
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