The Idiot Chords by Stan Rogers

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I often [A] take these night [D] shift walks when [G] the foreman's knocked [Bm] around _
Turn my back on the [G] cooling stacks [D] and make [Em] for [A] open ground
[B] Far out [G] beyond [A] the tank [D] farm fence [G] where the gas flare makes [Bm] no sound
I forget [G] the stink and [D] I always [G] think back to [A] that eastern [D] town _ _
_ _ I remember back six [B] years ago [G] this western life I [B] chose
And every [G] day [D] the news [G] would say [D] some factory's [A] going to close
_ [Bm] Well I could have [G] stayed to [D] take the dole but [G] I'm not one of [B]
those
I [G] take nothing free [D] and that [G] makes me [D] an idiot [A] I _ [D]
suppose
So [G] I bid farewell to [D] the eastern town I [Bm] never [D] more will see
But [G] work [A] I must so [D] I eat this dust and [Bm] breathe [Em] _ [A] refinery
_ Oh [Bm] I miss the [G] green and [A] the woods and [D] streams and I [G] don't like cowboy [Bm]
clothes
But I [G] like being free and [D] that makes [G] me an [D] idiot I suppose
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_ _ _ _ _ _ come all you [A] fine young [B] fellers who've been [G]
beaten to the [Bm] ground
This [G]
western life's no paradise but it's better than lying [A] down
Oh the [G] streets aren't clean and [A] there's nothing [D] green and [G] the hills are dirty [B] brown
But [G] the government dole will rot your soul back [D]
there in [A] your _ [D] hometown
_ [G] So I bid farewell to [D] the eastern town you never more will see
[G] There's self [A] respect and [D] a steady track in [Em] this refinery
[A] _ _ You will [G] miss the green and the [D] woods and streams [G] and the dust will fill your [Bm] nose
[G] But you'll be free [D] and just [G] like me [D] an [A] idiot I [D] suppose _ _ _
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