Chords for The Idiot - Stan Rogers (Cover) + Bonus Verse by Seth Staton Watkins
Tempo:
146.45 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
F#m
D
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[A] I [E] often take these [F#m] night shift walks when [A] the foreman's not [F#m] around
I [A] turn my back on the cooling stacks and make for open [B] ground
Far [E] out beyond the tank farm fence where the [A] gas flare makes no [F#m] sound
I [A] forget the stink and I [D] always think back [Em] to [Bm] that eastern [A]
town
I remember back six years [F#m] ago this western life I chose
And [A] every day the news would say [D] some factory's going to [E] close
[A] Well I could have [E] stayed to take the dough but [F#m] I'm not [D] one [F#m] of those
I take [A] nothing free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern town I never [F#] more will [A] see
[F#m] But work I must so [A] I eat this dust and [D] breathe [E] refinery
Oh I [A] miss the green [E] and the woods and streams and I don't [D] like [F#] cowboy clothes
But I [A] like being free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
[E] So come all you fine young [A] fellows who've been [D] beaten to [F#] the ground
This [F#m] western life's [A] no paradise but it's better than [E] lying down
Oh the [A] streets aren't clean and there's nothing green [F#m] and the hills are dirty [F#] brown
[D]
But the government [A] door will rot your soul back there [E] in your [A] hometown
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern [D] town [A] I never more [F#] will see
There's [D] self [A]-respect and a study check in this [E] refinery
Oh you'll [A] miss the green and the woods and streams [F#m] and the dust will fill your nose
But [A] you'll be free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
These [E] are the words I [A] tell myself when I miss my old hometown
[F#m] I [A] tell myself that I'm doing right by [D] turning that [B] welfare down
But [A] now I see for you and [E] me that I want [A] those woods [F#] and streams
For I owe my life to this worker's strife why can't I just be free
I [A] turn my back on the cooling stacks and make for open [B] ground
Far [E] out beyond the tank farm fence where the [A] gas flare makes no [F#m] sound
I [A] forget the stink and I [D] always think back [Em] to [Bm] that eastern [A]
town
I remember back six years [F#m] ago this western life I chose
And [A] every day the news would say [D] some factory's going to [E] close
[A] Well I could have [E] stayed to take the dough but [F#m] I'm not [D] one [F#m] of those
I take [A] nothing free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern town I never [F#] more will [A] see
[F#m] But work I must so [A] I eat this dust and [D] breathe [E] refinery
Oh I [A] miss the green [E] and the woods and streams and I don't [D] like [F#] cowboy clothes
But I [A] like being free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
[E] So come all you fine young [A] fellows who've been [D] beaten to [F#] the ground
This [F#m] western life's [A] no paradise but it's better than [E] lying down
Oh the [A] streets aren't clean and there's nothing green [F#m] and the hills are dirty [F#] brown
[D]
But the government [A] door will rot your soul back there [E] in your [A] hometown
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern [D] town [A] I never more [F#] will see
There's [D] self [A]-respect and a study check in this [E] refinery
Oh you'll [A] miss the green and the woods and streams [F#m] and the dust will fill your nose
But [A] you'll be free and that makes me an idiot I suppose
These [E] are the words I [A] tell myself when I miss my old hometown
[F#m] I [A] tell myself that I'm doing right by [D] turning that [B] welfare down
But [A] now I see for you and [E] me that I want [A] those woods [F#] and streams
For I owe my life to this worker's strife why can't I just be free
Key:
A
E
F#m
D
F#
A
E
F#m
[A] I [E] often take these [F#m] night shift walks when [A] the foreman's not [F#m] around
I [A] turn my back on the cooling stacks and make for open [B] _ ground
Far [E] out beyond the tank farm fence where the [A] gas flare makes no [F#m] sound
I [A] forget the stink and I [D] always think back [Em] to [Bm] that eastern [A] _
town
I remember back six years [F#m] ago this western life I _ chose
And [A] every day the news would say [D] some factory's going to [E] close
[A] Well I could have [E] stayed to take the dough but [F#m] I'm not [D] one [F#m] of those
I take [A] nothing free and that makes me an idiot I _ suppose
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern town I never [F#] more will [A] see
[F#m] But work I must so [A] I eat this dust and [D] breathe _ [E] refinery _
Oh I [A] miss the green [E] and the woods and streams and I don't [D] like [F#] cowboy clothes
But I [A] like being free and that makes me an idiot I _ suppose
[E] So come all you fine young [A] fellows who've been [D] beaten to [F#] the ground
This [F#m] western life's [A] no paradise but it's better than [E] lying down
Oh the [A] streets aren't clean and there's nothing green [F#m] and the hills are dirty [F#] brown
[D]
But the government [A] door will rot your soul back there [E] in your [A] hometown _
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern [D] town [A] I never more [F#] will see
There's [D] self [A]-respect and a study check in this _ [E] refinery _
Oh you'll [A] miss the green and the woods and streams [F#m] and the dust will fill your nose
But [A] you'll be free and that makes me an idiot I suppose _
_ _ These _ [E] are the words I [A] tell myself when I miss my old hometown
[F#m] _ _ I [A] tell myself that I'm doing right by [D] turning that [B] welfare _ _ down
But [A] now I see for you and [E] me that I want [A] those woods [F#] and streams
For I owe my life to this worker's strife why can't I just be free _ _ _ _
I [A] turn my back on the cooling stacks and make for open [B] _ ground
Far [E] out beyond the tank farm fence where the [A] gas flare makes no [F#m] sound
I [A] forget the stink and I [D] always think back [Em] to [Bm] that eastern [A] _
town
I remember back six years [F#m] ago this western life I _ chose
And [A] every day the news would say [D] some factory's going to [E] close
[A] Well I could have [E] stayed to take the dough but [F#m] I'm not [D] one [F#m] of those
I take [A] nothing free and that makes me an idiot I _ suppose
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern town I never [F#] more will [A] see
[F#m] But work I must so [A] I eat this dust and [D] breathe _ [E] refinery _
Oh I [A] miss the green [E] and the woods and streams and I don't [D] like [F#] cowboy clothes
But I [A] like being free and that makes me an idiot I _ suppose
[E] So come all you fine young [A] fellows who've been [D] beaten to [F#] the ground
This [F#m] western life's [A] no paradise but it's better than [E] lying down
Oh the [A] streets aren't clean and there's nothing green [F#m] and the hills are dirty [F#] brown
[D]
But the government [A] door will rot your soul back there [E] in your [A] hometown _
So [F#] I bid farewell to [A] the eastern [D] town [A] I never more [F#] will see
There's [D] self [A]-respect and a study check in this _ [E] refinery _
Oh you'll [A] miss the green and the woods and streams [F#m] and the dust will fill your nose
But [A] you'll be free and that makes me an idiot I suppose _
_ _ These _ [E] are the words I [A] tell myself when I miss my old hometown
[F#m] _ _ I [A] tell myself that I'm doing right by [D] turning that [B] welfare _ _ down
But [A] now I see for you and [E] me that I want [A] those woods [F#] and streams
For I owe my life to this worker's strife why can't I just be free _ _ _ _