Biography:
Jonathan Michael Richman (Natick, Massachusetts, May 16, 1951) is an American singer, songwriter and guitarist. In 1970 he founded The Modern Lovers, an influential proto-punk band. Since the mid-1970s, Richman has worked either solo or with low-key, generally acoustic, backing. He is known for his wide-eyed, unaffected and childlike outlook, and music that, while rooted in rock and roll, often draws on influences from around the world.
Jonathan Richman began playing music and writing his own songs in the mid-1960s.
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City Vs. Country by Jonathon Richman off the album "You Must Ask the Heart"
standard tuning, barre chords
F Bb F
I wanna live close to downtown to be near my friends
F Am Gm C
I want to be close to them and still be out by the trees in the wind
Dm Am Bb
Havin' both will be hard to find I'm sure, but then ain't that the way of
Bbm
the world
F C F
I want the city, but I want the country, too.
F Bb F
I wanna be with my friends by the fire and the starlight
F Am Gm C
But I want music, music in my life, Yes!
Dm Am Bb Bbm
I want a bar-hopping music scene and I wanna pick from ten or fifteen
F C F
I want the city, but I want the country too.
F Bb F
F Am Gm C
Dm Am Bb Bbm
F C F
Dm Bb Dm Bb
My mind is quiet. When my thoughts are slow.
Dm Bb C
I've got to learn what I'm wanting to know
Dm Am Bb Bbm
I need to live in the ancient world if I'm going to do what I want to do.
F C Dm
I want the city but I want the country too.
Bb C Dm Am
I'll never have both moon and sun. But one never knows just one.
Bb C F
I want the city, but I want the country too.
standard tuning, barre chords
F Bb F
I wanna live close to downtown to be near my friends
F Am Gm C
I want to be close to them and still be out by the trees in the wind
Dm Am Bb
Havin' both will be hard to find I'm sure, but then ain't that the way of
Bbm
the world
F C F
I want the city, but I want the country, too.
F Bb F
I wanna be with my friends by the fire and the starlight
F Am Gm C
But I want music, music in my life, Yes!
Dm Am Bb Bbm
I want a bar-hopping music scene and I wanna pick from ten or fifteen
F C F
I want the city, but I want the country too.
F Bb F
F Am Gm C
Dm Am Bb Bbm
F C F
Dm Bb Dm Bb
My mind is quiet. When my thoughts are slow.
Dm Bb C
I've got to learn what I'm wanting to know
Dm Am Bb Bbm
I need to live in the ancient world if I'm going to do what I want to do.
F C Dm
I want the city but I want the country too.
Bb C Dm Am
I'll never have both moon and sun. But one never knows just one.
Bb C F
I want the city, but I want the country too.
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