Buffalo Springfield – Carefree Country Day (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

As recorded by Buffalo Springfield (From the 1968 Album LAST TIME AROUND) Words & Music by Jim Messina [Intro] C A7/C# D C# C A7/C# D C# [1st Verse]
  C             A7/C#          D7               G7
I get up in the morning with a cock-a-doodle-do,

  C             A7/C#        D7           G7   F
I get myself together if and when I chose.
[Chorus]
F        Edim7  Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme,

Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7
Oh what a wonderful way,

D7         G7               C       A7   D7
To spend a carefree country day, oh

D7       G7                C   F   C    A7/C#    D   C#
I got to have it that way.
[2nd Verse]
  C               A7/C#                   D7
I best get all my chores done, got some friends a

            G7
Commin' by.

       C               A7/C#          D7                G7
That's part of country livin I'm just trying to get by,
[Chorus]
F        Edim7  Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme,

Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7
Oh what a wonderful way,

D7         G7               C       A7   D7
To spend a carefree country day, oh

D7       G7                C   F
I got to have it that way.
[Interlude] F Eb7 Ab7 Eb/Ab G7 C A7/C# D C# C A7/C# D C# [3rd Verse]
  C             A7/C#        D7              G7
I make myself a livin' off a haulin' on junk,

    C              A7/C#                                  G7
The wagon that I'm driving came from happy worker's dump.
[Chorus]
F        Edim   Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme,

Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7
Oh what a wonderful way,

D7         G7               C       A7   D7
To spend a carefree country day, oh

D7       G7
I got to have it that way.
[Outro] C A7 D7 G7 x2