Glen Campbell – Careless Weed (Guitar)

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Written by Jimmy Webb Live Version Intro Am Verse 1
Em               B                 Am         G
The wind is blowin', the farmer is sowin' now
C B C G Am And soon you'll be going to seed, yes and growing oh, Chorus 1
G
Careless Weed

                         D       G
Rise beside the road and sing to me

            D                C
To be where roads and rivers lead

           D                 G        Em
And living without greed Careless Weed
Verse 2
                    B                          Am
So grow beneath the bridge and grow you in the fence row now 

        C                B                           G        Am          
But God help you in the farmers field 'cause he will make you weep, 
with his hoe-down now, Chorus 2
     G                             Am           G
Oh, Careless Weed, from across the river bed you're calling to me

            B                 C
To be where roads and rivers lead

            Am               G        Em
In love and without need Careless Weed
Verse 3
   B         D       C                Am  G     D      Em    C        
I lean on my hoe and stare and stare, because I know I ain't really 

D        G         Em
going nowhere, oh, Nowhere

                              B                            Am          C
And the mare, the mare, she's foalin', the tumbleweeds are rollin' now,

                 B        C       G                     Am   C
Movin' down the line and leavin' tracks for the wind to read
Chorus 3
        G          B      Em    G         Am  G
Oh, Careless Weed, stand beyond the hills and call to me

D                             C
To be where roads and rivers lead

               Am        G
Loving without need careless weed

    Am
And living without greed
D G D Careless Weed flyinglibra51 God Bless Glen Travis Campbell