Misc Traditional – Country Life (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Chords

As sung by St. Mary’s College on the album Crossing the Bar [Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.
[Verse 1]
   G                    C       D
In spring we sow, after harvest mow

    G                       C          D
And that is how the seasons round they go

       Em                 Am7     D
But of all the times, if choose I may

       G        C      D7       G
I'd be rambling in the new mown hay
[Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.
[Verse 2]
   G               C      D
In summer when the sun is hot

   G                          C       D
We sing, and we dance, and we drink a lot.

   Em                 Am7       D
We spend all night in sport and play

       G        C      D7       G
And go rambling in the new mown hay.
[Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.
[Verse 3]
   G               C         D
In autumn when the oak trees turn

   G                          C      D
We gather all the wood that's fit to burn.

   Em                Am7   D
We cut and stash and stow away

       G        C      D7       G
And go rambling in the new mown hay.
[Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.
[Verse 4]
   G               C      D
In winter when the sky is gray

   G                   C      D
We hedge and ditch our times away

    Em                     Am7        D
But in the summer when the sun shines gay

      G        C           D7       G
We go rambling through the new mown hay
[Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.
[Chorus]
G                       C       D
I like to rise when the sun she rises

G     Em     Am7 D
Early in the morning,

Em                  Am7         D
I like to hear them small birds singing

Em      G          C  D
Merrily upon their laylum

       G                       C       D
And hurrah for the life of the country boy

       G      Am7    D7       G
And to ramble in the new mown hay.