Terry Jacks - Hey Country Girl
Single that got to #73 Canadian chart 1977
[Intro]
C
[Chorus]
F C
Hey country girl, sweet and
G
young, out in the clover
C C7
'neath the country sun
F C
Don't get polluted by no city
Dm G/B C
bum, and write home lots to
mom
[Verse 1]
C
You came in to the city,
Cmaj7
your hair was soft and
pretty
A
The smell of clover in your
Dm G
clothes
F G C
And he'd been watching you,
Am
standing in his city shoes
F G
Thinking of a line to use
[Chorus]
F C
Hey country girl, sweet and
G
young, out in the clover
C C7
'neath the country sun
F C
Don't get polluted by no city
Dm G/B C
bum, and write home lots to
mom
[Verse 2]
C
His words were warm and
Cmaj7
tender, he knew they'd melt
within her
A
He'd used them time and time
Dm G
again
F G
And you fell like a lamb,
C Am
brought down by a city
man
F G
Caught up in a glamour land
[Chorus]
F C
Hey country girl, sweet and
G
young, out in the clover
C C7
'neath the country sun
F C
Don't get polluted by no city
Dm G/B C
bum, and write home lots to
mom
[Instrumental]
F G F C F C F G Am B/G
F G F G F G
[Verse 3]
D
He took you in the fast
Dmaj7
lane. What you lost was
his gain
B7
It all went spinning
Em A
through your head
G A D
And when it all was over, and
Bm A
weeds had killed the clover
G A D
You understood what papa said
[Chorus]
G D
Hey country girl, sweet and
A
young, out in the clover
D D7
'neath the country sun
G D
Don't get polluted by no city
A
bum, and write home lots to
F#m7
mom
G D
Hey country girl, sweet and
A
young, out in the clover
D D7
'neath the country sun
G D
Don't get polluted by no city
A
bum, and write home lots to
F#m7
mom...