D
I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
GD
I'm goin' up the country, baby don't you wanna go?
AD
I'm goin' to some place where I've never been before.
D
I'm goin', I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
GD
Well, I'm goin' where the water tastes like wine.
AD
You can jump in the water and stay drunk all the time.
D
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
GD
I'm gonna leave this city, got to get away.
AD
All this fussin' and fightin', man you know I sure can't stay.
D
Now baby, packin' up the truck you know I got to leave today.
Just exactly where I'm goin' I can not say,
GD
but we might even leave the USA.
AD
It's a brand-new game and I don't wanna play.
GD
No use of you running or screaming and crying
AD
But you got a home man, long as I got mine.
"Going up the Country" - Canned Heat / WOODSTOCK '69
G
Together we stand, Divided we fall
Come on now people, Let's get on the Ball
C7G
And work together Come on, come on Let's work together
(Now now people)
DCGD
Because together we will stand, every boy, every girl and man
G
When things go wrong as thes sometimes will
And the road you travel stays all uphill
C7G
Let's work together, Come on, come on, Let's work together
DCGD
You know together we will stand , every boy, girl, woman and a man
G
Oh well now, two or three minutes, Two or three hours
What does it matter now in this life of ours
C7G
Let's work together, Come on, come on Let's work together
Now now people
DCGD
Because together we will stand, every boy, every girl and man
Ahhhh. coome on now......
G
Well now, make someone happy, make someone smile
Let's all work together. And make life worthwhile
C7G
Let's work together, Come on, come on Let's work together
(Now now people)
DCGD
Because together we will stand every boy, girl, woman and a man
G
Oh well now, come on you people, Walk hand in hand
Let's make this world of ours, A good place to stand
C7G
And work together, Come on, come on, Let's work together
(Now now people)
DCG
Because together we will stand every boy firl, woman and a man
DCG
Well now together we will stand, Every boy, girl, woman and a man
INTRO: EGAE (x3) + (Harmonica.)
Verse 1:
EG
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
AEGAE
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
EG
Well, I'm so tired of crying, but I'm out,
AEGAE
on the road again. I'm on the road a..gain.
EGAEEGAE
I ain't got no woman, just to call, my special friend.
Verse 2:
EG
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
AEGAE
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
EG
You know the first time I traveled out, in the
AEGAE
rain and snow..in the rain and snow.
EGAEGAE
I didn't have no payroll..not even no place to go.
Verse 3:
EGAE
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
GAE
when I was quite young.
EGAE
And my dear mother left me..when I was quite young..
GAE
when I was quite young.
EGAEGAE
She said, 'Lord, have mercy, on my wicked son.'
(Harmonica break.)
Verse 4:
EGAE
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
GAE
don't you cry no more.
EGAE
Take a hint from me, Mama, please..don't you cry no more..
GAE
Don't you cry no more.
EGAEGAE
Cause it's soon one morning, down the road I'm gone.
Verse 5:
EGAEGAE
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
EGAEGAE
And I'm going to leave the city, got to go away..got to go a..way.
EGAEGAE
All this fussin' and fightin', man, I sure can't stay.
Verse 6:
EGAEGAE
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by myself.
EGAEGAE
But I ain't going down that long old lonesome road..all by myself.
EGAEGAE
I can't carry you, Baby, gonna carry somebody else.