Far Side Of The Hill chords by Barry McGuire, The New Christy Minstrels

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Verse 1
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It's a very strange thing.
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No matter how beautiful a girl a
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man's married to,
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no matter how much money he has in the bank,
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he's always just a little bit more than curi
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ous as to what's it really like
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on the far side of the hill?
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What are the people like
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in the next state?
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You know, some men were born
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to spend their entire lives
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working in the same room,
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hang their hat and coat
on the same nail
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every morning of the world.
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But some men,
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some men were born for roaming.
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I guess I always will,
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I wonder could it be greener,
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on the far side of the hill.
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Hey Dan, look yonder,
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there's earth an  d green and sky
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Oh, I'll bet we
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could get on down there
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in the bat ten overnight
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An  d Dan, sometimes I'm lonely,
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sometimes I'm tired too
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In field I see a tired farmer walkin'
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Alone when day's work's through
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And Dan, he's got a woman
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Yes, she's waitin'
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his supper every day
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Oh, God, I curse this Roman fever
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It stole my love away
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And down that pretty woman,
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waitin' when his day's work is done
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Oh, down that little wo  man,
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she'll give to him my son
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But I was born a Roman
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Yeah, I guess I always will
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Oh, I wonder, could it be greener
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On the far side of the hill?
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Yeah, darn could it be greener
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Oh, darn could it be
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greener
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