Harold Wilson chords by
Fred Eaglesmith

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Key: C# minor•

Verse 1

Am

Am

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C

C

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Harold Wilson is my name, son

Am

Am

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Why don't you sit a spell

C

C

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I live right here on the Fergusson Road

Am

Am

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At the Paradise Motel

Verse 2

C

C

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And though you do not know me

Am

Am

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There's a story I like to tell

E

E

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F

F

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It's a story that I'm sure you know well

C

C

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G

G

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It's a story that I'm sure you know well

Am

Am

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Verse 3

C

C

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I had me a place on Thunder Ridge

Am

Am

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In a doomsday shack

C

C

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My wife had left and took the kids

Am

Am

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A couple of years back

C

C

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And I spent most of my mornings

Am

Am

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Thinking about that

E

E

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And my afternoons trying to

F

F

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figure out what to plant

C

C

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G

G

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I spent my afternoons trying

to figure out what to plant

Am

Am

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Verse 4

C

C

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Am

Am

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Did you ever try to farm a farm

With a pick and a shovel

C

C

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Try to put a field into corn

Am

Am

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Just wouldn't grow nothin'

G

G

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C

C

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Starin' down across the town

Am

Am

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You wonder why I even bother

E

E

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When up the road there's a vacant room

F

F

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Climate control and colour

G

G

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And you could stay there by the month

Am

Am

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for a hundred dollars

G

G

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And you could stay there by the month

for a hundred dollars

Am

Am

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Verse 5

G

G

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C

C

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There wasn't money in corn

Am

Am

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And there wasn't money in beans

C

C

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They took my telephone,

Am

Am

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shut off my electricity

C

C

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Then a letter came in the mail

Am

Am

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Saying there's taxes owed by me

E

E

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If I was ever going to pay

F

F

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Well, I had three weeks

C

C

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G

G

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If I was ever going to pay

Well, I had three weeks

Am

Am

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Verse 6

G

G

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C

C

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Did you ever try to farm a farm

Am

Am

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With a pick and a shovel

G

G

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C

C

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Try to put a field into corn

Am

Am

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Just wouldn't grow nothin'

G

G

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C

C

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Starin' down across the town

Am

Am

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You wonder why I even bother

E

E

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When up the road

there's a vacant room

F

F

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Climate control and colour

Am

Am

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C

C

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G

G

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And you could stay there by the month

Am

Am

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for a hundred dollars

G

G

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And you could stay there by

the month for a hundred dollars

Am

Am

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Verse 7

C

C

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Well, they sold that farm to some

Am

Am

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fool for ten cents on the dollar

C

C

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I saw him out there last week,

Am

Am

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I was on my way to visit my daughter

C

C

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And that son of a gun was out there

Am

Am

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Trying to hook a windmill up to water

E

E

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When he heard me laugh, well,

F

F

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he turned and I swear he hollered

G

G

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When he heard me laugh, well,

he turned, I swear he hollered

Am

Am

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Verse 8

G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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Did you ever try to farm a farm

With a pick and a shovel

G

G

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C

C

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Am

Am

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Try to put a field into corn

Just wouldn't grow nothin'

G

G

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C

C

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Starin' down across the town

Am

Am

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You wonder why I even bother

E

E

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When up the road there's a vacant room

F

F

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Climate control and colour

C

C

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G

G

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And you could stay there by

the month for a hundred dollars

Am

Am

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C

C

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G

G

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And you could stay there by

the month for a hundred dollars

Am

Am

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Verse 9

C

C

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Now the government

cheques come down the pike

Am

Am

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As regular as rain

C

C

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And I sit outside most nights

F

F

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'Cept when the June

Am

Am

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bug s drive me in

C

C

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Harold Wilson

Verse 10

is my name, son

Am

Am

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Why don't you sit a spell

G

G

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I live right here on the Fergusson Road

At the Paradise Motel

Am

Am

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

E ₂

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G ₃

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Tuning:Standard Open Tuner

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D ₃

G ₃

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E ₄

Guitar Tuner 7 Strings

B ₁

E ₂

A ₂

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E ₄

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CavaquinhoStandard

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Balalaika Tuner

E ₄

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G ₄

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G ₃

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Banjo Tuner 4 Strings

C ₃

G ₃

D ₄

A ₄

Chords

Am
C
E
F
G

Capo: 4

Transpose: 0

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Frequently asked questions

The original key of Harold Wilson by Fred Eaglesmith is C# minor.

The primary chords used in Harold Wilson are C#m, E, G#, A, B.

To play in the original key, place your capo on the 4 fret.

Yes, this version uses open chords like C#m, E, G#, A, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

The tempo of Harold Wilson is approximately 146 beats per minute.

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