The Idiot

The Idiot easy guitar chords by Stan Rogers

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  • D

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    2

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    • Verse 1
    I 
    often 
    take 
    these 
    night shift 
    walks 

    When the 
    foreman's 
    not 
    around 

    I turn 
    my 
    back 
    on the 
    cooling 
    stacks 

    And 
    make 
    for 
    open 
    ground 

    Far 
    out 
    bey
    ond 
    the 
    tank-
    farm 
    fence 

    fence 

    Where the 
    gas 
    flare 
    makes 
    no sound 

    I for
    get 
    the stink 
    and 
    I always 
    think 

    Back 
    to 
    that 
    Eastern 
    town 

    Interlude 1



    Verse 2
    [Chorus] 
    So I 

    bid farewell 
    to the 
    Eastern 
    town 

    I 
    never 
    more 
    will 
    see 

    But 
    work 
    I must 
    so I 
    eat 
    this 
    dust 

    And 
    breathe 
    re
    finery 

    Oh 
    I 
    miss 
    the 
    green 
    and the 

    woods 
    and 
    streams 

    And I 
    don't 
    like cowboy 
    clothes 

    But 
    I 
    like being 
    free 
    and 
    that makes 
    me 

    An 
    idiot, 
    I suppose. 

    I remember 
    back six 
    years ago 
    This western 
    life 
    Verse 3

    I 
    chose 

    And 
    every 

    day the news would say 

    Some 
    factory's going 
    to 

    close 

    Well, I 
    could have stayed 
    to 

    take the dole 

    But I'm not one of 
    those. 

    I take 
    nothing free, 

    and that makes me, 

    An idiot, 
    I suppose. 

    Verse 4

    So come 
    all 
    you fine 
    young 
    fellows 

    Who've 
    been 
    beaten 
    to 
    the 
    ground 

    This 
    western 
    life's 
    no 
    paradis
    e, 

    But 
    it's 
    better 
    than 
    lying 
    down. 

    Oh the 
    streets 
    aren't 
    clean, 

    and there's 
    nothing 
    green, 

    And the 
    hills 
    are 
    dirty 
    brown, 

    But the 
    government 
    dole 
    will 
    rot 
    your soul 

    Back 
    there 
    in 
    your 
    home 
    town. 

    So 
    bid 
    farewell 
    to the 
    Verse 5
    Eastern 
    town 

    You 
    never 
    more 
    will 
    see. 

    There's 
    self-respect 
    and 

    and a 
    steady 
    check 

    In 
    this 
    re
    finery. 

    You will 
    miss 
    the 
    green 

    and the 
    woods 
    and streams 

    And the 
    dust 
    will 
    fill 
    your 
    nose. 

    But 
    you'll 
    be free, 
    and 
    just 
    like 
    me, 

    An idiot, 
    I sup
    pose. 

    Outro 1











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