Careless Weed

Intro Am


Verse 1
Em               B                
The wind is blowin', the farmer is
 Am         G
 sowin' now
C                  B        C    

 G    Am

And soon you'll be going to seed, 
yes and growing oh,


Chorus 1

G
Careless Weed
                         D       G
Rise beside the road and sing to me
            D                C
To be where roads and rivers lead
           D                 G    
And living without greed Careless 
    Em
Weed


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Verse 2
                    B              
So grow beneath the bridge and grow
            Am
 you in the fence row now
        C                B    
But God help you in the farmers 
                       G        Am
field 'cause he will make you weep,

with his hoe-down now,


Chorus 2

     G                             
Oh, Careless Weed, from across the 
Am           G
river bed you’re calling to me
            B                 C
To be where roads and rivers lead
            Am               G    
In love and without need Careless 
    Em
Weed


Verse 3

   B         D       C      
I lean on my hoe and stare and 
          Am  G     D      Em    C
stare, because I know I ain't really
D        G         Em
going nowhere, oh, Nowhere
And the mare, the mare, she's 
B                            Am  
foalin', the tumbleweeds are 
        C
rollin' now,
                 B        C    
Movin' down the line and leavin' 
   G                     Am   C
tracks for the wind to read


Chorus 3

        G          B      Em    
Oh, Careless Weed, stand beyond 
G         Am  G
the hills and call to me
D                             C
To be where roads and rivers lead
               Am        G
Loving without need careless weed
    Am
And living without greed
    D         G    D