Combine Harvester

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(capo 3)
intro - run-down, then 2 x banjo lick
 
verse 1
|C            |                    |             |
   I drove my tractor through your haystack last night
                                                 (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
  |G7      |                 |           |
I threw me pitchfork at your dog to keep quiet
                                         (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
    |C                 |        |              |
Now somethin's tellin' me, that you'm avoidin' me
                                               (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
|F             |               |G7            |
   Come on now darlin' you got    somethin' I need
 
chorus
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key
|C                   |               |             |
   Come on now let's get together in perfect harmony
   |F       |          |        | 
Oh I got 20 acres, and you got 43
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key
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(She made I laugh, ha ha)
 
verse 2
|C              |                  |           |
  I'll stick by you, I'll give you all that ya need
                                              (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
|G7                  |               |             |
We'll have twins and triplets, I'm a man built for speed
                                                   (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
        |C                |          |            |
And you know I'll love ya darlin' so give me your hand
                                                 (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
    |F              |                |G7      |
But what I want the most is all they acres o' land
 
chorus
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|C                   |               |             |
   Come on now let's get together in perfect harmony.
   |F       |          |        | 
Oh I got 20 acres, and you got 43
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|           |
(Phwooaaarrr, she's a lovely bit of stuff an'all)
 
verse 3
|C               |                |            |
  For seven long years I've been alone in this place.
                                               (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
|G7               |               |         |
Eat, sleep in the kitchen, it's a proper disgrace.
                                           (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
    |C              |         |               |
Now if I cleaned it up, would you change your mind?
                                              (Ooh ar, ooh ar)
     |F               |                |G7          |
I'll give up drinkin' scrumpy and that    lager and lime.
 
chorus
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|C                   |               |             |
   Come on now let's get together in perfect harmony.
   |F       |          |        | 
Oh I got 20 acres, and you got 43
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|           |
(Who loves ya baby, ha)
 
verse 4 (contains stops)
|C/                 |              |           |
   Weren't we grand couple at that last Wurzel dance?
|G7/             |             |        |
I wore brand new gaters and me corduroy pants.
        |C         |               |                |
In your new Sunday dress with your perfume smellin' grand
|F/            |               |G7/       |
    We had our photos took and us holding hands.
 
chorus and outro
    |C                |                     |                 |
Now I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|C                  |                  |                  |
Now that we'me both past our fifties I think that you and me
       |F            |            |              | 
Should stop this galavanting, and will you marry me?
     |C                |                     |                 |
'Cos I got a brand new combine harvester and I'll give you the key.
|           |          |           |          |/
(Arrr, you're a fine lookin' woman and I can't wait
   to get me hands on yer land, ha ha)