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Carefree Country Day

Buffalo Springfield

RockAdvanced for beginners17 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

C×○○
A7×○○○
C#Diagram coming soon
D××○
D7××○
G7○○○
F
Edim7Diagram coming soon
Dm7Diagram coming soon
G○○○
AbDiagram coming soon
Gm7Diagram coming soon
Fm7Diagram coming soon
Eb7Diagram coming soon
Ab7Diagram coming soon
EbDiagram coming soon
EdimDiagram coming soon

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Intro: C    A7/C#    D    C#    C    A7/C#    D    C# 
 
1st Verse 
  C             A7/C#          D7               G7 
I get up in the morning with a cock-a-doodle-do, 
  C             A7/C#        D7           G7   F 
I get myself together if and when I chose. 
 
 
F        Edim7  Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab 
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme, 
Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7 
Oh what a wonderful way, 
D7         G7               C       A7   D7 
To spend a carefree country day, oh 
D7       G7                C   F   C    A7/C#    D   C# 
I got to have it that way. 
 
2nd Verse 
  C               A7/C#                   D7 
I best get all my chores done, got some friends a 
            G7 
Commin' by. 
       C               A7/C#          D7                G7 
That's part of country livin I?m just trying to get by, 
 
 
F        Edim7  Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab 
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme, 
Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7 
Oh what a wonderful way, 
D7         G7               C       A7   D7 
To spend a carefree country day, oh 
D7       G7                C   F 
I got to have it that way. 
 
Interlude 
F     Eb7     Ab7    Eb/Ab     G7 
 
C     A7/C#    D   C#    C   A7/C#    D   C# 
 
3rd Verse 
  C             A7/C#        D7              G7 
I make myself a livin' off a haulin' on junk, 
    C              A7/C#                                  G7 
The wagon that I?m driving came from happy worker?s dump. 
 
 
F        Edim   Dm7  G                     Edim7    Ab 
I'm just buckin time,  without a reason or rhyme, 
Ab        Gm7   Fm7      C   A7   D7 
Oh what a wonderful way, 
D7         G7               C       A7   D7 
To spend a carefree country day, oh 
D7       G7 
I got to have it that way.  
 
Outro: C    A7   D7    G7  (x2)

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Chord set

C · A7 · C# · D · D7 · G7 · F · Edim7 · Dm7 · G · Ab · Gm7 · Fm7 · Eb7 · Ab7 · Eb · Edim

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.