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Heart of the Country – Paul McCartney
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Written by: Paul & Linda McCartney
From: "Ram" (1971)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
I'm not 100% sure, but from what I hear on the recording, the acoustics
might be tuned down two steps to D-G-C-F-A-d, playing these chords:
| C | Em | Am | % | C | E7 | Am | % | (verse)
| A7 | % | D9 | % | A7 | % | D9 | % | (chorus)
The shapes are easy and I think, they can actually be heard.
Anyway, I put forward here a version in regular tuning for everybody who
does not want to take the trouble of tuning down all the strings. If you
do, you'd have to transpose this tab up 2 steps to get the chords that
are played on the original.
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[Interlude]
The instrumental interlude is not easy to pin down. Here is what I came
up with. With the D-G-C-F-A-d tuning, the tab below has to move up 2 frets.
Still I'm not completely sure about it. Suggestions and comments are highly
welcome. Thank you!
[N.C.] [ G ] [N.C.]
+ 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e --|--------3\1---3-|----------------|--------3\1---3-|--6---6---6---6b|
B --|3---3-6-----3---|----------------|3---3-6-----3---|----------------|
G 6-|--6-------------|--------------6-|--6-------------|----------------|
D --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A --|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
E --|----------------|-------(3)------|----------------|----------------|
G C7
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|--6-3---3-------|----3-----------|----------------|----------------|
B|------6---6-3---|3-6---6-3-3\1---|----------------|----------------|
G|--------------5-|--------------3-|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|--5-7-8\7-5-----|
A|----------------|----------------|------------5-6-|7---------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
Eb F G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|3-----5-----7---|----------------|
B|4-----6-----8---|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|
A|----------------|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-E
C9 x-3-2-3-3-3
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[Verse 1]
Bb Dm
I look high I look low
Gm
I'm lookin' ev'rywhere I go
Bb D7 Gm
Lookin' for a home in the heart of the country
[Verse 2]
Bb Dm
I'm gonna move I’m gonna go
Gm
I'm gonna tell ev'ryone I know
Bb D7 Gm
Lookin' for a home in the heart of the country
[Chorus]
G7 C9
Heart of the country where the holy people grow
G7 C9
Heart of the country smell the grass in the meadow
C9 C9 C9 | [break] |
Wo, wo, wo
[Interlude] (see above)
| N.C. | % | % | % | % | % |
| G7 | C7 | Eb F G | [ G ] |
[Verse 3]
Bb Dm
Want a horse, I want a sheep
Gm
I wanna get me a good night's sleep
Bb D7 Gm
Livin' in a home in the heart of the country
[Verse 4]
Bb Dm
I'm gonna move I’m gonna go
Gm
I'm gonna tell ev'ryone I know
Bb D7 Gm
Lookin' for a home in the heart of the country
[Chorus]
G7 C9
Heart of the country where the holy people grow
G7 C9
Heart of the country smell the grass in the meadow
C9 C9 C9 | [break] |
Wo, wo, wo
[Interlude] (see above)
| N.C. | % | % | % | % | % |
| G7 | C7 | Eb F G | [ G ] |
[Verse 5]
Bb Dm
Want a horse, I want a sheep
Gm
I wanna get me a good night's sleep
Bb D7 Gm
Livin' in a home in the heart of the country
[Verse 6]
Bb Dm
I'm gonna move I’m gonna go
Gm
Gonna tell ev'ryone I know
Bb D7 Gm
Oooh, ooh, ooh ... in the heart of the country
[Chorus]
G7 C9
Heart of the country where the holy people grow
G7 C9
Heart of the country smell the grass in the meadow
C9 C9 C9
Wo, wo, wo