Some Day I’ll Be A Farmer (from "Gather me")

Words and Music by Melanie Safka Schekeryk

Capo 2^nd Fret

Intro….

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Someday I'll be a farmer, working the land
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I wish I was a farmer, to work with my hands
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'Cause it's been too long a ride, too high the fare
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Well, I built and climbed a mountain
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But it wasn't there
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And I been lookin' all around looked everywhere
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Well, I built and climbed a mountain
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But it wasn't there
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It isn't there, dum ta dum
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It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere

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I'm gonna pick an apple right from the tree
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I'm gonna eat the apple 'cause it grew there for me
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And it's been to long a ride, too high the fare
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Well, I built and climbed a mountain
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But it wasn't there
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And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere
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To build and climb a mountain if it isn't there
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It isn't there, dum ta dum
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It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere

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I wish I was a farmer, working the land

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Some day I'll be a farmer to work with my hands
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'Cause, it's been too long a ride, too high the fare
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You know I built and climbed a mountain
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But it wasn't there
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And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere
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Well, I built and climbed a mountain, but it wasn't there
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And I been lookin' all around, looked everywhere
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To build and climb a mountain if it isn't there
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It isn't there, dum ta dum
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It isn't here, it isn't there, nor anywhere

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I wish I was a farmer, working the land
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Some day I'll be a farmer to work with my hands
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Dum ti dum dum um ta dum

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