The Who - Now I'm A Farmer: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Now I'm A Farmer" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Now I'm A Farmer Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Who

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Now I'm A Farmer" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

             G
I've got a spade and a pick-axe
                                        C
And a hundred miles square of land to churn about
   G
My old horse is weary but sincerely
                       C
I believe that he can pull a plough
            F
Well, I've moved into the
jungle of the agriculture rumble,
     C
To grow my own food
          G
And I'll dig and plough and scrape the weeds
                                   C
'til I succeed in seeing cabbage growing through

Chorus:
           G
Now I'm a farmer
And I'm digging, digging, digging,
          C
digging, digging
Now I'm a farmer
And I'm digging, digging, digging,
digging, digging

C
It's alarming how charming it is to be a-farming
How calming and balming the effect of the air

Well, I farmed for a year and grew a crop of corn
That stretched as far as the eye can see
That's a whole lot of cornflakes
Near enough to feed New York till 1973
Cultivation is my station and the nation
Buys my corn from me immediately
And holding sixty thousand bucks,
I watch as dumper trucks
Tip New York's corn flakes in the sea

Chorus

It's alarming how charming it is to be a-farming
How calming and balming the effect of the air

Now look here, son
The right thing to say
Isn't necessarily what you wanna say
The right thing to do
Isn't necessarily what you wanna do

The right things to grow
Ain't necessarily what you wanna grow
Your own happiness
Doesn't necessarily teach you what you wanna know

Well I'm suntanned and deep, so's the horse
And my hands are deeply grained
Old horse is a-grazing, it's amazing
Just how lazily he took the strain

Well my pick and spade are rusty
'Cause I'm paid on trust
To leave my square of cornfield bare

It's alarming how charming it is to be a-farming
How calming and balming the effect of the air

When you grow what I grow
Tomatoes, potatoes, stew
Eggplants
Potatoes, tomatoes, ha
Gourds


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C

Guitar chord C

F

Guitar chord F

G

Guitar chord G

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Now I'm A Farmer" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Now I'm A Farmer" by The Who.

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