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Far Side of the Hill

Capo 2nd fret


D   C   D   C   D   C   D   C


D     C        D       C
I was born for roaming.
D      C      D    C
Yes, I always will.
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I wonder, could it be greener
       D       A       D   C   D   C
On the far side of the hill?

Hey Dan, Dan, look down yonder.
Why there's earth and there's green and sky?
And I bet we could get on down there
In the batting of an eye.

And further west there's oceans,
Why, a miner he told me so.
And the sun, it shines so brightly
That it scares off all winter's snow.

But you know, Dan, sometimes I'm tired.
There's sometimes when I'm lonesome too.
And sometimes I see a farmer
Walking slow when day is through.

And I know, I know he's got a woman.
She's waiting supper for him every day.
And I curse this wandering fever
That stole my life away.

I wish I knew the reason,
God does the way he does.
And why he keeps me moving
For a dream that never even was.

Yes, I was born for roaming.
I guess I always will.
I wonder, could it be greener
On the far side of the hill?
I wonder, could it be greener
On the far side of the hill?

(Words and music by Morgan Ames, 1964)

Notes: Some sources list this song as written by Vicki Arnold, but Ames and Arnold are actually the same person.

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