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Version 1 Version 2ANIMAL FARM INTRO: A G D A A G D A E A This world is big and wild and half insane E A Take me where real animals are playing E A E A Just a dirty old shack, where the hound dogs bark G D A D That we called our home, I wanna be back there G D A D Among the cats and dogs and the pigs and the goats CHORUS: A G D A On animal farm my animal home A G D A On animal farm my animal home While I lay my head upon my pillow Little girl can play beneath my window Though she's far from home, she is free from harm And she need not fear, she is by my side And the sky is wide, so let the sun shine bright ...CHORUS BRIDGE: A D A G D Girl it's a hard hard world if it gets you down A D A G D Dreams often fade and die in a bad bad world I'll take you where real animals are playing And people are real people not just playing It's a quiet quiet life, by a dirty old shack That we called our home, I want to be back there Among the cats and dogs and the pigs and the goats ...CHORUS A G D A On animal farm A G D A Animal farm RIFF (1st, 2nd line of 1st verse, 1st line of 3rd verse): (this) world... insane... E A E ----------------------------| B -----------2-0---3-3-2------| G (2)---2-1-------------------| D ----2-----2-----2-----------| A ----------------------------| E ----------------------------| INTRO AND CHORUS (emphasize these notes): A G D A E ------------------------------------------|-------------| B -----5-----------3-----------7----------5-|-------------| G ----6--6--------4--4--------7--7-------6--|7-6h7p6------| (repeat once until |) D ---7-----7-----5-----5-----5-----5----7---|-------------| A --7-----------5-----------5----------7----|-------------| E ------------------------------------------|-------------|