Am          D        Dm            Am
The wind is blowin', the farmer is sowin' now
Dm                 Bm7      Em            F
And soon you'll be going to seed, yes and growing,

C                  Fmaj7                    C
Oh, Careless Weed, rise beside the road and sing to me
   Dm7      Em        F      D
To be where roads and rivers lead
    F              G              C        Am
And living without greed Careless Weed


So grow beneath the bridge and grow you in the fence row now
But God help you in the farmers field 'cause he will make you weep,
with his hoe-down now,

Oh, Careless Weed, from across the river bed you’re calling to me
To be where roads and rivers lead
In love and without need Careless Weed

Em     Fmaj7 G                 C
I lean on my hoe and stare and stare,
          Em   Fmaj7   G            C
Because I know I ain't really going nowhere,
    G F Em Dm
Oh, Nowhere

And the maree, she's foalin', the tumbleweeds are rollin' now,
Movin' down the line and leavin' tracks for the wind to read

Oh, Careless Weed, stand beyond the hills and call to me
To be where roads and rivers lead
And living without greed Careless Weed