Harvest of love (1963)     (video)

C ~

       C                               Am

1. I rise at six and then I feed the chicks

                   F                                  G

and I’m feeling lonesome and blue.

                         C                      Am

    And when I milk the cows it seems somehow

              F                                     G

my thoughts keep straying to you.

                        C                                 E

    And as the horse and I plough the field nearby

               F                      Fm

your memory I can't erase

                       C                              Am

for while I walk at the rear of the horse, my dear,

F                                G

   I seem to see your face.

                   C                                             - Am

I’m gonna sow the seed of deep devotion,         fertilize it with emotion,

F                                                               G                           C

water it with warm desire and then I’ll reap the harvest of love.

                        C                         Am

2. Yes, I was happy as a pig in spite of the way that you looked at me

F                                                  G

when I met you at the village dance.

C                                                Am

    But you was in the ladies’ excuse me at the time,

                 F                                             G

and I thought I would never have a chance.

C                                                       E

    But you let me walk you 'ome across Blatt's meadow

                  F                                             Fm

and I knew that with you I should be a hit,

                   C                                          Am

    'cause I got an old cow to get up and walk away

                  F                                                         G

so that you'd have somewhere nice an' dry to sit.

                   C                                             - Am

I’m gonna sow the seed of deep devotion,         fertilize it with emotion,

F                                                               G                           C

water it with warm desire and then I’ll reap the harvest of love.

(orig. moves up half a step to capo 3rd here)

      C                           Am                         F                                 G

3. Side by side we will take a ride in my horse and buggy one day,

                             C                              Am

and when the daylight ends and the night descends

            F                          G

my horse’ll run out of hay.

                     C                             E

    And I will kiss your lips, those tempting lips,

           F                             Fm

the only ones that can thrill me.

                          C                                    Am

    And I would hold you tight ‘neath the stars so bright,

               F                                    G

if the wife ever finds out she’ll kill me.

                   C                                             - Am

I’m gonna sow the seed of deep devotion,         fertilize it with emotion,

F                                                               G                           C

water it with warm desire and then I’ll reap the harvest of love.

+ CHORUS (2x)…

(orig. = capo 2nd)    (Benny Hill)