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The Field Behind The Plow

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Standard Tuning/ Travis Picking Intro: One Verse Instrumental

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Watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows,

/ Am              /                   / C                  /             / D

Feel the / trickle in your / clothes, blow the / dustcake from your / nose.

/ G                /              / D  -  C    / G

Hear the / tractor's steady / roar, oh you / can't stop / now,

/ Am              / D7              / G  - C / G /

There's a / quarter section / more or less to / go.    /   / and

/ G                /                 / D - C     / G

It / figures that the / rain keeps it's / own sweet / time,

/ Am                /                / C                  / D

You can / watch it come for / miles, but you / guess you've got a / while.

/ G              /             / D   -  C / G

So ease the / throttle out a / hair, every / rod's  a / gain,

/ Am         / D7            /  G - C / G

There's / victory in / every quarter / mile.  /

Chorus One:

/ D              /

Poor old / Kuzyk down the / road,

/ Em                   / C                   / G

The / heartache, hail, and / hoppers brought him / down.

/ G  -   A       / D     / /

He gave it / up and went to / town, / / and

/ D                 /       /

Emmet / Pierce, the other / day,  /

/ Em               / C               / G

Took a / heart attack and / died at forty - / two.

/ G             / D             /                   / G    / / / /

You could / see it coming / on, 'cause he / worked as hard as / you. / / / /

/ G           /                 / D - C     / G

In an / hour, maybe / more, you'll be / wet clear / through,

/ Am            /                / C                / D

The / air is cooler / now, pull your / hat brim further / down, and

/ G                /              / D   -    C    / G

Watch the / field behind the / plow turn to / straight dark / rows.

/ Am              / D7             / G  - C / G

Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground /

Break:

/ D             /

And if the / harvest's any / good,

/ Em               / C             / G

The / money just might / cover all the / loans.

/ G                 /       / A    -    D             / C                    / D

You've / mortgaged all you / own,  / - buy the kids a winter / coat.

/ Em                 / C                / G

Take the / wife back east for / Christmas if you / can.

/ G                / D               /                / G     / / / /

All / summer she hangs / on, when you're / so tied to the / land. / / / /

/ G                   /            / D  -  C       / G

For the / good times come and / go, but at / least there's / rain.

/ Am              /                    / C               / D

So this / won't be barren / ground, when Sep - / tember rolls a- / round,

/ G                /               / D   -    C    / G

So watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows.

/ Am              / D7             / G  -  C / G

Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground. /

/ G                /               / D   -    C    / G

Watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows.

/ Am              / D7             / G   -  C / G

Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground.  /

Repeat last two limes Instrumental

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