The Field Behind the Plow 4/4 Stan Rogers
1981, on: Northwest Passage Submitted by Ken Lee
Standard Tuning/ Travis Picking kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: One Verse Instrumental
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows,
Feel the [/]/ [Am]trickle in your [/]/ clothes, blow the [/]/ [C]dustcake from your [/]/ nose.[/][D]
Hear the [/]/ [G]tractor's steady [/]/ roar, oh you [/]/ [D]can[-]'t [C]stop [/]/ [G]now,
There's a [/]/ [Am]quarter section [/]/ [D7]more or less to [/]/ [G]go.[-] [C] [/]/ [G] [/]/ and
It [/]/ [G]figures that the [/]/ rain keeps it's [/]/ [D]ow[-]n [C]sweet [/]/ [G]time,
You can [/]/ [Am]watch it come for [/]/ miles, but you [/]/ [C]guess you've got a [/]/ [D]while.
So ease the [/]/ [G]throttle out a [/]/ hair, every [/]/ [D]rod'[-]s [C]a [/]/ [G]gain,
There's [/]/ [Am]victory in [/]/ [D7]every quarter [/]/ m[G]il[-]e.[C] [/]/[G]
Chorus One:
Poor old [/]/ [D]Kuzyk down the [/]/ road,
The [/]/ [Em]heartache, hail, and [/]/ [C]hoppers brought him [/]/ [G]down.
He gave it [/]/ [G]up [-]and [A]went to [/]/ [D]town, [/]/ [/]/ and
Emmet [/]/ [D]Pierce, the other [/]/ day, [/]/
Took a [/]/ [Em]heart attack and [/]/ [C]died at forty - [/]/ [G]two.
You could [/]/ [G]see it coming [/]/ [D]on, 'cause he [/]/ worked as hard as [/]/ [G]you. [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/
In an [/]/ [G]hour, maybe [/]/ more, you'll be [/]/ [D]we[-]t [C]clear [/]/ [G]through,
The [/]/ [Am]air is cooler [/]/ now, pull your [/]/ [C]hat brim further [/]/ [D]down, and
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]gro[-]un[C]d [/]/[G]
Break:
And if the [/]/ [D]harvest's any [/]/ good,
The [/]/ [Em]money just might [/]/ [C]cover all the [/]/ [G]loans.
You've [/]/ [G]mortgaged all you [/]/ own, [/]/ [A]- buy[-] the [D]kids a winter [/]/ [C]coat.[/][D]
Take the [/]/ [Em]wife back east for [/]/ [C]Christmas if you [/]/ [G]can.
All [/]/ [G]summer she hangs [/]/ [D]on, when you're [/]/ so tied to the [/]/ [G]land. [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/
For the [/]/ [G]good times come and [/]/ go, but at [/]/ [D]lea[-]st [C]there's [/]/ [G]rain.
So this [/]/ [Am]won't be barren [/]/ ground, when Sep - [/]/ [C]tember rolls a- [/]/ [D]round,
So watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]gro[-]und[C]. [/]/[G]
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]grou[-]nd.[C] [/]/[G]
Repeat last two limes Instrumental
[/] [G] [-] [C] [/] [G]
1981, on: Northwest Passage Submitted by Ken Lee
Standard Tuning/ Travis Picking kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: One Verse Instrumental
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows,
Feel the [/]/ [Am]trickle in your [/]/ clothes, blow the [/]/ [C]dustcake from your [/]/ nose.[/][D]
Hear the [/]/ [G]tractor's steady [/]/ roar, oh you [/]/ [D]can[-]'t [C]stop [/]/ [G]now,
There's a [/]/ [Am]quarter section [/]/ [D7]more or less to [/]/ [G]go.[-] [C] [/]/ [G] [/]/ and
It [/]/ [G]figures that the [/]/ rain keeps it's [/]/ [D]ow[-]n [C]sweet [/]/ [G]time,
You can [/]/ [Am]watch it come for [/]/ miles, but you [/]/ [C]guess you've got a [/]/ [D]while.
So ease the [/]/ [G]throttle out a [/]/ hair, every [/]/ [D]rod'[-]s [C]a [/]/ [G]gain,
There's [/]/ [Am]victory in [/]/ [D7]every quarter [/]/ m[G]il[-]e.[C] [/]/[G]
Chorus One:
Poor old [/]/ [D]Kuzyk down the [/]/ road,
The [/]/ [Em]heartache, hail, and [/]/ [C]hoppers brought him [/]/ [G]down.
He gave it [/]/ [G]up [-]and [A]went to [/]/ [D]town, [/]/ [/]/ and
Emmet [/]/ [D]Pierce, the other [/]/ day, [/]/
Took a [/]/ [Em]heart attack and [/]/ [C]died at forty - [/]/ [G]two.
You could [/]/ [G]see it coming [/]/ [D]on, 'cause he [/]/ worked as hard as [/]/ [G]you. [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/
In an [/]/ [G]hour, maybe [/]/ more, you'll be [/]/ [D]we[-]t [C]clear [/]/ [G]through,
The [/]/ [Am]air is cooler [/]/ now, pull your [/]/ [C]hat brim further [/]/ [D]down, and
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]gro[-]un[C]d [/]/[G]
Break:
And if the [/]/ [D]harvest's any [/]/ good,
The [/]/ [Em]money just might [/]/ [C]cover all the [/]/ [G]loans.
You've [/]/ [G]mortgaged all you [/]/ own, [/]/ [A]- buy[-] the [D]kids a winter [/]/ [C]coat.[/][D]
Take the [/]/ [Em]wife back east for [/]/ [C]Christmas if you [/]/ [G]can.
All [/]/ [G]summer she hangs [/]/ [D]on, when you're [/]/ so tied to the [/]/ [G]land. [/]/ [/]/ [/]/ [/]/
For the [/]/ [G]good times come and [/]/ go, but at [/]/ [D]lea[-]st [C]there's [/]/ [G]rain.
So this [/]/ [Am]won't be barren [/]/ ground, when Sep - [/]/ [C]tember rolls a- [/]/ [D]round,
So watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]gro[-]und[C]. [/]/[G]
Watch the [/]/ [G]field behind the [/]/ plow, turn to [/]/ [D]stra[-]ight [C]dark [/]/ [G]rows.
Put a - [/]/ [Am]nother season's [/]/ [D7]promise in the [/]/ [G]grou[-]nd.[C] [/]/[G]
Repeat last two limes Instrumental
[/] [G] [-] [C] [/] [G]
