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Fields Of Gray

Bruce Hornsby

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Title: Fields Of Gray
Composer: Bruce Hornsby
Album: Harbor Lights
Published year: 1993
NOTE: Harbor Lights was Hornsby's fourth album,
      and the first without his backing band
      "The Range". Guest musicians on this album
      include Phil Collins, Branford Marsalis,
      Pat Metheny, Bonnie Raitt, Jerry Garcia,
      and John McLaughlin Williams.

Track Musicians:
Bruce Hornsby - Vocals, Piano
Jimmy Haslip � bass 
John Molo � drums 
Phil Collins - tambourine, backing vocals 
John McLaughlin Williams - violin 
Laura Roelofs Park - violin 
Beverly K. Baker - viola 
William Conita - cello 
Lamont Coward - percussion

Transcribed by Keith Fleetwood
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Fields Of Gray - Bruce Hornsby


  2/4 Bass Intro
G|-------7------------||
D|-7h9-------9--------||
A|-------------10-----||
E|----------------8---||
     /   .   /    .   


4/4    G2       Em7         D        G/D      C
 e||---------------------------|---------------------------|
 B||------------3-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
 G||o--2-----0--0-----------2--|-----4-----------------0---|
 D||o--0--------0-----------4--|-----5--5-----2------------|
 A||------------------------5--|-----5--5--5--3------------|
 E||---3--------0--------------|-----------3--3------------|
  ||   /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .   |
  ||                                                       |
 G||---------------------------|---------------------------|
 D||o--5-----------------------|-----------------------7---|
 A||o-----------7-----------5--|-----------3---------------|
 E||---------------------------|---------------------------|


   G2       Em7        Am/D      G/D       C
e|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
B|----------3-----------1--|-----0-----------------------||
G|-2-----0--0-----------2--|-----0---------------0------o||
D|-0--------0-----------2--|-----0----0----2------------o||
A|----------------------0--|-----2---------3-------------||
E|-3--------0--------------|-----3----3----3-----3-------||
 | /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .     /  .  / ^ .  /  .  /  .    ||
 |                                                       ||
G|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
D|-5-----------------------|----------------------------o||
A|----------7-----------5--|------------3--3-----5------o||
E|-------------------------|-----------------------------||
                                                 When the


    G
e||--------------------|------------------|
B||---0-------------0--|---------------3--|
G||o--0-----2-------0--|---0---------4-4--|
D||o--0-----0----------|---0---------5----|
A||--------------------|------------------|
E||---3-----3-------3--|-3-----3----------|
      / . / . / . / .    / . / . / . / .
 1. night  lies    so    still     And be-
 2. place   I      can    go      when the


     C2                 G
 e|--0----------------|------------------|
 B|--3-----3---3---3--|-0---------0------|
 G|--0-----0---0---0--|-0---------0---2--|
 D|--2----------------|-0---------0---0--|
 A|--3-----3---3---3--|------------------|
 E|-------------------|-3-----3-----3----|
     / . / . / . / .    / . / . / . / .
  -fore    I   go  to sleep       I come
  world   gets me     down          when


     Em                 D6                 D
 e|-------------------|-----------------------------|
 B|--0---------0---0--|-----------3--------3--------|
 G|--2p0-------0---0--|-4h5p4-----4--------2--------|
 D|--2---------2---2--|-4---------4--------4--------|
 A|--2----------------|-5---------5--------5--------|
 E|--0-----0----------|-----------------------------|
     / . / . / . / .    / ^ .  /  .  /  .  /   .
    by         I  come  by       oh       just to
    nothing       when nothing   goes     quite


     C2                        G
 e|--0=============----------|------------------|
 B|--3=============-10--8----|-0--0--0----------|
 G|--0-----0=======-9---7----|-0--2--0-----0-2--|
 D|--2--2-----------9---7----|-2--0--0----------|
 A|--3========---------------|------------------|
 E|--------------------------|-3-----3----------|
     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    / . / . / . / .
  look at you                              In the
 right it seems                            As I


     G
 e|-------------------|----------------------|
 B|--0--------------0-|-------------------3--|
 G|--0-----2--------0-|---0------------4--4--|
 D|--0-----0----------|---0---------5--5-----|
 A|-------------------|----------------------|
 E|--3-----3--------3-|-3-----3--------------|
      / . / . / . / .   / . / . /   .  /  .
     dim light      I    say      that in my
    look there      I    know         fortune


     C2                 G
 e|--0============----|-------------------|
 B|--3============-3--|-0========---0-----|
 G|--0============-0--|-0========------2--|
 D|--2============----|-0========---0--0--|
 A|--3-----3---3---3--|-------------------|
 E|-------------------|-3-----3-----3-----|
     / . / . / . / .    / . / . / . /  .
    own           small  way        I will
   smiles    on    me     so       but who


     Em(sus4)           D
 e|-------------------|------------------|
 B|--0---------0---0--|-3====-3----------|
 G|--2p0-------0---0--|-4p2---2----------|
 D|--2---2-----2---2--|-0====-4-----2-0--|
 A|--2----------------|-------5----------|
 E|--0-----0----------|------------------|
     / . / . / . / .    / . / . / . / .
     try       I  will  try         to
     knows     no one   knows       a-


     C                         G
 e|--------------------------|------------------||
 B|-----1==========-0--------|-0----------------||
 G|-----0--0=======----------|-0-2-0======------||
 D|--2--2--------------------|-0==========-0----||
 A|--3--3=====---------2--0--|-2----------------||
 E|--------------------------|-3-----3----------||
     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    / . / . / . / .
     help                you  through
    -bout                to-  morrow


[CHORUS]

    C2                           G       G2
e|--------0---------------0----|--------------------------|
B|--3---------3--3-------------|-0-------0--------0----3--|
G|--0--------------------------|-0--0----2----------------|
D|--2--------------------------|-0-------0----------------|
A|--3--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-3-------3----------------|
    /    .    /  .  /  .  /  .   /  .  / . /  .   /    .
    There�ll be blue    skies  falling        There�ll be


    C     C2             G       G2
e|--0---------------0==|===---------------------|
B|--1-----3------3--3==|===-0----0--------0--0--|
G|--0-----0---------0==|===------2--------------|
D|--2------------------|---------0--------------|
A|--3-----3---------3--|------------------------|
E|---------------------|-3-------3--------------|
    / . / . / .  /  .    /  .  / . / . /  .
   sad scenes  and bad    dreams          in a


    C     C2             G       G2
e|--0------------------|---------------------------|
B|--1-----3------------|-0-------0----------0---0--|
G|--0-----0---------0--|----0----2-----------------|
D|--2------------------|---------0-----------------|
A|--3-----3---------3--|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|-3-------3-----------------|
    / . / . / .  /  .    /  .  / . / . /    .
  world  so         un-certain           through the


    Em7                       D      G/B
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--3-------0--3---------0--|-0------0----------0--3--|
G|--0----------0------------|---2----0h2p0------------|
D|--2----------2------------|--------0----------------|
A|--2----------2------------|--------2----------------|
E|--0-----------------------|-------------------------|
    / . /   .   /  .  /  .    / . /  . ^ / . /  .
  clouds  it�s hard     to   see                I will


    C      C2                G     G2
e|--0-------------0--------|-------------------|
B|--1------3---------------|-0-----0-----0--3--|
G|--0------0---------------|-0-----2-----------|
D|--2------2---------2-----|-0-----0-----------|
A|--3------3---------------|-------------------|
E|----------------------3--|-3-----3-----------|
    / . /  .   /  .  /  .    / . / . / . /  .
   grab   you    and   lift you          as you


    C      C2                G     G2
e|--0----------------------|---------------------|
B|--1------3------3-----3--|-0-----0----0--------|
G|--0------0---0-----0--0--|-0-----2----------2--|
D|--2------2---------------|-0-----0-------------|
A|--3------3------------3--|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-----3-------------|
    / . /  .   /  .  /  .    / . / . /  .  /  .
   hold    on   tight  and  sway      We�ll   go


    Em                    D      G/B
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------0------0---|-3------------3-----1--------|
G|--2--0-----0----------|-2--------4---2-----0----0---|
D|--0-----2--2----------|-0------------0-----2--------|
A|--2--------2----------|--------------------3--------|
E|--0--------0----------|-----------------------------|
    /  .  /  .  / . / .   /  .  /  .   /   . ^ /  .
   walking          a- -cross     the Fields Of Gray


    G2       Em7         D        G/D      C
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
G|--2-----0--0-----------2--|-----4-----------------0---|
D|--0--------0-----------4--|-----5--5-----2------------|
A|-----------------------5--|-----5--5--5--3------------|
E|--3--------0--------------|-----------3--3------------|
    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .


   G2       Em7        Am/D     G/D       C
e|-------------------------|----------------------------||
B|----------3-----------1--|----0-----------------------||
G|-2-----0--0-----------2--|----0---------------0-(2)--o||
D|-0--------0-----------2--|----0----0----2------------o||
A|----------------------0--|----2---------3-------------||
E|-3--------0--------------|----3----3----3-----3-------||
   /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    /  .  / ^ .  /  .  /   .   ||
                                             (There�s a)

[REPEAT FOR SECOND VERSE AND CHORUS]


[BRIDGE]

   G/F       F       C/E   F       G/F   F  C/E      G
e|-----7--7----------------8--|----7-----------------7-----|
B|-----8--8--10--10--8--8--10-|----8-----10--8---8---8-----|
G|-----7--7--10--10--9--9--10-|----7-----10--9-------7-----|
D|-----------10--10--10-10----|----------10--10------9-----|
A|--8-----8--8---8---7--7--8--|----8-----8---7-------10----|
E|----------------------------|----------------------------|
    /  .  /  .   /   .  /  .    /  .  /  .   /   .   /  .
     When I was younger I saw    things in black and white


    G/F      F     C/E      G         Am  G/F  F
e|-----7--7-----------------7--|------8----7---5-----------|
B|-----8--8--10--10--8--8---8--|------10---8---6--------6--|
G|-----7--7--10--10--9--9---7--|------9----7---5-----------|
D|-----------10--10--10-10-----|---------------7-----------|
A|--8--------8---8---7--7------|-10---10---8---8-----8-----|
E|-----------------------------|---------------------------|
    /  .  /  .   /   .  /   .    /  . ^ /  .   /  .  /  .
      Now all I see is  a  sad        ha - zy  gray


   G/F        F       C/E   F       G/F   F  C/E      G
e|-----7--7-----------------8--|----7-----------------7-----|
B|-----8--8---10--10--8--8--10-|----8-----10--8---8---8-----|
G|-----7--7---10--10--9--9--10-|----7-----10--9-------7-----|
D|------------10--10--10-10----|----------10--10------9-----|
A|-8------8---8---8---7--7--8--|----8-----8---7-------10----|
E|-----------------------------|----------------------------|
   /   .  /   .   /   .  /  .    /  .  /  .   /   .   /  .
    Sometimes I see   a     nar  -  row  flash   of light


    G/F       F     C/E      G         Am  G/F  F
e|-----7--7------------------7--|------8----7---5-----------||
B|-----8--8---10--10--8--8---8--|------10---8---6-----------||
G|-----7--7---10--10--9--9---7--|------9----7---5-----------||
D|------------10--10--10-10-----|---------------7-----------||
A|-8----------8---8---7--7------|-10---10---8---8-----8-----||
E|------------------------------|---------------------------||
   /   .  /   .   /   .  /   .    /  . ^ /  .   /  .  /  .
    Sometimes I look and you show      me  the way


[INSTRUMENTAL]

               G
          e||-------------------|----------------------|
          B||--0--------------0-|-------------------3--|
          G||--0------2-------0-|---0------------4--4--|
          D||--0------0---------|---0---------5--5-----|
          A||-------------------|----------------------|
          E||--3------3-------3-|-3-----3--------------|
   / . / . ||   / . / . / . / .   / . / . /   .  /  .  |
           ||                                          |
 e-------5-||--7--------------7-|-------------------10-|
 B-----8---||---------10--------|-8--------------12----|
 G---------||-------------------|----------------------|
 D---------||-------------------|----------------------|
 A---------||-------------------|----------------------|
 E---------||-------------------|----------------------|


     C2                 G
 e|--0----------------|---------------------------|
 B|--3-------------3--|-0-----------------0-------|
 G|--0-------------0--|-0---------------------2---|
 D|--2----------------|-0-----------------0---0---|
 A|--3-----3---3---3--|---------------------------|
 E|-------------------|-3---------3-------3-------|
  |  / . / . / . / .    /  .  /  .  /  .  /   .   |
  |                                               |
 e|--12------------10-|h12------------------------|
 B|-------------------|----12-------------12--10--|
 G|-------------------|---------------------------|
 D|-------------------|---------------------------|
 A|-------------------|---------------------------|
 E|-------------------|---------------------------|


     Em                   D
 e|---------------------|-----------------------|
 B|--0-----------0---0--|-3---------3-----------|
 G|--2--0--------0---0--|-4---2-----2-----------|
 D|--2-----2-----2---2--|-0---------4-----2--0--|
 A|--2------------------|-----------5-----------|
 E|--0-------0----------|-----------------------|
  |  /  .  / . / . / .    /   .   / . / . /  .  |
  |                                             |
 e|--------------7---7--|-7h8p7-----------------|
 B|--10-8---------------|-------10--------------|
 G|---------------------|-----------------9--7--|
 D|---------------------|-----------------------|
 A|---------------------|-----------------------|
 E|---------------------|-----------------------|


     C                       G
 e|------------------------|----------------------||
 B|-----1---------0--------|-0--------------------||
 G|-----0--0---------------|-0---2---0------------||
 D|--2--2------------------|-0---------------0----||
 A|--3--3------------2--0--|-2--------------------||
 E|------------------------|-3---------3----------||
  |  /  .  / . /  .  /  .    /   .   / . / . / .  ||
  |                                               ||
 e|-----8---------7-----7--|-7h8p7----------------||
 B|------------------------|------10-8------------||
 G|--9---------------------|----------------------||
 D|------------------------|----------------------||
 A|------------------------|----------------------||
 E|------------------------|----------------------||



    C2                           G       G2
e|-----0--0---------------0----|--------------------------|
B|--3---------3--3-------------|-0-------0--------0----3--|
G|--0--------------------------|-0--0----2----------------|
D|--2--------------------------|-0-------0----------------|
A|--3--------------------------|--------------------------|
E|-----------------------------|-3-------3----------------|
    /    .    /  .  /  .  /  .   /  .  / . /  .   /    .
      No matter what    else    happens          what the


    C     C2              G       G2
e|--0----------------0==|===---------------------|
B|--1-----3------3---3==|===-0----0--------0--0--|
G|--0-----0----------0==|===------2--------------|
D|--2-------------------|---------0--------------|
A|--3-----3----------3--|------------------------|
E|----------------------|-3-------3--------------|
    / . / . / .  /   .    /  .  / . / . /  .
   fu  -  ture  will be                    in a


    C     C2             G       G2
e|--0------------------|---------------------------|
B|--1-----3------------|-0-------0----------0---0--|
G|--0-----0---------0--|----0----2-----------------|
D|--2------------------|---------0-----------------|
A|--3-----3---------3--|---------------------------|
E|---------------------|-3-------3-----------------|
    / . / . / .  /  .    /  .  / . / . /    .
  world  so         un-certain           through the


    Em7                       D      G/B
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--3-------0--3---------0--|-0------0----------0--3--|
G|--0----------0------------|---2----0h2p0------------|
D|--2----------2------------|--------0----------------|
A|--2----------2------------|--------2----------------|
E|--0-----------------------|-------------------------|
    / . /   .   /  .  /  .    / . /  . ^ / . /  .
  clouds  it�s hard     to   see                I will


    C      C2                G     G2
e|--0-------------0--------|--------------------|
B|--1------3---------------|-0-----0-----0---3--|
G|--0------0---------------|-0-----2------------|
D|--2------2---------2-----|-0-----0------------|
A|--3------3---------------|--------------------|
E|----------------------3--|-3-----3------------|
    / . /  .   /  .  /  .    / . / . / . /   .
   grab   you    and  carry you         calm your


    C      C2                G     G2
e|--0----------------------|---------------------|
B|--1------3------3-----3--|-0-----0----0--------|
G|--0------0---0-----0--0--|-0-----2----------2--|
D|--2------2---------------|-0-----0-------------|
A|--3------3------------3--|---------------------|
E|-------------------------|-3-----3-------------|
    / . /  .   /  .  /  .    / . / . /  .  /  .
   fears   if   you�re  a - fraid      We�ll  go


    Em                    D                 C
e|----------------------|-----------------------------|
B|-----------0------0---|-3------------3-----1--------|
G|--2--0-----0----------|-2--------4---2-----0----0---|
D|--0-----2--2----------|-0------------0-----2--------|
A|--2--------2----------|--------------------3--------|
E|--0--------0----------|-----------------------------|
    /  .  /  .  / . / .   /  .  /  .   /   . ^ /  .
   walking          a- -cross     the Fields Of Gray


    G2       Em7         D        G/D      C
e|--------------------------|---------------------------|
B|-----------3-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
G|--2-----0--0-----------2--|-----4-----------------0---|
D|--0--------0-----------4--|-----5--5-----2------------|
A|-----------------------5--|-----5--5--5--3------------|
E|--3--------0--------------|-----------3--3------------|
    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .


   G2       Em7        Am/D     G/D       C    G/C
e|-------------------------|----------------------------|
B|----------3-----------1--|----0---------------0-------|
G|-2-----0--0-----------2--|----0---------------0-------|
D|-0--------0-----------2--|----0----0----2-----0-------|
A|----------------------0--|----2---------3-----3-------|
E|-3--------0--------------|----3----3------------------|
   /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    /  .  / ^ .  /  .  /   .


    N/C
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--0-----------------------|----------0--------------|
G|--2--------0-----------2--|----0-----0--2-----0-----|
D|--2--------0-----------2--|----0-----0--2-----0-----|
A|--3--------3-----------3--|----3--------2-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .

    N/C
e|--------------------------|-------------------------|
B|--0-----------------------|----------0--------------|
G|--2--------0-----------2--|----0-----0--2-----0-----|
D|--2--------0-----------2--|----0-----0--2-----0-----|
A|--3--------3-----------3--|----3--------2-----0-----|
E|--------------------------|-------------------------|
    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .


      G2       Em7         D        G/D      C
e||---------------------------|---------------------------|
B||------------3-----------3--|-----3---------------------|
G||o--2-----0--0-----------2--|-----4-----------------0---|
D||o--0--------0-----------4--|-----5--5-----2------------|
A||------------------------5--|-----5--5--5--3------------|
E||---3--------0--------------|-----------3--3------------|
      /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .     /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .


   G2       Em7        Am/D     G/D       C    G/C
e|-------------------------|----------------------------||
B|----------3-----------1--|----0---------------0-------||
G|-2-----0--0-----------2--|----0---------------0------o||
D|-0--------0-----------2--|----0----0----2-----0------o||
A|----------------------0--|----2---------3-----3-------||
E|-3--------0--------------|----3----3------------------||
   /  .  /  .  /  .  /  .    /  .  / ^ .  /  .  /   .
                                               [FADE OUT]


___________________________________________________________
[LYRICS]
Fields Of Gray - Words and music by Bruce Hornsby (1993)

[INTRO]
[VERSE 1]
 When the night lies so still    Before I go to sleep
 I come by, I come by    Just to look at you
 In the dim light I say    That in my own small way
 I will try, I will try     To help you through
 
[CHORUS 1]
 There'll be blue skies falling
 There'll be sad scenes and bad dreams
 In a world so uncertain
 Through the clouds it's hard to see
 I will grab you and lift you
 As you hold on tight and sway
 We'll go walking
 Across the Fields Of Gray

[VERSE 2]
 There's a place I can go     When the world gets me down
 When nothing, when nothing   Goes quite right it seems
 As I look there I know       Fortune smiles on me so
 But who knows, no one knows  About tomorrow

[CHORUS 2]
 There'll be blue skies falling
 There'll be sad scenes and bad dreams
 In a world so uncertain
 Through the clouds it's hard to see
 I will grab you and lift you
 As you hold on tight and sway
 We'll go walking
 Across the Fields Of Gray

[BRIDGE]
 When I was younger I saw things in black and white
 Now all I see is a sad, hazy gray
 Sometimes I see a narrow flash of light
 Sometimes I look and you show me the way

[INSTRUMENTAL]

[CHORUS 3]
 No matter what else happens
 What the future will be
 In a world so uncertain
 Through the clouds it's hard to see
 I will grab you and carry you
 Calm your fears if you're afraid
 We'll go walking
 Across the Fields Of Gray

[OUTRO]


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Fields Of Gray

Bruce Hornsby