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The Field Behind The Plow

Stan Rogers

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From: Barrie McCombs THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLOW Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: G Bass: C - Stan Rogers: 1981, on: Northwest Passage INTRO: 1, 1 1 * 5 4 1 Watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows 2m * 4 5 Feel the trickle in your clothes, blow the dustcake from your nose 1 * 5 4 1 Hear the tractor's steady roar, oh you can't stop now 2m 57 1 * There's a quarter section more or less to go 1 * 5 4 1 And it figures that the rain keeps it's own sweet time 2m * 4 5 You can watch it come for miles, but you guess you've got a while 1 * 5 4 1 So ease the throttle out a hair, every rod's a gain 2m 57 1 * There's victory in every quarter mile CHORUS ONE: 5 * Poor old Kuzyk down the road 6m 4 1 The heartache, hail, and hoppers brought him down * 2 5 He gave it up and went to town * * * ... And Emmet Pierce, the other day 6m 4 1 Took a heart attack and died at forty-two * 2 5 * 1 * 6m * You could see it coming on, 'cause he worked as hard as you CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO NOTES: - Instrumental break after first chorus - Ending for last chorus: 2m-57-1 or 1-4-57-1 THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLOW PAGE TWO 1 * 5 4 1 In an hour, maybe more, you'll be wet clear through 2m * 4 5 The air is cooler now, pull your hat brim further down 1 * 5 4 1 And watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows 2m 57 1 * Put a-nother season's promise in the ground CHORUS TWO: 5 * And if the harvest's any good 6m 4 1 The money might just cover all the loans * 2 5 You've mortgaged all you own * * * ... Buy the kids a winter coat 6m 4 1 Take the wife back east for Christmas if you can * 2 5 * 1 * 6m * All summer she hangs on, when you're so tied to the land 1 * 5 4 1 For the good times come and go, but at least there's rain 2m * 4 5 So this won't be barren ground, when Sep-tember rolls a-round 1 * 5 4 1 And watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows 2m 57 1 * Put a-nother season's promise in the ground ENDING: NO CHORUS, REPEAT LAST VERSE SYMBOLS: - Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord - Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure - Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure CHORDS (Number System): - Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 - Key of C: C D E F G A B - Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt - Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)
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