The Field Behind the Plow 4/4 Stan Rogers 1981, on: Northwest Passage Submitted by Ken Lee Standard Tuning/ Travis Picking [email protected] Intro: One Verse Instrumental / G / / D - C / G 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 / G - C / G
