*****DO NOT ADD STRUMMING PATTERNS TO MY TABS*****
Slaid Cleaves - Rust Belt Fields
## NOTE 1: D7sus2-Am-D7sus2-Am is a series of Hammer-Ons and Pull-Offs ##
## on the A-string. Listen to the recording for the tempo. ##
## NOTE 2: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: D7sus2-Am-D7sus2-Am D7sus2 D7sus2-Am-D7sus2-Am F C
This is my town
Am
Out in the rust belt fields
F
We were banging out Buicks
C
And Oldsmobiles
There was always a job
Am
And the money was there
F
Some say we got a little lazy
G
Nobody seemed to care
Am
But they figured it out
F
Sent the elbow grease
C
Down to Mexico
Am
And off to the Chinese
CHORUS:
F C ~ Am
And I learned a little something 'bout how things are
G Am-D7sus2-C-Cmaj9/B-Am
No one remembers your name just for working hard
C
Drove into the ground
Am
'Til your factory's cold
F
Then they tear it all down
C
And the parts get sold
Come the bankers now
Am
Picking over the bones
F
I got three more neighbours now
G
'Bout to lose their homes
Am
'Cause they figured it out
F
Sent the elbow grease
C
Down to Mexico
Am
And off to the Chinese
CHORUS:
F C ~ Am
And I learned a little something 'bout how things are
Dm G
No one gets a bonus for bloody knuckles and scars
Am
No one remembers your name just for working hard
INSTRUMENTAL: Dm G C Am
C
There's a casino boat
Am
It's up around Boon
F
Think I'll buy me a bottle
C
And a motel room
Put all I have left
Am
On a little black square
F
Risk it all like the big boys
G
Like I don't even care
Am
They'll drive you into the ground
F
'Til your engine's cold
C
Call in the auctioneer
Am
As the banks foreclose
CHORUS:
F C ~ Am
And I learned a little something 'bout how things are
Dm G
No one gets a bonus for bloody knuckles and scars
Am
No one remembers your name just for working hard
