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
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When the
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
1. night lies so still And be-
2. place I can go when the
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
-fore I go to sleep I come
world gets me down when
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/ . / . / . / . / ^ . / . / . / .
by I come by oh just to
nothing when nothing goes quite
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
look at you In the
right it seems As I
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
dim light I say that in my
look there I know fortune
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
own small way I will
smiles on me so but who
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
try I will try to
knows no one knows a-
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
help you through
-bout to- morrow
[CHORUS]
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
There’ll be blue skies falling There’ll be
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
sad scenes and bad dreams in a
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
world so un-certain through the
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . ^ / . / .
clouds it’s hard to see I will
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
grab you and lift you as you
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
hold on tight and sway We’ll go
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . ^ / .
walking a- -cross the Fields Of Gray
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/ . / . / . / . / . / ^ . / . / . ||
(There’s a)
[REPEAT FOR SECOND VERSE AND CHORUS]
[BRIDGE]
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
When I was younger I saw things in black and white
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/ . / . / . / . / . ^ / . / . / .
Now all I see is a sad ha - zy gray
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
Sometimes I see a nar - row flash of light
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/ . / . / . / . / . ^ / . / . / .
Sometimes I look and you show me the way
[INSTRUMENTAL]
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
No matter what else happens what the
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fu - ture will be in a
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
world so un-certain through the
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . ^ / . / .
clouds it’s hard to see I will
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
grab you and carry you calm your
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
fears if you’re a - fraid We’ll go
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . ^ / .
walking a- -cross the Fields Of Gray
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N/C
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/ . / . / . / . / . / . / . / .
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/ . / . / . / . / . / ^ . / . / .
[FADE OUT]
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[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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