Tablature the field behind the plow - Stan Rogers

          



 From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

  

  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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 The field behind the plow, de Stan rogers 

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