Field Behind The Plow Chords by Stan Rogers

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[G] _ _ _ _ _ _ Watch the field behind the plow, turn [D] to [C] stray [G] dark rows, [Am] feel the trickle in your _ clothes,
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blow the dust cake from your [D] nose, [G] hear the tractor steady roar, _ [D] oh you [C] can't stop [G] now, _
[Am] there's a quarter section [D] more or less [G] to go.
_ _ _ And it figures that the rain keeps [D] its [G] own sweet time, you [Am] can watch it come for miles,
[C] but you guess you've got a [D] while, so [G] ease the throttle out of there.
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[C] Every rod's a [G] gain, _ [Am] there's victory _ [D] in every quarter [G] _ mile.
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old Kuzik down the road, _ [Em] the hardy kale [C] and hoppers [G] brought him down,
he gave it up [A] and went [D] to town.
_ _ And Emmett _ Pierce the other day, _ [Em] took a heart attack [C] and died at [G] 42,
_ you could see [Am] it coming [D] _ on, cuz he worked as hard [C] as you. _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ [D] _ _ [Am] _ _ In [G] an hour, _ maybe more, _ [D] you'll be wet [C] through.
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[Am] The air is cooler now, _ [C] pull your hat brim [D] further down,
and [G] watch the field behind the plow, turn [D] to [C] stray [G] dark rows,
[Am] put another _ _ [D] season's promise [G] in the ground. _ _ _ _ _
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[G] _ _ _ _ _ And [D] if the harvest's any good, _ [Em] the money just [C] might cover _ [G]
all loans,
_ you've [Am] mortgaged [D] all you own, _ _ buy the kids a winter coat, _
take [Em] the wife back east [C] for Christmas [G] if you can,
_ all summer [Am] she [D] hangs on, when you're so tied to [C] the land.
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For [G] the good times come and go, _ _ [D] but at [C] least [G] there's rain,
so [Am] this won't be barren ground, _ [C] when September rolls [D] around.
So [G] watch the field behind the plow, turn [D] to stray [C] _ [G] dark rows,
[Am] put another _ [D] season's promise [G] in the ground.
Try that now!
Watch the field behind the plow, turn [D] to [C] stray _ [G] dark rows,
[Am] put another _ [D] season's promise _ [G] in the ground. _ _ _
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