The Field Behind the Plow Chords by Stan Rogers

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