Field Song Chords by William Elliott Whitmore

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_ Write this [C] down and don't [G] _ forget _ _ _ That [C] the best of _ times ain't happened [G] yet _ _ _ _ _
[D] The Gilded Age is long [G] been done _ And _ [C] so many lost [D] when the West was [G] won _ _ _ _ _
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Let's go to the _ [C] field, we're gonna do [G] some work _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] Spend our _ days digging in [G] the dirt _ _ _ _ _ [D] We'll hope the rain follows [G] the _ plow _ _ _
[C] This piece of ground [D] is a _ _ [G] homestead now _ _ _ This [C] little piece of ground [D] is a _ _ [G] homestead now _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ Three square _ [C] meals and a living [G] _ wage _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ Reminds me of the good [G] old _ days
_ _ Before [D] the manifest destiny of the factory [G] _ _
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_ _ When [C] those cutthroats came [D] and burned down the [G] farm _
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Underneath [C] the black [G] locust tree _ _ _ _ [C] There's a _ shady place that waits [G] for me
To _ _ _ [D] rest my bones and rest [G] my _ mind _ _ I'm [C] gonna rest right [D] here when I [G] die _
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_ Write this _ [C] down and don't [G] _ forget _ That _ [C] the best of _ times ain't happened [G] yet _ _ _ _
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