The Field Behind the Plow     4/4     Stan Rogers
1981, on: Northwest Passage				Submitted by Ken Lee
Standard Tuning/ Travis Picking			kandvlee@shaw.ca
Intro: One Verse Instrumental

                  / G                        /                       / D    -     C      / G
Watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows,
               / Am                  /                              / C                               / D
Feel the / trickle in your / clothes, blow the / dustcake from your / nose.
                / G                        /                      / D  -  C       / G
Hear the / tractor's steady / roar, oh you / can't stop / now,
                 / Am                     / D7                     / G  - C / G   /
There's a / quarter section / more or less to / go.     /       / and

   / G                       /                          / D  -  C        / G
It / figures that the / rain keeps it's / own sweet / time,
               / Am                        /                         / C                              / D
You can / watch it come for / miles, but you / guess you've got a / while.
                      / G                   /                    / D   -  C / G
So ease the / throttle out a / hair, every / rod's  a / gain,
              / Am          / D7                  /  G - C / G
There's / victory in / every quarter / mile.   /

Chorus One:

                / D                        /
Poor old / Kuzyk down the / road,
       / Em                             / C                                 / G
The / heartache, hail, and / hoppers brought him / down.
                   / G    -    A          / D       / /
He gave it / up and went to / town, / / and
             / D                           /          /
Emmet / Pierce, the other / day,  /
             / Em                       / C                    / G
Took a / heart attack and / died at forty - / two.
                  / G                     / D                     /                                 / G     / / / /
You could / see it coming / on, 'cause he / worked as hard as / you./ / / /

         / G                   /                           / D  - C      / G
In an / hour, maybe / more, you'll be / wet clear / through,
       / Am                /                         / C                       / D
The / air is cooler / now, pull your / hat brim further / down, and
                  / G                        /                      / D    -     C      / G
Watch the / field behind the / plow turn to / straight dark / rows.
            / Am                      / D7                     / G  - C  / G
Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground /

Break:

                 / D                    /
And if the / harvest's any / good,
        / Em                       / C                   / G
The / money just might / cover all the / loans.
            / G        -         A         /  D      / -              / C                    / D
You've / mortgaged  all you / own,  / - buy the / kids a winter / coat.
               / Em                          / C                          / G
Take the / wife back east for / Christmas if you / can.
     / G                               / D                         /                        / G      / / / /
All / summer she hangs / on, when you're / so tied to the / land. / / / /

             / G                                    /                  / D   -  C         / G
For the / good times come and / go, but at / least there's / rain.
             / Am                     /                                    / C                       / D
So this / won't be barren / ground, when Sep - / tember rolls a- / round, so
                  / G                         /                      / D     -     C     / G
Watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows.
            / Am                       / D7                    / G  -  C  / G
Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground. /
                  / G                        /                       / D     -     C     / G
Watch the / field behind the / plow, turn to / straight dark / rows.
            / Am                       / D7                    / G   -  C  / G
Put a - / nother season's / promise in the / ground. /

Repeat last two limes Instrumental