Field Behind The Plow Chords
by Stan Rogers
Field Behind The Plow by Stan Rogers is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, Am, D7, Em and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
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
There's a quarter section more or less to go
G D C G
And 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
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
A D
He gave it up and went to town
*
... And Emmet Pierce, the other day
Em C G
Took a heart attack and died at forty-two
A D G * Em *
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
G D C G
And watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows
Am D7 G
Put a-nother season's promise in the ground
Chorus TWO:
D
And if the harvest's any good
Em C G
The money might just cover all the loans
A 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
A D G * Em *
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
G D C G
And watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows
Am D7 G
Put a-nother season's promise in the ground