Blue Field Chords
Blue Field by Stonewall Jackson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Am, G7 and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
C Am
In the West Virginia hills there must be ten thousand stills
G7 F C
And they found the biggest one outside of Blue Field
Am
A little peaceful country town nothin' else for miles around
G7 F C
I saw whiskey run like water down through Blue Field
F G7 C
My trouble started on that Tuesday afternoon
F G7 C
The sheriff told me federal men will be here soon
F G7 C Am
He said we've come up with a plan to catch Blue Field's slickest man
G7 F C
And we will as sure as I'm the sheriff of Blue Field
F G7 C
On a Wednesday I had ninety jars to cap
F G7 C
Didn't think they'd had the time to set the trap
F G7 C Am
In the brush I heard a sound and I swiftly hit the ground
G7 F C
One live shot might send ‘em runnin' back to Blue Field
Am
Not a soul suspected me I was the sheriff's deputy
G7 F C
I'll make whiskey but God knows I'd never killed
Am
I didn't know he was that close when I let my shotgun go
G7 F C
But I found I killed my friend the sheriff of Blue Field
F G7 C
I recall how my mama and my girlfriend cried
F G7 C
When they left with me for Roanoke for the trial
F G7 C Am
It's my last night in this cell the last story I will tell
G7 F C
While I sit on death row dreamin' about Blue Field
Am G7 C
Blue Field Blue Field oh Blue Field