The Field Behind The Plow

One Verse Instrumental

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

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

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

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

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

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

Repeat last two limes Instrumental
  [G]   [C]   [G]