Nanci Griffith – Trouble In The Fields chords
Chords:
This is mostly played in the key of G, I have seen her use E shapes on capo 3, so if you prefer it that way just hit "transpose" 3|2|0|0|0|3 - G x|3|2|0|1|0 - C x|2|4|4|3|2 - Bm x|x|0|2|3|2 - D 3|x|0|0|1|3 - Gsus4 x|2|0|0|0|3 - G/B x|0|2|0|1|0 - Am7 x|2|4|2|3|0 - Bm7 G Am7 Bm7 CG C Bm C Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fieldsG C D G Gsus4When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yieldG C Bm C The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rainG C D G Gsus4They leave our pockets full of nothing but our dreams and the golden grainG C Bm C Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the stationG C D G Gsus4 They're all buying their tickets out and talking the great depressionG C Bm C Our parents had their hard times fifty years agoG C D GWhen they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snowChorus:G C D And all this trouble in our fieldsG G/B CIf this rain can fall, these wounds can healD G Gsus4They'll never take our native soilG C D But if we sell that new John DeereG G/B CAnd then we'll work these crops with sweat and tearsG Am7You'll be the mule I'll be the plowBm7 CCome harvest time we'll work it outAm7 D G Am7 Bm7 CThere's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fieldsThere's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me In the photos on every page Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder Repeat Chorus Outro:G Am7You'll be the mule I'll be the plowBm CCome harvest time we'll work it outAm7 D GThere's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields