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Trouble In The Fields by Nanci Griffith - Guitar Chords
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Version 1
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
[Intro]
G Am7 Bm7 C
[Verse 1]
G C Bm C
Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
G C D G Gsus4
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield
G C Bm C
The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain
G C D G Gsus4
They leave our pockets full of nothing but our dreams and the golden grain
[Verse 2]
G C Bm C
Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station
G C D G Gsus4
They're all buying their tickets out and talking the great depression
G C Bm C
Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago
G C D G
When they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snow
[Chorus]
G C D
And all this trouble in our fields
G G/B C
If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal
D G Gsus4
They'll never take our native soil
G C D
But if we sell that new John Deere
G G/B C
And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears
G Am7
You'll be the mule I'll be the plow
Bm7 C
Come harvest time we'll work it out
Am7 D G Am7 Bm7 C
There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields
[Verse 3]
G C Bm C
There's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days
G C
And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me
D G Gsus4
In the photos on every page
G C Bm C
Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders
G C D G Gsus4
They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder
[Chorus]
G C D
And all this trouble in our fields
G G/B C
If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal
D G Gsus4
They'll never take our native soil
G C D
But if we sell that new John Deere
G G/B C
And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears
G Am7
You'll be the mule I'll be the plow
Bm7 C
Come harvest time we'll work it out
Am7 D G Am7 Bm7 C
There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields
[Outro]
G Am7
You'll be the mule I'll be the plow
Bm C
Come harvest time we'll work it out
Am7 D G
There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields
We also have 7 songs by Nanci Griffith
- Across The Great Divide
- Boots Of Spanish Leather
- Gulf Coast Highway
- Love At The Five And Dime
- Once In A Very Blue Moon
- Speed Of The Sound Of Loneliness
- Trouble In The Fields
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