Trouble In The Fields — Nanci Griffith
Chords and lyrics for Trouble In The Fields by Nanci Griffith (key of G).
Verse 1
3, so if you prefer it that way just hit "transpose".
Intro
[G] [Am7] [Bm7] [C]
Verse 1
[G] Baby I [C]know that we got [Bm]trouble in the [C]fields
When the [G]bankers swarm like [C]locusts out there [D]turning away our [G]yield[Gsus4]
[G] The trains roll [C]by our silos, [Bm]silver in the [C]rain
They leave our [G]pockets full of [C]nothing but our [D]dreams and the golden [G]grain
[Gsus4]
Verse 2
[G] Have you seen the [C]folks in line [Bm]downtown at the [C]station
[G] They're all buying their [C]tickets out and [D]talking the great [G][Gsus4]depression
[G] Our parents [C]had their hard times [Bm]fifty years [C]ago
When they [G]stood out in these [C]empty fields in [D]dust as deep as [G]snow
Chorus
[G] And all this [C]trouble in our [D]fields
If this [G]rain can [G/B]fall, these [C]wounds can heal
They'll never [D]take our native [G]soil[Gsus4]
[G] But if we [C]sell that new John [D]Deere
And then we'll [G]work these [G/B]crops with [C]sweat and tears
You'll be the [G]mule I'll be[Am7] the plow
Come [Bm7]harvest time we'll [C]work it out
There's still a lotta[Am7] love, [D]here in these troubled [G][Am7]fields[Bm7]
[C]
Verse 3
[G]There's a book up [C]on the shelf [Bm]about the dust bowl [C]days
And there's a [G]little bit of you and a [C]little bit of me
In the [D]photos on every [G]page[Gsus4]
[G]Now our children [C]live in the city and they [Bm]rest upon our [C]shoulders
[G]They never want the [C]rain to fall or the [D]weather to get [G]colder[Gsus4]
Chorus
[G] And all this [C]trouble in our [D]fields
If this [G]rain can [G/B]fall, these [C]wounds can heal
They'll never [D]take our native [G]soil[Gsus4]
[G] But if we [C]sell that new John [D]Deere
And then we'll [G]work these [G/B]crops with [C]sweat and tears
You'll be the [G]mule I'll be[Am7] the plow
Come [Bm7]harvest time we'll [C]work it out
There's still a lotta[Am7] love, [D]here in these troubled [G][Am7]fields[Bm7]
[C]
Outro
You'll be[G] the mule I'll be [Am7]the plow
Come [Bm]harvest time we'll work it [C]out
There's still a [Am7]lotta love, [D]here in these troubled [G]fields
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