Tom: G
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Watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight, dark rows,
Am C D
Feel the trickle in your clothes, blow the dustcake from your nose.
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Hear the tractor's steady roar, oh you can't stop now,
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There's a quarter section more or less to go.
[Verse 2]
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It figures that the rain keeps it's own sweet time,
Am C D
You can watch it come for miles, but you guess you've got a while.
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So ease the throttle out a hair, every rod's a gain,
Am D7 G
There's victory in every quarter mile.
[Chorus 1]
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Poor old Kuzyk down the road,
Em C G
The heartache, hail, and hoppers brought him down.
G A D
He gave it up and went to town, and
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Emmet Pierce, the other day,
Em C G
Took a heart attack and died at forty - two.
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You could see it coming on, 'cause he worked as hard as you.
[Verse 3]
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In an hour, maybe more, you'll be wet clear through,
Am C D
The air is cooler now, pull your hat brim further down, and
G D C G
Watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows.
Am D7 G
Put a - nother season's promise in the ground
[Chorus 2]
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And if the harvest's any good,
Em C G
The money just might cover all the loans.
G A D
You've mortgaged all you own,
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Buy the kids a winter coat.
Em C G
Take the wife back east for Christmas if you can.
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All summer she hangs on, when you're so tied to the land.
[Verse 4]
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For the good times come and go, but at least there's rain.
Am C D
So this won't be barren ground, when Sep - tember rolls a- round,
G D C G
So watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows.
Am D7 G
Put a - nother season's promise in the ground.
G D C G
Watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows.
Am D7 G
Put a - nother season's promise in the ground.
