ROGERS STAN - "the field behind the plow.num" Tablature

From: Barrie McCombs <bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca>

THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLOW Time: 2/2 (sync) Tenor: G Bass: C
- Stan Rogers: 1981, on: Northwest Passage


INTRO: 1, 1


1 * 5 4 1
Watch the field behind the ....
2m * 4 5
Feel the trickle in your clothes, ...
1 * 5 4 1
Hear the tractor's steady roar, oh ...
2m 57 1 *
There's a quarter section more ...


1 * 5 4 1
And it figures that the rain ..
2m * 4 5
You can watch it come for ...
1 * 5 4 1
So ease the throttle out a ..
2m 57 1 *
There's victory in every ...


CHORUS ONE:
5 *
Poor old Kuzyk down ...
6m 4 1
The heartache, hail, and ....
* 2 5
He gave it up ....
* * *
... And Emmet Pierce, ...
6m 4 1
Took a heart attack and ...
* 2 5 * 1 * 6m *
You could see it coming on...


CONTINUED ON PAGE TWO


NOTES:
- Instrumental break after first chorus
- Ending for last chorus: 2m-57-1 or 1-4-57-1

THE FIELD BEHIND THE PLOW PAGE TWO


1 * 5 4 1
In an hour, maybe more, ...
2m * 4 5
The air is cooler now, pull ...
1 * 5 4 1
And watch the field behind the ...
2m 57 1 *
Put a-nother season's ...


CHORUS TWO:
5 *
And if the harvest's any ...
6m 4 1
The money might just cover ...
* 2 5
You've mortgaged ...
* * *
... Buy the kids a ...
6m 4 1
Take the wife back east for ...
* 2 5 * 1 * 6m *
All summer she hangs on, ...


1 * 5 4 1
For the good times come ...
2m * 4 5
So this won't be barren ground, ...
1 * 5 4 1
And watch the field behind ...
2m 57 1 *
Put a-nother season's ....

ENDING: NO CHORUS, REPEAT LAST VERSE

SYMBOLS:
- Asterisk (*) = new measure, play same chord
- Period (.) = 1/8 note rest at start of a measure
- Underline(_) = sustain note into next measure

CHORDS (Number System):
- Example: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
- Key of C: C D E F G A B
- Detailed description: /pub/guitar/other_stuff/numbering_system.txt

- Submitted by: Barrie McCombs (bmccombs@acs.ucalgary.ca)