John Gorka – Houses In The Fields (Ukulele)

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#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From: [email protected] Date: Tue, 16 Jan 1996 14:39:46 -0500 Subject: CRD: Houses In The Fields (John Gorka) (from the 1991 album, "Jack's Crows) Intro: F G F Dm G F Verse 1:
F                                             G                          F
They're growing houses in the fields between the towns

Dm                                    G                       F    F
And the Starlight Drive-in movie's closing down

F                                  G              F
The road is gone to the way it was before

             Dm                    G          F
And the spaces won't be spaces anymore
Verse 2:
F                                G                   F
Two more farms were broken by the drought

Dm                                    G                    F    F
First the Wagners now the Fullers pulling out

F                       G                     F
Developers paid better than the corn

      Dm                    G                                F
But this was not the place where they were born
Chorus:
F F                           G
There's houses in the fields, no prayers for steady rain this year

F                   G                                        F
Houses in the fields, there's houses in the fields

F Dm                          G                    F        F
The last few farms are growing out of here
Verse 3:
F                          G                       F
At first he wouldn't sell and then he would

Dm                               G                          F               F
Now there'll be children playing where the silos stood

F                                    G                   F
The word came from the marrow of his bones

               Dm                    G                    F
It was the last sure way to pay off all the loans
Verse 4:
F                                 G                              F
The new streets will be named for kings and queens

         Dm                   G                    F                    F
And a ransom will be paid for every castle's dream

F                         G                    F
The model sign is crested with a lion

             Dm                     G                      F
And the farmers they will have enough to die on
(Chorus) Verse 5:
F                                     G                F
Oh I guess no one should be afraid of change
Dm G F
                 F
But tell me why is there a fence for every open range?

F                  G                  F
It's a sign I'm getting on in years

         Dm                  G                          F
When nothing new is welcome to these eyes and ears
(Chorus) Final Verse:
F                                             G                          F
They're growing houses in the fields between the towns

            Dm                      G            F             F
And the Starlight Drive-in movie is all closed down

F                                  G              F
The road is gone to the way it was before

             Dm                    G          F
And the spaces won't be spaces anymore

F Dm                            G              F
No the spaces won't be spaces anymore
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