Nanci Griffith – Trouble In The Fields (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (2)

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Chords

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 got trouble in the fields

         G                    C               D                    G  Gsus4
When the bankers swarm like locusts 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