The Band – King Harvest Has Surely Come (Guitar)

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Chords

[Chorus 1]
C5              Bb5
Corn in the fields

Ab                          Eb5         D5        C5
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water

F/A   Fm/Ab             C

[Verse 1]
[tab]Am             G      Bb    F        C
I work for the union 'cause she's so good to me

Am                    F       F/E  Dm            E7
And I'm bound to come out on top that's where I should be
[Pre-Chorus]
       Am        Bb       C            |F G|
I will hear ev'ry word the boss may say

Am           Bb               C          |F   G|
For he's the one who hands me down my pay

  Am       Bb                  C          |F   G|
Looks like this time I'm gonna get to stay

Am     Bb       C              Am G Bb F
I'm a union man, now, all the way
[Chorus 2]
     C5          Bb5
The smell of the leaves

          Ab      Eb5   D5     C5
From the magnolia trees in the meadow

F/A    Fm/Ab            C
King Harvest has surely come
[Verse 2]
Am          G
Dry summer, then come fall

Bb       F        C
Which I depend on most of all

Am              F                      F/E 
Hey, rainmaker, can you hear the call?

Dm               E7
Please let these crops grow tall
[Pre-Chorus 2]
Am              Bb          C       |F G|
Long enough I've been up on Skid Row

Am                Bb         C            |F G|
And it's plain to see, I've nothin to show

Am          Bb        C         |F G|
I'm glad to pay those union dues

Am         Bb       C          Am G Bb F
Just don't judge me by my shoes
[Chorus 3]
C5               Bb5
Scarecrow and a yellow moon

    Ab            Eb5       D5     C5
And pretty soon a carnival on the edge of town

F/A     Fm/Ab            C
King Harvest has surely come
[Verse 3]
Am                    G
Last year, this time, wasn't no joke

 Bb      F         C
My whole barn went up in smoke

Am                    F          F/E
My horse Jethro, well he went mad

Dm                                     E7
And I can't ever remember things being that bad
[Pre-Chorus 3]
Am                Bb         C              |F G|
Then here comes a man with a paper and a pen

Am             Bb             C           |F G|
Tellin' us our hard times are about to end

Am           Bb                 C           |F G|
And then, if they don't give us what we like

Am        Bb                         C           Am G Bb F
He said, "Men, that's when you gotta go on strike"
[Chorus 4]
C5           Bb5
Corn in the fields

Ab                          Eb5         D5         C5
Listen to the rice when the wind blows 'cross the water

F/A     Fm/Ab           C
King Harvest has surely come
The |F G| in the pre-choruses are one beat for each chord. The Am G Bb F is the same. The F/E is a descending bass note.