Voices In The Field chords by Calexico

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: C majorC

Difficulty: Novice


Intro:
DmDm  FF  G+G  DmDm

Verse 1:
DmDm       FF     G+G      DmDm
Running through fields of flowers and smoke
     FF  G+G       DmDm
Leaving behind all that we've built
         FF       G+G       DmDm
The garden now in ashes and the roof is caving in
       FF   G+G       DmDm
A augmentedA broken hourglass; Blood running thin

Chorus:
     DmDm  FF G+G     DmDm
For your life... come to my side
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... take me from here
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... open up your heart
         FF   G+G        DmDm
Let me hear your voice; Let me hear you sing

Verse 2:
 DmDm      FF    G+G      DmDm
I wasn't on my way down to the marketplace
       FF      G+G         DmDm
Wasn't at the schoolyard, where our children play
        FF       G+G       DmDm
I wasn't in our home standing in the living room
         FF       G+G    DmDm
Or writing you a note that I'll be back soon

Chorus:
     DmDm  FF G+G     DmDm
For your life... come to my side
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... take me from here
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... open up your heart
         FF   G+G        DmDm
Let me hear your voice; Let me hear you sing
A7A7         DmDm  FF  G+G
Oh, let me hear you sing
DmDm            FF  G+G DmDm
Let me hear you sing

Solo:
DmDm  FF  G+G  DmDm

Verse:
 DmDm       FF   G+G      DmDm
I don't recognize myself that much anymore
        FF      G+G      DmDm
Memories in my pockets and coins on the floor
        FF     G+G     DmDm
All I smell is smoke and all I ever see
          FF     G+G        DmDm
Is the look in you eyes that look in you eyes

Chorus:
     DmDm  FF G+G        DmDm
For your life... come back to my side
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... take me from here
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... open up your heart
       FF G+G        DmDm
For your life... let me hear your voice
       FF G+G      DmDm
For your life... open up your heart
       FF G+G        DmDm
For your life... let me hear your voice
A7A7         DmDm  FF  G+G
Oh, let me hear you sing
DmDm            FF  G+G DmDm
Let me hear you sing


Note:
The song is in 3/4 time, but there is some 2-against-3 polyrhythm going on throughout the whole song,
just so you don't get confused by the rhythm.

If you want to improvise the solos over the progression, the solos are mostly in D MajorD dorian.