Trouble In The Fields chords by Nanci Griffith

Chords with lyrics

Difficulty: Novice


Submitted by: Henrich

This is mostly played in the key of G.

3|2|0|0|0|3 - G+G
x|3|2|0|1|0 - C majorC
x|2|4|4|3|2 - B minorBm
x|x|0|2|3|2 - D MajorD
3|x|0|0|1|3 - Gsus4Gsus4
x|2|0|0|0|3 - G/BG/B
x|0|2|0|1|0 - Am7Am7
x|2|4|2|3|0 - Bm7Bm7

G+G    Am7Am7    Bm7Bm7    C majorC

G+G     C majorC          B minorBm        C majorC
  Baby I know that we've got trouble in the fields
     G+G          C majorC        D MajorD        G+G   Gsus4Gsus4
When the bankers swarm like locust out there turning away our yield
G+G         C majorC       B minorBm      C majorC
  The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain
         G+G        C majorC        D MajorD           G+G  Gsus4Gsus4
They leave our pockets full of nothing but our dreams and the golden grain

G+G           C majorC      B minorBm        C majorC
  Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station
G+G             C majorC        D MajorD          G+G   Gsus4Gsus4
 They're all buying their tickets out and talking the great depression
G+G        C majorC          B minorBm     C majorC
  Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago
      G+G          C majorC       D MajorD        G+G
When they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snow

Chorus:
G+G         C majorC        D MajorD
  And all this trouble in our fields
     G+G   G/BG/B      C majorC
If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal
        D MajorD        G+G   Gsus4Gsus4
They'll never take our native soil
G+G       C majorC           D MajorD
  But if we sell that new John Deere
        G+G     G/BG/B     C majorC
And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears
        G+G     Am7Am7
You'll be the mule I'll be the plow
   Bm7Bm7         C majorC
Come harvest time we'll work it out
           Am7Am7   D MajorD            G+G   Am7Am7   Bm7Bm7  C majorC
There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields

There's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days
And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me
In the photos on every page
Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders
They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder

Repeat Chorus

Outro:
     G+G         Am7Am7
You'll be the mule I'll be the plow
    B minorBm            C majorC
Come harvest time we'll work it out
        Am7Am7     D MajorD            G+G