Canola Fields chords by James Mcmurtry

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Capo on 1st
• Difficulty: Beginner

SONG:  CANOLA FIELDS
ARTIST: JAMES MCMURTRY
VIDEO: https://youtu.be/HPYWcdrQPxg
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL: GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


            CANOLA FIELDS
           JAMES MCMURTRY

CAPO: 1st FRET

INTRO:
Em D C

VERSE:
    C              G
I was thinkin` `bout you crossin` Southern Alberta
 C         D
Canola fields on a July day
      C            G     G
`Bout the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine Bug
       Em      D  C
You used to drive around San Jose

VERSE:
    C            G
Never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you
 C          D
Party on wheels with suicide doors
      C             G    D
Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too
  Em     D    C
We always had room for more


VERSE:
      C              G
`Til that white knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz
 C             D
Second best surfer on the central coast
     C           G      D
Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos
  Em     D    C
And I couldda cut his throat


VERSE:
    C           G
And I wasn`t like we were an item to start with
  D        Em
It had no basis in fact
     C            G
But the whiskey could push me to sudden ذµxtremes
              D
I don`t wanna think about that
        C      G  G
I don`t wanna think about that


CHORUS:
C     Em   D D
 Take my hand Marie
C    G       D      C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C      G    D     Em
Keep me from driftin` far out to sea
      Em  D  C  C
Or I`ll be lost out there


INSTRUMENTAL:
C G D Em C G D D


VERSE:
    C           G
We all filtered away with the days gettin` shorter
 C            D
Seekin` our place in the greater scheme
 C           G
Kids and careers and a vague sense of order
 Em    D      C
Bustin` apart at the seams


VERSE:
  C                G
I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister
  C             D
I doubt she`d`a called it familial bliss
  C          G
We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster
   Em      D      C
You carried your keys in your fist


VERSE:
    C          G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
     D         Em
We were hidin` out under my hat
 C        G
Cashin` in on a thirty year crush

              D
You can`t be young and do that
       C      G  G
You can`t be young and do that


CHORUS:
C     Em   D D
 Take my hand Marie
C    G       D      C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C      G    D     Em
Keep me from driftin` far out to sea
      Em  D  C  C
Or I`ll be lost out there
      Em  D  C  C
Or I`ll be lost out there


INSTRUMENTAL/SOLO:
Em D G D C D
Em D G D C C
Em D G C C D D


VERSE:
    C              G
I was thinkin` `bout you crossin` Southern Alberta
 C        D
Canola fields at harvest time look like
 C          G
Tumbleweeds all raked up into rows
   Em     D    C  C
And brown rusty contour lines


VERSE:
       C           G
And there`s not much movin` on the romance radar
 C            D
Not that I`m cravin` it all that much
    C            G
But I still need to feel every once in a while
   Em     D      C  C
The warmth of a smile and a touch


VERSE:
    C          G
Then away back corner of a cross-town bus
     D         Em
We were hidin` out under my hat
 C        G
Cashin` in on a thirty year crush
              D
You can`t be young and do that
       C      G  G
You can`t be young and do this

   G           D
You can`t be young and do that
       C      G G
You can`t be young and do this


CHORUS:
C     Em   D D
 Take my hand Marie
C    G       D      C
 Take a death grip on some part of me

 C      G    D     Em
Keep me from driftin` far out to sea
      Em  D  C  C
Or I`ll be lost out there
      Em  D  C  C
Or I`ll be lost out there

     Em  D  C
I`ll be lost out there