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Canola Fields easy guitar chords by
James Mcmurtry
James Mcmurtry

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Verse 1
Em
C

I was thinking 'bout you, cross
G
C

ing Southern Alberta
D

Canola fields on a July day
C

About the same chartreuse
G

as that sixty-nine Bug

Bug
Em
D
C

You used to drive around San Jose
Verse 2
C

Never knew where my old white
G

Lincoln might take you
C
D

Party on wheels with suicide doors
C

Bring the kids and the dogs
G

and your grandma too
D
Em
D
C

We al ways had room for more

'Til that white-knuckle ride ride
G

back from Santa Cruz
C

Second-best surfer surfer
D

on the central coast
C

Had you wrapped up all the way
G

back to Los Gatos
D
Em
D
C

And I could've cut his throat

And it wasn't like we were
G

an item to start with
D
Em

It had no basis in fact
C

But the whiskey could push me
G

to sudden extremes
D

I don't wanna think about that,
C
G
C

I don't wanna think about that
Verse 3
Em
D
C

Take my hand, Marie
G
D
C

Take a death grip on some part of me
G
D

Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Em
D
C

Or I'll be lost out there
G
D
Em
C
G

Verse 4
D

C

We all drifted away with
G

the days getting shorter
C

Seeking our place
D

in the greater scheme
C

Kids and careers and a vague
G
D

sense of order
Em
D
C

Busting apart at the seams

I heard you switched coasts,
G

moved in with your sister
C
D

I doubt you'd have called it familial bliss
C

We met up in Brooklyn
G
D

before it went hipster
Em
D
C

You car ried your keys in your fist
G

In a way back corner of a cross-town bus

bus
D
Em

We were hiding out under my hat
C
G

Cashing in on a thirty-year crush

crush
D

You can't be young and do that
C
G
C

You can't be young and do that
Em
Take my hand, Marie
Verse 5
D

C
G

Take a death grip
D
C

on some part of me
G
D

Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Em
D
C

Or I'll be lost out there
Em
D
C
D

Or I'll be lost out there
Interlude 1
Em
D
G
D
C
D
Em

D
G
D
C
Em
D
G
D
C

D

Verse 6
C

I was thinking 'bout you crossing
G
C

Southern Alberta
D

Canola fields at harvest time
C

Looked like tumbleweeds
G

all raked up into rows
Em
G
C

Brown rusty contour lines

And there's not much moving
G

on the ro mance radar
C
D

Not that I'm craving it all that much
C
G

But I still need to feel every once in a while
D
G
D

The warmth of a smile and a touch
C

And in a way back corner
G

of a cross-town bus

bus
D
Em

We were hiding out under my hat
C
G

Cashing in on a thirty-year crush

crush
D

You can't be young and do that
C
G

You can't be young and do that
D

You can't be young and do that
C
G
C

You can't be young and do that
Verse 7
Em
D
C

Take my hand, Marie
G
D
C

Take a death grip on some part of me
G
D

Keep me from drifting far out to sea
Em
D
C

Or I'll be lost out there
Em
D
C

I'll be lost out there
Em
D
C

I'll be lost out there

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