Trouble in the Fields
Trouble in the Fields

Trouble in the Fields easy guitar chords by Nanci Griffith

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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Transpose

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Capo

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • C

  • D

  • Am

  • G

  • Bm

    2

  • C

  • D

  • Am

    • Intro 1


    Verse 1
    Baby 
    I 
    know 
    that 

    we've got 
    trouble 
    in 
    the field
    s 

    When the 
    bankers 
    swarm 
    like 
    lo
    cust 

    out 
    there 
    turning 
    away 
    our yield 

    The 
    trains 
    roll 
    by 
    our silos, 
    sil
    ver 
    in 
    the rain 

    They 
    leave our 
    pock

    ets full 
    of noth
    ing 

    But our 
    dreams 
    and the 
    golden 
    grain 

    Verse 2
    Have you 
    seen 
    the folk
    s 
    in 
    line 

    down
    town 
    at the 
    sta
    tion 

    They're 
    all 
    buying 
    their 
    ticket 
    out 
    and 

    talking 
    the great 
    depres
    sion 

    Our 
    parents 
    had 
    their 
    hard 

    times 
    fifty 
    years 
    ago 

    When 
    they 
    stood out 
    in these 
    empty 

    fields 
    in dust 
    as deep 
    as snow 

    Verse 3
    And 
    all this 
    trouble 
    in 
    our 
    fields 

    If this 
    rain 
    can 
    fall, 

    these 
    wounds 
    can heal 

    They'll 
    never 
    take 
    our 
    native 
    soil 

    But 
    if we 
    sell 
    that 
    new John 
    Deere 

    And 
    then we'll 
    work 
    these 
    crops 

    with sweat 
    and 
    tears 

    You'll 
    be the 
    mule 
    I'll 
    be the 
    plow 

    Come 
    harvest 
    time 
    we'll 

    work it 
    out

    There's 
    still 
    a 
    lot 
    of love, 

    here 
    in these troubled 
    fields 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 4
    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

    Verse 5
    And 
    all this 
    trouble 
    in 
    our 
    fields 

    If this 
    rain 
    can 
    fall, 

    these 
    wounds 
    can heal 

    They'll 
    never 
    take 
    our 
    native 
    soil 

    But 
    if we 
    sell 
    that 
    new John 

    Deere 

    And then we'll 
    work 
    these 
    crops 

    with sweat 
    and 
    tears 

    You'll 
    be the 
    mule 
    I'll 
    be the 
    plow 

    Come 
    harvest 
    time 
    we'll 

    work 
    it out

    There's 
    still 
    a 
    lot 
    of love, 

    here in 
    these troubled 
    fields 

    Verse 6
    You'll 
    be the 
    mule 
    I'll 
    be the 
    plow 

    Come 
    harvest 
    time 
    we'll 

    work 
    it out

    There's 
    still 
    a 
    lot 
    of love, 

    here in 
    these troubled 
    fields 

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