Intro: CAmCFCFVerse
N.C. CAm
Oh, the sun rolls down, big as a miracle
FCF
And fades from the Midwest sky
C
And the corn and the trees
AmC
Wave in the breeze
FGC
As if to say goodbye
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Am
Oh, my grandfather stood right here as a younger man
FCF
In nineteen and forty-three
C
And with the sweat and his tears
AmC
The rain and the years
FGC
He grew life from the soil and seed
Chorus:
FCAmF
Oh, I'm going down to the dreaming fields
CF
But what will be my harvest now
AmEmFDm
Where every tear that falls on a memory feels
FGC
Like rain on a rusted plough
FGC
Rain on a rusted plough
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AmF
And these fields, they dream of wheat in the summertime
CF
Grandchildren running free
C
And the bales of hay
AmC
At the end of the day
FGC
And the scarecrow that just scared me
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Am
Now the houses they grow like weeds in a flower bed
FCF
This morning the silo fell
C
Seems the only way a man
AmC
Can live off the land
FGC
These days, is to buy and sell
Chorus:
FCAmF
So, I'm going down to the dreaming fields
CF
But what will be my harvest now
AmEmFDm
Where every tear that falls on a memory feels
FGF
Like rain on a rusted plough
GF
Rain on a rusted plough
Bridge:
AmEmF
Like the rain on the roof on the porch by the kitchen
AmEmF
Where my grandmother sings, I can hear if I listen
AmEmFGFCF
Running down, running down to the end of the world____
CF
This will be my harvest now
Instrumental: AmEmCFCFGF
N.C. CAm
When the sun rolls down, big as a miracle
FCF
And fades from the Midwest sky
C
And the corn and the trees
AmC
Wave in the breeze
FGC
As if to say goodbye
FCFC
As if to say goodbye
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.