Trouble In The Fields

G Am7 Bm7 C G C Bm C Baby I know that we got trouble in the fields G C D G Gsus4 When the bankers swarm like locusts out there turning away our yield G C Bm C The trains roll by our silos, silver in the rain G C D G Gsus4 They leave our pockets full of nothing but our dreams and the golden grain G C Bm C Have you seen the folks in line downtown at the station G C D G Gsus4 They're all buying their tickets out and talking the great depression G C Bm C Our parents had their hard times fifty years ago G C D G When they stood out in these empty fields in dust as deep as snow G C D And all this trouble in our fields G G/B C If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal D G Gsus4 They'll never take our native soil G C D But if we sell that new John Deere G G/B C And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears G Am7 You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Bm7 C Come harvest time we'll work it out Am7 D G Am7 Bm7 C There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields G C Bm C There's a book up on the shelf about the dust bowl days G C And there's a little bit of you and a little bit of me D G Gsus4 In the photos on every page G C Bm C Now our children live in the city and they rest upon our shoulders G C D G Gsus4 They never want the rain to fall or the weather to get colder G C D And all this trouble in our fields G G/B C If this rain can fall, these wounds can heal D G Gsus4 They'll never take our native soil G C D But if we sell that new John Deere G G/B C And then we'll work these crops with sweat and tears G Am7 You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Bm7 C Come harvest time we'll work it out Am7 D G Am7 Bm7 C There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields G Am7 You'll be the mule I'll be the plow Bm C Come harvest time we'll work it out Am7 D G There's still a lotta love, here in these troubled fields