G5 D5 C5 G5 Watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows A5 C5 D5 Feel the trickle in your clothes, blow the dustcake from your nose G5 D5 C5 G5 Hear the tractor's steady roar, oh you can't stop now A5 D5 G5 There's a quarter section more or less to go G5 D5 C5 G5 And it figures that the rain keeps it's own sweet time A5 C5 D5 You can watch it come for miles, but you guess you've got a while G5 D5 C5 G5 So ease the throttle out a hair, every rod's a gain A5 D5 G5 There's victory in every quarter mile Chorus ONE: D5 Poor old Kuzyk down the road E5 C5 G5 The heartache, hail, and hoppers brought him down A5 D5 He gave it up and went to town * ... And Emmet Pierce, the other day E5 C5 G5 Took a heart attack and died at forty-two A5 D5 G5 * E5 * You could see it coming on, 'cause he worked as hard as you G5 D5 C5 G5 In an hour, maybe more, you'll be wet clear through A5 C5 D5 The air is cooler now, pull your hat brim further down G5 D5 C5 G5 And watch the field behind the plow turn to straight dark rows A5 D5 G5 Put a-nother season's promise in the ground Chorus TWO: D5 And if the harvest's any good E5 C5 G5 The money might just cover all the loans A5 D5 You've mortgaged all you own ... Buy the kids a winter coat E5 C5 G5 Take the wife back east for Christmas if you can A5 D5 G5 * E5 * All summer she hangs on, when you're so tied to the land G5 D5 C5 G5 For the good times come and go, but at least there's rain A5 C5 D5 So this won't be barren ground, when Sep-tember rolls a-round G5 D5 C5 G5 And watch the field behind the plow, turn to straight dark rows A5 D5 G5 Put a-nother season's promise in the ground
