Intro 
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Verse 
D5 
I hear the coyotes calling 
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Their melancholy pierces the night 
D5 
I feel those wheat fields waving 
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Calling me with their collective spite 
G5 
I know tomorrow morning 
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Fate will dictate my part 
E5 
But I never believed in fate 
      A5 
Because I know the coyote's heart 
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You're 200 miles away 
                    D5 
On the other side of the state 
                            G5 
And I'm going round and round in a wheat field 
         A5 
Trying to beat the rain 
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The sun goes down; it won't matter much 
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We'll keep on cutting 'till the straw gets tough 
                   A5 
I'll be free when we get through 
                           D5 
I'll head back to town and back to you  
Outside the chaff is blowing 
Inside my muscles ache 
Outside the sun is setting 
In it I see your face 
I'll be damned if I leave 
Before the harvest moon assumes a crescent shape 
I'd hit the road with the hammer down 
If only I could these fetters break 
 
I see the storm clouds rolling 
Oklahoma's gift: the rain 
I see the weather, unlike you, 
Never minded the grain 
The squall line across the field moves 
Just like your life crossed mine 
As I roll the tarp I think 
I should have been done in time