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"Canola Fields" by James McMurtry tabbed by: Jim Ferraiolo ([email protected]) Capo 1 x32033 Cadd9 2x0233 Dsus4/F# 022033 Em7 These chords are derived from listening to the released single, backed up by watching James play this on his Facebook livestreams whenever things weren't clear. Sometimes I hear the F# in the bass of the D chords on the album version, sometimes it's just D. He definitely puts an F# in the bass on the Facebook livestreams, so that's what I've done here. Either is probably fine. Figure 1: The figure above is what is actually played at the tail end of the first half of each verse, when the chord changes quickly move between G-Dsus4/F#-Em7/Dsus4/F#-Cadd9. The chords shown are what is implied harmonically. It sounds okay to play these, but it is better to just hold the Cadd9 shape and use your index finger to play the bass note movement as shown above. This happens a lot in this song - hold and ring certain chords, move your index finger to hit the bass notes or throw in fills, as James does. Intro lick Verse 1 Cadd9 G I was thinking 'bout you, crossing Southern Alberta Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Canola fields on a July day Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Are about the same chartreuse as that sixty-nine bug Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 You used to drive around San Jose Cadd9 G You never knew where my old white Lincoln might take you Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Party on wheels with suicide doors Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Bring the kids and the dogs and your grandma too Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 We always had room for more Verse 2 Cadd9 G Til that white-knuckle ride back from Santa Cruz Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Second-best surfer on the central coast Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Had you wrapped up all the way back to Los Gatos Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 And I could've cut his throat Cadd9 G And it wasn't like we were an item to start with Dsus4/F# Em7 It had no basis in fact Cadd9 G But the whiskey could push me to sudden extremes G Dsus4/F# I don't want to think about that, Cadd9 G I don't want to think about that Chorus Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand Marie Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of me Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to sea Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there Bridge Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Verse 3 Cadd9 G We all filtered away with the days getting shorter Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Seeking our place in the greater scheme Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Kids and careers and a vague sense of order Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Busting apart at the seams Cadd9 G I heard you switched coasts, moved in with your sister Cadd9 Dsus4/F# I doubt you'd have called it familial bliss Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# We met up in Brooklyn before it went hipster Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 You carried your keys in your fist Cadd9 G In a way back corner of a cross-town bus Dsus4/F# Em7 We were hiding out under my hat Cadd9 G Cashing in on a thirty-year crush G Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do that Cadd9 G You can't be young and do that Chorus Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand Marie Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of me Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to sea Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there Solo Em7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9 D Em7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9 Em7 Dsus4/F# G D Cadd9 D D Verse 4 Cadd9 G I was thinking 'bout you crossing Southern Alberta Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Canola fields at harvest time Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Look like tumbleweeds all raked up into rows Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Brown rusty contour lines Cadd9 G And there's not much moving on the romance radar Cadd9 Dsus4/F# Not that I'm craving it all that much Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# But I still need to feel every once in a while Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 The warmth of a smile and a touch Cadd9 G In a way back corner of a cross-town bus Dsus4/F# Em7 We were hiding out under my hat Cadd9 G Cashing in on a thirty-year crush G Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do that Dsus4/F# Cadd9 G You can't be young and do that G Dsus4/F# You can't be young and do that Dsus4/F# Cadd9 G You can't be young and do that Chorus Cadd9 Em7 D Take my hand Marie Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# G Cadd9 Take a death grip on some part of me Cadd9 G Dsus4/F# Em7 Keep me from drifting far out to sea Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 Or I'll be lost out there Em7 Dsus4/F# Cadd9 I'll be lost out there
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